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avidly

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av·id  (vd)
adj.
1. Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy: avid for adventure.
2. Marked by keen interest and enthusiasm: an avid sports fan.
[Latin avidus, from avre, to desire.]
avid·ly adv.
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Adv.1.avidly - in an avid manner; "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information"
Translations
avidly [ˈævɪdlɪ] ADV → ávidamente, con avidez
to read avidly → leer con avidez
avidly [ˈævɪdli] adv → avidement, avec avidité
avidly
adv
(= eagerly) → begierig; (pej) → gierig
(= keenly) → eifrig; read → leidenschaftlich gern
avidly [ˈævɪdlɪ] adv → avidamente
avidly [ˈævɪdlɪ] adv → avidamente


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The pirates, listening avidly at the mouths of the trees, heard the question put by every boy, and alas, they also heard Peter's answer.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
He seized avidly upon anything from which he could extract a suggestion of human interest.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Dear Madam [I wrote], It has come to my knowledge that when you walk in the Gardens with the boy David you listen avidly for encomiums of him and of your fanciful dressing of him by passers-by, storing them in your heart the while you make vain pretence to regard them not: wherefore lest you be swollen by these very small things I, who now know David both by day and by night, am minded to compare him and Porthos the one with the other, both in this matter and in other matters of graver account.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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