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Etymology
From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent to greedy + -ly.
Adverb
greedily (comparative more greedily, superlative most greedily)
- In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
- Synonyms: avidly, eagerly
The two dogs greedily devoured the meat.
I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 344:There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.
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