starvedly
English
Etymology
starved + -ly
Adverb
starvedly (comparative more starvedly, superlative most starvedly)
- In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
- 1605, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vows
- some boasting housekeeper which keepeth open doors for one day […] and lives starvedly all the year after
- 1605, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vows
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for starvedly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)