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Avidity

Avidity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Avidity? [n] a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Avidity: avidness \| eagerness \| keenness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Avidity: acquisitiveness \| alacrity \| animation \| anxiety \| anxiousness \| appetite \| avarice \| avariciousness \| avidness \| breathless impatience \| cheerful readiness \| covetousness \| cupidity \| eagerness \| elan \| forwardness \| frenzy of desire \| fury of desire \| gluttony \| grasping \| graspingness \| greed \| greediness \| gust \| gusto \| hoggishness \| impatience \| incontinence \| inordinate desire \| insatiability \| insatiable desire \| intemperateness \| itching palm \| keen desire \| keenness \| life \| liveliness \| lust \| overgreediness \| piggishness \| promptness \| quickness \| rapaciousness \| rapacity \| ravenousness \| readiness \| sordidness \| spirit \| swinishness \| verve \| vitality \| vivacity \| voraciousness \| voracity \| wolfishness \| zest \| zestfulness See Also \| ardor \| ardour \| elan \| enthusiasm \| zeal Avidity In Webster's Dictionary \Avid"ity\, n. [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidit['e]. See {Avid}.] Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity. His books were received and read with avidity. --Milward.

Avidity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Avidity?

[n] a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Avidity: avidness | eagerness | keenness

Avidity In Webster's Dictionary

\A*vid"i*ty\, n. [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F.
avidit['e]. See {Avid}.]
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of
desire; as, to eat with avidity.

      His books were received and read with avidity.
                                               --Milward.

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