omnivorous
adjective
eating both animal and plant foods.
omnivorously
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a word derived from
omnivorous.
Example Sentences
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The latter group’s hunt for information was a bit like a real fox’s hunt for prey: They roam freely, listen carefully and consume omnivorously.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2019
After finishing high school in 1951, he moved to Tokyo and embarked on a course of self-education, reading omnivorously in European philosophy and in political and psychoanalytic theory.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2014
What made rock music so strong during its 60s and 70s heyday wasn't its attitude so much as its adaptability – it constantly, omnivorously renewed itself, drawing from any genre it could.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011
All his life, people had to help him, feed him ideas, furnish him with books, which he read omnivorously once he got them.
From Time Magazine Archive
She took a great delight in reading, and, of course, read omnivorously, with a special preference for history, poetry, and politics.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams
