avidlyadv.
/ˈavɪdli/ Greedily, with intense eagerness.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adverb]
greedilyc1000
lickerouslyc1315
eagerlyc1380
daintively1393
affectuallyc1425
affectionately1534
avidiously?1548
affectuously1552
anxiously1563
lickerishlya1661
agasp1800
avidly1856
with (one's) tongue hanging out1897
1856 T. A. Trollope Girlhood C. de Medici 71 The talk going on around her, which Catherine's sharp and active intellect was then avidly seizing.
1860 Sat. Rev. No. 255. 326/2 Premonitory symptoms of dissolution are avidly discounted by post-obit dealers.
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