grab·by

(grăb′ē)

adj. grab·bi·er, grab·bi·est Informal

1. Acquisitive or greedy.

2. Attracting attention; striking: "Many critics charge, however, that these new resources are being used ... to attract viewers, using grabby images and exotic locales" (Alan Bunce).

grab′bi·ness n.

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grabbiness

noun

Informal. Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves:

acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed.

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I took my first step and quickly realized the shoes, with a sticky rubber sole, gave me a superpower of grabbiness. I worked my way up the rock face, slowly finding new holds and ledges, occasionally dipping my fingers into granite pockets filled with icy water.

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