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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
Denis Diderot

Meaning of "greedily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREEDILY

greedily  [ˈɡriːdɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREEDILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Greedily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GREEDILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of greedily in the English dictionary

The definition of greedily in the dictionary is in a gluttonous or excessive manner. Other definition of greedily is in a way that shows excessive desire or covetousness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREEDILY


bawdily
ˈbɔːdɪlɪ
beadily
ˈbiːdɪlɪ
bodily
ˈbɒdɪlɪ
broodily
ˈbruːdɪlɪ
deedily
ˈdiːdɪlɪ
foolhardily
ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪlɪ
gaudily
ˈɡɔːdɪlɪ
hardily
ˈhɑːdɪlɪ
moodily
ˈmuːdɪlɪ
needily
ˈniːdɪlɪ
readily
ˈrɛdɪlɪ
reedily
ˈriːdɪlɪ
seedily
ˈsiːdɪlɪ
speedily
ˈspiːdɪlɪ
steadily
ˈstɛdɪlɪ
sturdily
ˈstɜːdɪlɪ
tardily
ˈtɑːdɪlɪ
unheedily
ʌnˈhiːdɪlɪ
weedily
ˈwiːdɪlɪ
wordily
ˈwɜːdɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREEDILY

grecianise
grecianize
Grecism
Grecize
Greco
Greco-Roman
grecque
gree
greebo
Greece
greed
greedier
greediest
greediness
greedless
greedsome
greedy
greedy guts
greegree

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREEDILY

bloodily
cloudily
dowdily
giddily
handily
headily
muddily
randily
rowdily
ruddily
shadily
shoddily
tidily
trendily
unhandily
unreadily
unsteadily
untidily
windily
woundily

Synonyms and antonyms of greedily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «greedily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREEDILY

Find out the translation of greedily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of greedily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «greedily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪婪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

codiciosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

greedily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लालच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشراهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жадно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

avidamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাগ্রহে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avidement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tamak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gierig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貪欲に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탐욕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greedily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேராசையுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लालसरपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açgözlülükle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avidamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łapczywie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жадібно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu lăcomie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαίμαργα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gulsig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

girigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grådig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of greedily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREEDILY»

The term «greedily» is regularly used and occupies the 76.775 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREEDILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about greedily

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4 QUOTES WITH «GREEDILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word greedily.
1
Isaac Barrow
Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.
2
Denis Diderot
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
3
Christopher Hitchens
To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.
4
Xun Zi
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREEDILY»

