thirstily

Or how gardens thirstily drink up quantities of water that would quickly form puddles on a lawn?

And I will be paying attention like an obsessive, trying to sear the details inside myself forever, hungrily, thirstily, consuming these moments, knowing I am not promised more.

She hugged herself against the sudden chill and watched the marsh thirstily drink up the first water of the season.

Franchises, of course, have always pandered — it’s in their D.N.A. — but rarely has one groveled quite so thirstily for fan approval.

I wasn't thirstily trying to book dates, but I enjoyed the prospect of romance, far-fetched as a match felt on such sites.