Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Eagerly; greedily.

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  • adverb In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.

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  • adverb in an avid manner

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Examples

  • I read avidly from the time when someone realised I was not educationally slow, just severely short-sighted.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On My Own 2010

  • Mrs. Edwards took in every word avidly while she ate.

    Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories Robert Herrick 1903

  • I recall avidly following the 2006 crisis in Lebanon through a variety of sources, none less interesting or credible because it was, say,

    Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae 2009

  • I recall avidly following the 2006 crisis in Lebanon through a variety of sources, none less interesting or credible because it was, say, Haaretz instead of The Times.

    Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton 2009

  • I recall avidly following the 2006 crisis in Lebanon through a variety of sources, none less interesting or credible because it was, say, Haaretz instead of The Times.

    Redneck's Revenge 2009

  • Got your email and thank you for highlighting the points - needless to say I do actually read Labourlist although perhaps not 'avidly'!

    Ephems of BLB 2009

  • Wicker, himself a great chronicler of the civil rights movement, observed in San Francisco, “In the long future power will be more avidly sought by and more widely distributed among those who in the long past could only suffer its consequences.”

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Wicker, himself a great chronicler of the civil rights movement, observed in San Francisco, “In the long future power will be more avidly sought by and more widely distributed among those who in the long past could only suffer its consequences.”

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Wicker, himself a great chronicler of the civil rights movement, observed in San Francisco, “In the long future power will be more avidly sought by and more widely distributed among those who in the long past could only suffer its consequences.”

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

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

    CHAPTER 2 2010

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