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voraciously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a voracious manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an eagerly voracious manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she reads voraciously

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin vorāx English -acious English voracious Middle English -ly English -ly English voraciously From voracious + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: voraçment — in a voracious manner
  • Dutch: vraatzuchtig — in a voracious manner
  • Finnish: ahnaasti — in a voracious manner
  • Finnish: ahneesti — in a voracious manner
  • French: voracement — in a voracious manner
  • French: avec voracité — in a voracious manner
  • Galician: vorazmente — in a voracious manner
  • Greek: λαίμαργα (laímarga) — in a voracious manner
  • Greek: αχόρταγα (achórtaga) — in a voracious manner
  • Greek: αδηφάγα (adifága) — in a voracious manner
  • Italian: voracemente — in a voracious manner
  • Polish: żarłocznie — in a voracious manner
  • Polish: zachłannie — in a voracious manner
  • Portuguese: vorazmente — in a voracious manner
  • Spanish: vorazmente — in a voracious manner