voraciously

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voraciously - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Voracious \Vo*ra"cious\, a. [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to
     devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf.
     Devour.]
     Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow;
     ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious
     man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. --Dampier. --
     Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

voraciously - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  voraciously
      adv 1: in an eagerly voracious manner; "she reads voraciously"