greedy

The more punitive might argue that it was fit punishment for a writer who admits to being “greedily visual.”
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I could see Laila's eyes widen as she greedily fed on the male.
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In spite of all his Indian stoicism, Curumilla literally seized the food as soon as it appeared, and devoured it greedily.
The Pearl of the Andes|Gustave Aimard
A silence, and he greedily describes the young woman I had noticed.
Very Woman|Remy de Gourmont

He took it all into his heart, covetously, greedily, trying to fix it there forever.
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I watered the horse at the waterfall, and then, after greedily inhaling once or twice the fresh air of the southern night.
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I say,—the present is mine, and I will enjoy it, as greedily as a child.
Hereward, The Last of the English|Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for greedily

greedy

/ (ˈɡriːdɪ) /

adjective greedier or greediest

excessively desirous of food or wealth, esp in large amounts; voracious

(postpositive foll by for) eager (for)a man greedy for success

Derived Formsgreedily, adverbgreediness, noun

Word Origin for greedy

Old English grǣdig; related to Old Norse grāthugr, Gothic grēdags hungry, Old High German grātac

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Word Origin and History for greedily (1 of 2)

greedily

adv.

Old English grædiglice; see greedy + -ly (2).

Word Origin and History for greedily (1 of 2)

greedy

adj.

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."

greedy

adjective, greed·i·er, greed·i·est.

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greedy

adjective greedier or greediest

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