Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an avid or avidious manner; eagerly; with greediness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Eagerly; greedily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete
eagerly ;greedily .
Etymologies
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avidious + -ly
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Examples
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"Must say it's pretty good stuff," he said, balancing his plate on his knee and sampling the mess avidiously.
CHAPTER 4 2010
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He stood looking at her, his gaze taking in the young form avidiously.
Rose O'Paradise Grace Miller White 1912
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"Must say it's pretty good stuff," he said, balancing his plate on his knee and sampling the mess avidiously.
A Daughter of the Snows Jack London 1896
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And that old, specious, dressed-up, garbled, sea-sick ptomaine prancing about avidiously like an irremediable turkey gobbler with patent leather shoes on is my best friend.
Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886
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