avidly
Americanadverb
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Etymology
Origin of avidly
Explanation
When you do something avidly, you do it with enthusiasm and interest. You'll listen avidly to your grandfather's stories if he makes them vivid and enthralling. People who participate avidly in a club or group are seriously involved, and if you avidly follow college basketball, you're a huge fan and watch as many games as you can. Doing things avidly means really throwing yourself into the spirit of things. Avidly comes from its related adjective, avid, or "having enthusiasm for something," from the Latin avidus, "longing, desirous, or greedy," from the root avere, "to desire eagerly."
Vocabulary lists containing avidly
Kwame Crashes the Underworld
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"A String in the Harp" by Nancy Bond, Chapters 10–13
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Example Sentences
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She is on the faculty at the University of Southern California and the editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books online magazine Avidly.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022
Avidly anticipated and incisive, her debut collection chronicles various aspects of contemporary culture, from fraternities to the attention economy, that have shaped Tolentino’s sense of herself and her moment.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2019
Avidly, the woman listened to the sombre, distinctive notes in a minor—“misty”—key.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2013
Avidly interested in sports, he approached the management of WINX, owned by The Washington Post, in 1939 about covering black sports events for the station.
From New York Times • May 24, 2012
Avidly the woman ate the thick slice of bread and treacle, offering a bit now and then to the cat.
From From the Valley of the Missing by White, Grace Miller
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