greedily
pronunciation
How to pronounce greedily in British English:
UK ['gri:dɪlɪ]
How to pronounce greedily in American English:
US [ˈɡridɪlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in a greedy manner
Word Origin
- greedily (adv.)
- Old English grædiglice; see greedy + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. She gaze at the diamonds greedily .
- 2. Emerging economies that have been greedily buying america 's wares now have troubles of their own .
- 3. Sometimes this maverick behaved greedily , because the experiment had been designed to study the expected ostracism of cheats .
- 4. Merchants , he asserted , must be wary of profiting too greedily from the trade of food abroad while the english were suffering .
- 5. On a visit to an insect farm in deurne in the south east netherlands , she greedily peels the wings and legs off a freeze dried locust and crunches down with gusto .