Greedy
['griːdɪ] or ['gridi]
Definition
(adj.) wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; 'don't be greedy with the cookies' .
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Definition
(superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
(superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Voracious, ravenous, gluttonous, rapacious, insatiable, insatiate, very hungry.[2]. Eager, very desirous.
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Definition
adj. having a voracious appetite: covetous: eagerly desirous.—n. Greed an eager desire or longing: covetousness.—adv. Greed′ily.—n. Greed′iness.
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Examples
- Instead of telling business men not to be greedy, we should tell them to be industrial statesmen, applied scientists, and members of a craft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I don't want it to do me more good than it does now, said my convict, with a greedy laugh. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Let me be in the first place, mother--I am greedy of that. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Sicily was handed over to the greedy enterprise of tax-farmers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Smallweed looks, with greedy eyes, at the little bundle Mr. Bucket produces from a mysterious part of his coat, and identifies it as the same. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was a phenomenon to her, not a human being: a sort of creature, greedy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Don't go and have all the crying to yourself,' expostulated Maggy, 'that an't not being greedy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You pretty dears, says Mr. Bucket, give us another kiss; it's the only thing I'm greedy in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Ah, her hands were eager, greedy for knowledge. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Smallweed nods and appears greedy to be sworn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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