VORACIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does voraciously mean? 

• VORACIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb VORACIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in an eagerly voracious manner

  Familiarity information: VORACIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VORACIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an eagerly voracious manner

Context example:

she reads voraciously

Pertainym:

voracious (devouring or craving food in great quantities)

 Context examples 

The newly found black hole is voraciously devouring material at the center of a galaxy — a phenomenon called a quasar.

(Most Distant Black Hole, NASA)

Several weeks went by, during which Martin Eden studied his grammar, reviewed the books on etiquette, and read voraciously the books that caught his fancy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He walked up to the sideboard, and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it down with a long draught of water.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Meg could walk in the conservatory whenever she liked and revel in bouquets, Jo browsed over the new library voraciously, and convulsed the old gentleman with her criticisms, Amy copied pictures and enjoyed beauty to her heart's content, and Laurie played 'lord of the manor' in the most delightful style.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)