greedily

Everyday

1. In a greedy way, wanting or taking more than you need, especially food or money. tree →
2. Very eagerly, wanting something very much: reading greedily. tree →

In the lessons

In stories it shows a character is selfish or very hungry; in everyday life it describes gobbling food. Phrases: eat greedily, look greedily at, grab greedily.

Examples

• The dog ate its dinner greedily. tree →
• He greedily grabbed all the sweets for himself. tree →
• The dragon looked greedily at the gold. tree →
• She read the book greedily, page after page. tree →
• The baby birds opened their beaks greedily. tree →
• Don't eat so greedily, you'll get a stomach ache. tree →
• She at once made herself a salad of it, and ate it greedily. tree →

Note

Adverb from greedy: change y to i and add -ly. Spelling trap: greedily, not greedyly. Greed is the noun.

In Jewish tradition

Means in a way that wants too much, especially of money or gain.

Interpretation. Ezekiel's charge that Jerusalem took interest and gained greedily shows the prophets' concern over cheating the poor. Tradition forbids charging interest to a fellow Jew.

Examples

• There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not. (Writings PRO.21.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.22.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Adverb from greedy: change y to i and add -ly. Spelling trap: greedily, not greedyly. Greed is the noun.