thirstily
adverb
thirstily is an adverb meaning “In a thirsty manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-H-I-R-S-T-I-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does thirstily mean?
adverb
- 1
In a thirsty manner.
He drank the water thirstily; I've never seen anyone drink so fast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of thirstily
- more thirstily comparative
- most thirstily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is thirstily?
Thirstily appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does thirstily come from?
From thirsty + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).