thirstily

adverb

thirst·i·ly ˈthər-stə-lē

: with or on account of thirst

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Spongy, fresh bread would dilute the egg mixture with its moisture, while dehydrated bread would more thirstily absorb the custard, swelling and plumping voluptuously. — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024 Last month, Microsoft even thirstily started injecting a poll into the download page of Chrome asking why people were downloading an alternative browser. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2023 The pop star finally announced Canadian stops on her Eras tour, a month after Trudeau thirstily begged her to come to his country. — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023 So Goodrow and the engineers began thirstily hunting for any tiny tweak that would bump watch time upward. — Clive Thompson, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020 See All Example Sentences for thirstily

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Etymology

thirsty + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of thirstily was in 1549

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