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avariciously

avariciously adverb: in a greedy or self-serving manner.

Adverb

avariciously (comparative more avariciously, superlative most avariciously)

  1. In a greedy or self-serving manner.
    • Thus much I had to ſay; and, I ſuppose, vvhat may be anough to them vvho are not avariciously bent othervviſe, touching the likelieſt means to remove hirelings out of the church; […]1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, page 152
    • [B]usiness, which was originally designed to promote health, and circulate interchanged conveniencies, is now for the most part avariciously carried on, to swell the coffers of the individual by impoverishing the species; […]1775, Samuel Jackson Pratt, chapter 41, in Liberal Opinions, volume 2, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, page 57
    Synonyms:
    greedily

Examples of avariciously in a sentence

  • [H]is aunt’s yellow cat came along, purring, eyeing the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste [of the medicine].1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American...
  • At first I kept thinking about the money. […] I invested it avariciously at high rates of interest.1954, Iris Murdoch, chapter 15, in Under the Net, London: The Reprint Society, published 1955, page 203:

Synonyms of avariciously

Forms of avariciously

comparativemore avariciously
superlativemost avariciously

Origin of avariciously

From avaricious + -ly.

Questions about avariciously

What does avariciously mean?
Avariciously means in a greedy or self-serving manner.
How do you use avariciously in a sentence?
[H]is aunt’s yellow cat came along, purring, eyeing the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste [of the medicine].
What part of speech is avariciously?
Avariciously is an adverb.

Words near avariciously in the dictionary

  1. Avarians
  2. Avaric
  3. avarice
  4. avarices
  5. avaricious
  6. avariciously
  7. avariciousness
  8. avaricius
  9. avaritious
  10. avarna
  11. avarnas

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