avarice
noun
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
avariciously
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a word derived from
avarice.
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a word derived from
avaricious.
Example Sentences
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As foreign secretary, he looked avariciously at DFID's £15bn aid budget.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2020
Brown was, among other things, part traditional southern gent, part bootstrapped American dreamer, part avariciously cold-blooded capitalist and part Afro-conscious black radical.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2015
As the film shows, they avariciously consume it whilst feeling rather guilty and self-conscious about it.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2013
Erie and Pere Marquette stockholders waited avariciously for greater inducements; the C. & O. minority, which foiled the first merger plan, remained obdurate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Was the new Tom beginning so soon to grasp and reach out avariciously for the fruit of the old tree?
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
