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单词 over-greedily
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over-greedilyadv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈɡriːdᵻli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡridᵻli/
Forms: see over- prefix and greedily adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, greedily adv.
Etymology: < over- prefix + greedily adv. Compare earlier overgreedy adj.
Too greedily; in an overgreedy manner.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adverb] > inordinately desiring possessions
greedilyc1000
avarouslya1382
over-greedilyc1450
avariciously1611
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 144 (MED) It is no synne to etyn good mete, but it is synne to etyn it ouergredyly.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 72 Þou failest in þinges taken, and ouergredely sekist consolacion.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxi. 188 To eate ouer greedily..is hurtfull and hindereth concoction.
1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East ii. i. sig. E3v Do not surfet in ouer-greedily deuouring that Which may without satiety feast you often.
1668 London Gaz. No. 246/2 Their infected Goods..being over-greedily seised on by some persons, twelve of them..died of the Contagion.
1859 B. P. Shillaber Knitting-work 130 By acting too speedily, And grasping and striving for aught over greedily, 'T will end most likely in signal disaster.
1929 H. W. Garrod Profession Poetry i. 9 He supplies corrections of himself which it is venial in us, I think, to seize over-greedily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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