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View usage for: avidity in British English (əˈvɪdɪtɪ) noun1. the quality or state of being avid 3. chemistrya. the strength of an acid or base in proportion to its degree of dissociation b. another term for affinity (sense 6b) 4. immunology a measure of antigen-to-antibody binding, based on the rate of formation of the complex Examples of 'avidity' in a sentenceavidity It would have been easy to find the only other face in the room uncomplicated by numbers, unconcerned by the concentration of avidity.Only we four gathered, and there we pursued the Skill with an avidity that frightened me and enthused the rest of them.Wanted to with the same avidity as she had wanted to read Johannes's diaries. Synonyms of 'avidity'enthusiasm, devotion, zeal, fervour insatiability, longing, desire, hunger More Synonyms of avidity Synonyms insatiability covetousness voracity greediness graspingness ravenousness Additional synonymsHis villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness. Synonyms greed, selfishness, avarice, rapacity, covetousness, avidity, rapaciousness, predatoriness, avidness, graspingness Definition intense enthusiasm my ardour for football Synonyms enthusiasm, zeal, eagerness, earnestness, keenness, avidityDefinition extreme greed for wealth a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice Synonyms greed, meanness, penny-pinching, parsimony (formal), acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity (formal), stinginess, covetousness, miserliness, greediness, niggardliness, graspingness, close-fistedness, penuriousness - aviation
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