hungrily
/ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/
"hungrily" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hungrily” is uncommon English (frequency #79,608 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,608
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hungrily · hungrily · English
hungrily · rank #79,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,608
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH humoured
Nearest frequency peer: humoured (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “hungrily”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Howley
Howley
20,398 corpus weight
- humbleness
humbleness
20,396 corpus weight
- humoured
humoured
20,395 corpus weight
- hungrily
hungrily
20,393 corpus weight
- hypervisor
hypervisor
20,391 corpus weight
- hythe
hythe
20,389 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hungrily” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hungrily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hungrily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hungrily is uncommon English at frequency #79,608 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hungrily, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English hungryly, equivalent to hungry + -ly. The correct English form is hungrily, spelled H-U-N-G-R-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hungrily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For at the last shall the thunder, fleeing to escape from the doom of the gods, roar horribly among the Worlds; and Time, the hound of the gods, shall bay hungrily at his masters because he is lean with age.
Nungi was too hungrily cross to be respectful.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hungryly, equivalent to hungry + -ly.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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