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
He looked down at Pringle's face, at Pringle's working fingers, opening and shutting avariciously; he sneered.
From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
