Both Uses
ravenous
in
Jane Eyre
(Edited)
- Ravenous, and now very faint, I devoured a spoonful or two of my portion without thinking of its taste; but the first edge of hunger blunted, I perceived I had got in hand a nauseous mess; burnt porridge is almost as bad as rotten potatoes; famine itself soon sickens over it.
p. 55.2 *ravenous = extremely hungry
- The girl emptied the stiffened mould into my hand, and I devoured it ravenously.
p. 379.4ravenously = with extreme hunger
Definitions:
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(1)
(ravenous) extremely hungry
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)