1. Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
   "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
   - envious, jealous 
2. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
   "casting covetous eyes on his neighbour's fields"
   - avaricious, grabby [N. Amer], grasping, greedy, prehensile

See also: acquisitive, covetousness, desirous, wishful

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