It must be supposed that reading was one of his morbid habits, as he fell upon anything that came into his hands with equal avidity.
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Avidity
//əˈvɪdɪti//
Synonyms for "avidity" (70 found)
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15 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- алчност noun (greediness; strong appetite)
- лакомост noun (greediness; strong appetite)
- ненаситност noun (greediness; strong appetite)
German
1 entries- Avidität noun (biochemistry)
Indonesian
1 entries- aviditas noun (biochemistry)
Italian
2 entries- avidità noun (greediness; strong appetite)
- avidità noun (eagerness; intenseness of desire)
Malay
1 entries- keavidan noun (biochemistry)
Romanian
3 entries- aviditate noun (greediness; strong appetite)
- aviditate noun (eagerness; intenseness of desire)
- lăcomie noun (greediness; strong appetite)
Russian
4 entries- а́лчность noun (greediness; strong appetite)
- жа́дность noun (greediness; strong appetite)
- усе́рдие noun (eagerness; intenseness of desire)
- энерги́чность noun (eagerness; intenseness of desire)
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The jury looked tired, with the exception of one especially alert little man who drank in even the most uninteresting details with avidity.
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to eat with avidity
Source: wiktionary
Still, there was an inquiry after me, the 'who was she?' that never can, that never must be answered; and it was pursued with only the more avidity, because my accomplishments proved that I had been expensively educated, and nature had stamped me with her own kindly distinctions.
Source: wiktionary
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