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greedily

/ˈɡɹidəli/GREE-duh-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɡɹidəli/GREE-duh-lee

Meaningin a greedy way

Common meaning: with a wish for too much

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gardh-‘strive after, to be greedy’source
  2. Old Englishgrædigsource
  3. Middle Englishgredisource
  4. Englishgreedy‘wanting too much’
  5. Englishformed in English from greedygreedily‘with a wish for too much’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from greedy + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GREEDY, p.243 · scan

Source words

  • grædig Old English · source word “hungry, eager”

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