avidity
Collocations
5ADJ.
equal, uninteresting
VERB + AVIDITY
details, eat, hands, purchase
AVIDITY + NOUN
accomplishments, diffidence
PREP.
with
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
Greediness; strong appetite.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
to eat with avidity
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.
The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
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5to eat with avidity
WiktionaryStill, 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 e
WiktionaryCome, walk up, and purchase with avidity, / Overcome your diffidence and natural timidity.
WiktionaryIt must be supposed that reading was one of his morbid habits, as he fell upon anything that came into his hands with equal avidity.
Tatoeba · #5298734The 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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