Discover the use of greedily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to greedily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Universals of Human Language: Syntax
"Hans ate greedily and Hans drank greedily" b. *Hans a.f> gierig und trank. " Hans ate greedily and drank" c. Hans afi und trank gierig. "Hans ate and drank greedily" In 95. c. the adverb ranges over two preceding verbs. This is, however, not ...
Joseph Harold Greenberg, Charles Albert Ferguson, Edith A. Moravcsik, 1978
2
Early Modern Northern English Lexis: A Literary Corpus-based ...
1668 Wilkins Gobble, Swallow greedily. 1671 Skinner to Gobble, Tubercinari, avide vorare. 1685 Meriton 'Clavis' 91. To Gobble, is to eat greedily. 1689 Gazophylacium To Gobble, or eat voraciously, c.1690 Yks. Gloss. fol.73r. Gobble, to eat ...
Javier Ruano-García, 2010
3
Socialism in America
Socialists advocate federal programs that greedily take individuals' money and increasingly consume the wealth of the nation. Since 1993, for example, federal tax receipts in America have grown 52% faster than personal incomes, and since  ...
John Bowman, 2005
4
Surveys in Combinatorics, 2001
(b) G is greedily (k,d)'-choo sable whenever kd> s. (c) G is greedily (s,0)' - choosable and greedily (1,s — l)'-choosable. Proof Let L be a fc-list-assignment to G. (a) Colour the vertices of G from their lists in such a way as to minimize the number ...
J. W. P. Hirschfeld, 2001
5
Discrete and Computational Geometry: Japanese Conference, ...
For n odd, player R can win by playing greedily. Proof. We have e0 +e 1 +e 2 = n −1 which is even. Thus, there will be (n−1)/2 rounds of both players picking i- edges. In each round, player R picks first and greedily, and hence in each round R ...
Jin Akiyama, Mikio Kano, 2003
6
Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing: 5th International ...
Indeed, a greedy embedding doesn't have to be a planar embedding, and a graph that can be greedily embedded in the Euclidean plane doesn't have to be a planar graph. On the other hand, the coordinate compression in [9] is quite ...
Paolo Bellavista, Ruay-Shiung Chang, Han-Chieh Chao, 2010
7
Cognitive Psychology
FIGURE 9.2 V NP (Det)N Susie greedily ate the crocodile. S 2 NP VP 3 4 (Det) N V (Adv) PP PN The crocodile was eaten greedily by Susie. S NP VP (Det) N ( Adv) V NP N The crocodile greedily ate Susie. S NP VP N V (Adv) PP P (Det) N ...
Robert Sternberg, 2008
8
A grammar of the Népalese language
James Alexander Ayton ! i: i ti ) ' PLURAL. ^ft^n*l^Tn£T^ We begin to eat, ptPn3n^ ^TJ^T«T Ye begin to eat, 3faX^'T3^!?$«%. They begin to eat. . Intensive Mood — First Aorist, SINGULAR. m.tgf. fl^JtffaT*« I eat greedily or intensely, Sft^f^ntyB ...
James Alexander Ayton, 1820
9
Elementary Operations and Optimal Derivations
*[Gatugatu]2 John-ga [Cp Mary-ga [sushi-o]i t2 tabeta-to] greedily John-NOM Mary-NOM sushi-AcC ate-coMP itta (koto) said (fact) 'John said that Mary ate sushi greedily.' b. [Sushi-o]! [gatugatu]2 John-ga [cp Mary-ga t| t2 tabeta-to] sushi- AcC ...
Hisatsugu Kitahara, 1997
10
Counterterrorism and Open Source Intelligence
It then greedily picks r17 which sub-explains both o6;o7 . As all observations related to o6 are now sub-explained, the algorithm proceeds with the next iteration. The observation with the lowest key value is o5 as keyo5 D 3 and RELo5 D fo4 ...
Uffe Wiil, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREEDILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term greedily is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lebanese American Dr. Farid Fata who gave chemo to healthy …
This defendant greedily cared more about his own financial well-being than the lives of his patients. This disgusting and diabolical scheme has ... «The American Bazaar, Jul 15»
2
Mattel Undervalued Based On Normalized Free Cash Flow Valuation
... but in the end there is nothing I like to see more as management owning loads of shares and greedily acquiring more on the open market. «GuruFocus.com, Jul 15»
3
Lakmé at Holland Park W8
... composers of the second empire succumbed to the smoky allure of orientalism, falling greedily on dramas set in the Near and Far East. «The Times, Jul 15»
4
'The Media Is' and Other US Mistakes
every Third World media practitioner offers and every Third World media consumer swallows that grammatical tripe as greedily as he has ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Rugby: More top sides need to play Islands
The Pacific influence is global and England, Australia and France have quite readily, greedily and perhaps cynically taken plenty from the ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
6
Check Out The New Trailer For Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
So you can't blame us for greedily consuming every bit of new footage we can get. We've already seen Henry Cavill as Kal El and Ben Affleck ... «DrJays.com Live, Jul 15»
7
On the right track: Taking the train in India
... greedily eyeing up the nearby fruit and vege stall. Nearby, a man with several limbs missing half-heartedly begs in the mid-afternoon sun. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
Obama's Updated Islamic State Strategy: A Grandiose Role For …
Despite the limited Kurdish population in the cities of northern Syria, it continues to greedily seize large chunks of territory. However, it is not ... «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»
9
Some Free Advice For San Fran's Chipotle and Min Wage Lovers
But stay true to your feelings and heart: you graciously voted your workers a wage increase and local businesses have responded by greedily ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
10
Sport of squirting squirrels
Later in the weekend, I saw a different squirrel (this one was smaller and leaner than the first) sticking its paw into the opening and greedily ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»

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