avidly
English
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[edit]avidly (comparative more avidly, superlative most avidly)
- In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
- 1980, Mervyn Thompson, All My Lives:
- I remember going to the pictures at the local flea pit and seeing Riders of Death Valley, a serial in which I avidly #followed the fortunes of my hero Jim . . .
- 2008 August 28, “German recreation: An affinity for rules?”, in The Economist[1], archived from the original on 2 February 2021:
- In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.
Translations
[edit]in an avid manner
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