Avariciously
characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
Historical Examples
Her eyes gleamed out at him expectantly, avariciously, with some suspicion, too.
The Prisoner Alice Brown
The man took it, eyed it avariciously and stuffed it into a pocket.
Jack Harvey’s Adventures Ruel Perley Smith
And if it be avariciously asked, “How much must I give him?”
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
I don’t like his face—’ it’s avariciously vicious—he’s greedy.
Bulldog Carney W. A. Fraser
Nature is avariciously frugal; in matter it allows no atom to elude her grasp; in mind no thought or feeling to perish.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources James Wood
And if it be avariciously asked, ‘How much must I give him?’
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
Cotton thereupon said he had had enough, but Gus avariciously tried to reconstruct the positions.
Acton’s Feud Frederick Swainson
He clutched it avariciously, looked at it as a miser looks at gold, and thrust it into his shirt bosom.
Love of Life Jack London
adj.
late 15c., from Old French avaricios “greedy, covetous” (Modern French avaricieux), from avarice (see avarice). An Old English word for it was feoh-georn. Related: Avariciously; avariciousness.
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