graspingly

grasp·ing (gr

ng)

adj.

Exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious.

grasping·ly adv.

grasping·ness n.

grasping [ˈgrɑːspɪŋ]

adj

greedy; avaricious; rapacious

graspingly adv

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Noun	1.	grasping - understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings" discernment, savvy, understanding, apprehension - the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
	2.	grasping - the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) prehension, taking hold, seizing control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" clutch, clutches, grip, hold, clasp, clench, grasp - the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
Adj.	1.	grasping - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees" avaricious, grabby, greedy, covetous, prehensile acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

grasping

adjective greedy, acquisitive, rapacious, mean, selfish, stingy, penny-pinching (informal), venal, miserly, avaricious, niggardly, covetous, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arsed (taboo slang), usurious, tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) She is a grasping and manipulative young woman.
generous, altruistic, unselfish

Translations

grasping [ˈgrɑːspɪŋ] ADJ (fig) → avaro, codicioso

grasping [ˈgrɑːspɪŋ] adj (= greedy) → avide

grasping

adj (fig) → habgierig

grasping [ˈgrɑːspɪŋ] adj (fig) → avido/a

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avaricious
catch
clasp
clench
clutch
clutches
grappling hook
grappling iron
grasp
Graspless
greedy
grip
handclasp
handshake
handshaking
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mantis crab

Let the conspiracists chatter while the rest can be satisfied by underwater photographs showing Phelps' fingers pressed firmly against the finishing wall as Cavic's fall graspingly short.

Olympics: Phelps looks to London as a route to swimming fun by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

Time and the discovery that the man she married was not just emotionally mean but graspingly tight-fisted have hardened her heart.

Ray was so mean he made me carry a pay-as-you-go mobile phone because ... by The Mirror (London, England)

ROOM AT THE TOP: Laurence Harvey gives a career best performance as graspingly ambitious Joe Lampton in this 1958 classic.

Switch On!; PICK OF THE BOX by Millar, John / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

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