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voraciously

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vo·ra·cious  (vô-rshs, v-)
adj.
1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.
[From Latin vorx, vorc-, from vorre, to swallow, devour.]
vo·racious·ly adv.
vo·raci·ty (-rs-t), vo·racious·ness (-rshs-ns) n.
Synonyms: voracious, gluttonous, rapacious, ravenous
These adjectives mean having or marked by boundless greed: a voracious reader of history; a gluttonous consumer of fine foods; a rapacious acquirer of competing businesses; a politician ravenous for power.
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Adv.1.voraciously - in an eagerly voracious manner; "she reads voraciously"
Translations
voraciously [vəˈreɪʃəslɪ] ADV (lit) [eat] → vorazmente (fig) [read] → con avidez
voraciously
adv eat → gierig; to read voraciously → die Bücher nur so verschlingen
voraciously [vəˈreɪʃəslɪ] adv (eat) → voracemente; (read) → avidamente
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concerning American life which should eclipse anything yet done in that kind, and in the mean time I read voraciously and perpetually, to make the days go swiftly which I should have been so glad to have linger.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Thus it happened in the present case; for though Jones perhaps wanted a prompter, and might have travelled much farther, had he been alone, with an empty stomach; yet no sooner did he sit down to the bacon and eggs, than he fell to as heartily and voraciously as Partridge himself.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Next night, when he had eat his poor meal voraciously (he was accustomed to do that, they had observed, as though he had no other in the day), this fellow sat down at his elbow.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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