avariciously

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She found that the medicine did really diminish, but it did not occur to her that the boy was mending the health of a crack in the sitting-room floor with it One day Tom was in the act of dosing the crack when his aunt's yellow cat came along, purring, eying the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste.

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  1. In an avaricious manner; with inordinate desire of gaining wealth; covetously. Each is contented with his own possessions, nor avariciously endeavours to heap up more than is necessary for his own subsistence. Goldsmith, Essays, xvi.

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  • Then there's the needful Fatty, a borderline security guard who lives only for feeding himself avariciously and spying on his object of desire, a beautiful executive living in his block of flats. —  GreenCine Daily
  • Furious but pragmatic, he hatches a blackmail scheme but is foiled by the boss's avariciously money-hungry wife, an ugly symbol of the worst aspects of China's new conspicuous consumption. —  Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews
  • China has been in the lead in avariciously acquiring energy and mineral assets in Sudan, Nigeria, Iran, —  EagleSpeak
  • Each was able to pull as avariciously as Russell Brand at a hen party and with Strauss also severe on the off-spin of Amit Jaggernauth each had reached a half century inside 22 overs although Bell was missed at midwicket when 49. —  Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
  • She found that the medicine did really diminish, but it did not occur to her that the boy was mending the health of a crack in the sitting-room floor with it One day Tom was in the act of dosing the crack when his aunt's yellow cat came along, purring, eying the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste. —  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3.
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