avariciouslyadv.
In an avaricious manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adverb] > inordinately desiring possessions
greedilyc1000
avarouslya1382
over-greedilyc1450
avariciously1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Avarement, avariciously.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses Pref. 19 Neither spends his Goods prodigally..nor yet keeps them avariciously.
1767 T. Reid Let. in Wks. I. 49/2 Avariciously amassing knowledge.
1843 T. De Quincey Ceylon in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 636/1 Avariciously to anchor our hopes on a pearl fishery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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