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greedily

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greed·y  (grd)
adj. greed·i·er, greed·i·est
1. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.
2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; gluttonous.
3. Extremely eager or desirous: greedy for the opportunity to prove their ability.

[Middle English gredi, from Old English grdig; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots.]

greedi·ly adv.
greedi·ness n.
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Adv.1.greedily - in a greedy manner
Translations
greedily [ˈgriːdɪlɪ] ADVcon avidez; [eat] → con voracidad
greedily [ˈgriːdɪli] adv
[drink] → avidement
[stare, watch] → avidement
greedily
advgierig
greedily [ˈgriːdɪlɪ] adv (see adj) → avidamente; (XXX) → golosamente, ghiottamente, ingordamente
greedily [ˈgriːdɪlɪ] adv (see adj) → avidamente; (XXX) → golosamente, ghiottamente, ingordamente


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The Workman seized it greedily, and declared that truly it was the very same axe that he had lost.
Tell me what you're doing," he went on, greedily munching a piece of bread, and pouring out another glassful.
At any rate I fell greedily upon them, and I read with no less zest than his poems the bitter, and cruel, and narrow-minded criticisms which mainly filled one of the volumes.
 
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