English-German translations for greedily

• gierig
  Herr Präsident! Der Wiederaufbau im Kosovo hat noch nicht einmal begonnen, und schon fragen die Mitgliedstaaten gierig: was kann mein Land daran verdienen? Mr President, the reconstruction of Kosovo has not yet got underway and the Member States are already greedily asking themselves: what can my country get out of it?

Definition of greedily

• In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire

Examples

• The two dogs greedily devoured the meat.
• I gazed greedily on the gems in the shop window.

Related words

• greed
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