† greedlyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Greedy.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry
hungryc950
hungering971
hollow1362
eagera1475
empty?1490
ahungrya1500
sharp-set1540
greedlya1546
anhungry1578
starveling1578
belly-pinched1608
mad-hungry1608
jejunea1620
sharp-bent1675
sharp1678
nithered1691
peckish1714
stomach-tight1718
yap1768
yaupish1789
picksome1847
a1546 T. Becon Govern. Virtue in Wks. (1564) I. 260 b Adam and Eue by satisfying theyr greadlye appetite in eatynge the forbidden fruit.
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