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greedily

greedily adverb: in a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.

Adverb

greedily (comparative more greedily, superlative most greedily)

  1. In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
    • The two dogs greedily devoured the meat.
    • I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.
    Synonyms:
    avidly, eagerly

greedily meaning in Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

greedily in Urdu

ہوکے سے, للچاتے ہوئے

greedily in Telugu

greedily, thirstily
జొటజొట joṭajoṭa

greedily in Malayalam

അത്യാർത്തിയോടെ, അഭിലാഷേണ, ദുരാഗ്രഹത്തോടെ

Synonyms of greedily

Forms of greedily

comparativemore greedily
superlativemost greedily

Origin of greedily

From Middle English gredyly, gredily, from Old English grǣdiglīce, grǣdelīce; equivalent to greedy + -ly.

Questions about greedily

What does greedily mean?
Greedily means in a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire.
What is greedily in Urdu?
Greedily in Urdu is ہوکے سے, للچاتے ہوئے. See Greedily meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is greedily?
Greedily is an adverb.

Words near greedily in the dictionary

  1. greedful
  2. greedhead
  3. greedheads
  4. greedier
  5. greediest
  6. greedily
  7. greediness
  8. greedinesses
  9. greeding
  10. greedless
  11. greedlessness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: greedily (page history and authors); greedily (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జొటజొట (Telugu) (page history and authors); greedily (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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