greedy
adjective
excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc..
greedily
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a word derived from
greedy.
Example Sentences
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But the giant technology companies are now greedily raising as much money as they can from suckers — excuse me, investors — to keep spending on the AI arms race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Nothing of that great regional upheaval greedily foretold by the prophets of Western decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Lore goes that when Alec Guinness received the “Coronets” script with an offer to play four of the ill-fated tycoons, he wrote back greedily and said, “Why not eight?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
To the millions who greedily gobbled up scuttlebutt about her legendary meanness over the years, this is far from a news flash.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
Once we reached the pond, Otto sprang from my arms and scampered to the edge, cupping water in his hand and gulping greedily.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
