acquisitive
adjective
tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc..
acquisitively
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a word derived from
acquisitive.
Example Sentences
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Last week he disclosed a big stake in Zoetis, a company that an acquisitively hungry Valeant might be interest in gobbling up now that Allergan is off the table.
From Forbes ● Nov. 17, 2014
We’ve scanned it from afar, surveyed it up close, put it behind glass; looked and looked, wonderingly, acquisitively, disdainfully, fearfully.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2010
But we rarely seem to be aware that during all that time Africans have been looking back at us — wonderingly, acquisitively, disdainfully, fearfully.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2010
In addition, this acquisitively capitalist nation has created the elements of a welfare state for its citizens, with free education, free medical care and subsidized prices for food, most of which has to be imported.
From Time Magazine Archive
He felt the beginnings of indignation, yet he looked back at the letter acquisitively; its interest was intrinsic.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Sara Jeannette Duncan
