greedily

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Etymology

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

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greedily (comparative more greedily, superlative most greedily)

  1. In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
    Synonyms: avidly, eagerly
    The two dogs greedily devoured the meat.
    I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 344:
      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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