Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    gierig

    жа́дноžádno

    in a greedy manner

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom greedily devoured the entire cheesecake.

    ruТом с жадностью сожрал творожный торт целиком. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. The hungry dog lunged greedily at the food.

    ruГолодная собака жадно накинулась на еду. — nina99nv

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  3. Ziri started to rummage greedily in his mom's purse.

  4. The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.

  5. I kissed him greedily, savoring the feel of his soft lips on mine.

Translations

4 languages
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Origin

From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent t

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

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Forms

more greedily, most greedily
Comparativemore greedily Lesson
Superlativemost greedily

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgreedy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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