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greedily

adv

Etymology

From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent to greedy + -ly.

  1. inherited from grǣdiglīce
  2. inherited from gredyly

Definitions

  1. In a greedy manner

    In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.

    • The two dogs greedily devoured the meat.
    • I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.
    • There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA