greedy
- excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- having a strong or great desire for food or drink.
- keenly desirous; eager (often followed by of or for): greedy for praise.
Origin of greedy
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Examples from the Web for greedily
Contemporary Examples of greedily
The more punitive might argue that it was fit punishment for a writer who admits to being “greedily visual.”
I could see Laila's eyes widen as she greedily fed on the male.
Historical Examples of greedily
A stick of candy from Tom's pocket was greedily accepted by Jackie.
The Dare Boys of 1776Stephen Angus Cox
He pushed the ham bone between the slats, and Job received it greedily.
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln
He seemed again to be drawing in nourishment from all he saw, drinking it greedily.
The Great HungerJohan Bojer
Anything that related to the politics of Kansas the boy listened to greedily.
The Boy SettlersNoah Brooks
They had clutched at him greedily, and he had repaid with an impertinence.
Olive in ItalyMoray Dalton
greedy
- excessively desirous of food or wealth, esp in large amounts; voracious
- (postpositive foll by for) eager (for)a man greedy for success
Word Origin for greedy
Word Origin and History for greedily
greedy
Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious," also "covetous," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (cf. Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig, Dutch gretig, Old High German gratag "greedy"), from *græduz (cf. Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eagerly"), possibly from PIE root *gher- "to like, want" (cf. Sanskrit grdh "to be greedy").
In Greek, the word was philargyros, literally "money-loving." A German word for it is habsüchtig, from haben "to have" + sucht "sickness, disease," with sense tending toward "passion for."