adv
Meaning 1
In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
avidly
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/ˈævɪdli/
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 V AH0 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an avid manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin avidusbor. French avide English avid Middle English -ly English -ly English avidly From avid + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: àvidament — in an avid manner
- Finnish: innokkaasti — in an avid manner
- Galician: avidamente — in an avid manner
- German: eifrig — in an avid manner
- German: leidenschaftlich — in an avid manner
- German: begeistert — in an avid manner
- German: enthusiastisch — in an avid manner
- German: gierig — in an avid manner
- Italian: avidamente — in an avid manner
- Latin: aviditer — in an avid manner
- Portuguese: avidamente — in an avid manner
- Russian: жа́дно (žádno) — in an avid manner
- Spanish: ávidamente — in an avid manner
Real reading context