avidly

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av·id

(ăv′ĭd)

adj.

1. Having or marked by keen interest and enthusiasm: an avid golfer; an avid interest in cooking.

2. Having or marked by strong desire or craving; greedy: an economy with an avid appetite for consumer goods.

[Latin avidus, from avēre, to desire.]

av′id·ly adv.

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Adv.

avidly - in an avid manner; "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information"

Translations

بِشَراهَه، بِتَعَطُّش

dychtivě

begærligtivrigt

begierig

avidement

meî ákafa, græîgislega

avidamente

arzuylaistekle

渴望地

avidly

[ˈævɪdlɪ] ADV → ávidamente, con avidez
to read avidly → leer con avidez

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

avidly

[ˈævɪdli] adv → avidement, avec avidité

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

avidly

adv

(= eagerly) → begierig; (pej) → gierig

(= keenly) → eifrig; read → leidenschaftlich gern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

avidly

[ˈævɪdlɪ] adv → avidamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

avid

(ˈӕvid) adjective

eager. avid for information; an avid reader.

ˈavidly adverb

aˈvidity noun

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He seized avidly upon anything from which he could extract a suggestion of human interest.

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The pirates, listening avidly at the mouths of the trees, heard the question put by every boy, and alas, they also heard Peter's answer.

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"Dear Madam [I wrote], It has come to my knowledge that when you walk in the Gardens with the boy David you listen avidly for encomiums of him and of your fanciful dressing of him by passers-by, storing them in your heart the while you make vain pretence to regard them not: wherefore lest you be swollen by these very small things I, who now know David both by day and by night, am minded to compare him and Porthos the one with the other, both in this matter and in other matters of graver account.

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The old man was transfigured as he reached avidly for the stick and received it.

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It was illumination, a great light in the darkness of his ignorance, and he read poetry more avidly than ever.

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It was Art; though remote from life, it enhanced life's values, and they witnessed it avidly.

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I'VE avidly tuned in to the second series of Island Medics, the BBC's programme about the wonderful job done by staff of Gilbert Bain Hospital on Shetland.

Great advert for island; RECORD READERS

PH leaders such as Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng and Petaling Jaya's Maria Chin Abdullah are some who have avidly campaigned for the reinstatement of local elections.

Minister: Expect local council elections within next three years

Turns out Rick had been dating another sexy brunette, Lauren Harris, who's been tweeting avidly about their relationship.

Steaming Steph says stuff it

Continuing TV drama series are really heating up this month, with one "shocking" development after another to make sure that viewers stay avidly viewing.

One 'shocking' development after another

Doug fights avidly for what he believes in to help as many as possible.

Belanger works hard for 17th Worcester

HOW helpful does the Echo think it is being by avidly supporting the Back to Blue campaign?