adv. [f. prec. + -LY.] In a craving manner.

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1621.  Lady M. Wroth, Urania, 461. The Iambollian then cast his eyes crauingly towards her.

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1865.  G. Meredith, Rhoda Fleming (1890), i. 4. The characteristic of girls having a disposition to rise, is to be cravingly mimetic.

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1890.  Chamb. Jrnl., 22 Nov., 741/1. Gazing cravingly in her upturned face.

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