rapaciously
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9.3
- adverb
- /rəˈpeɪʃəsli/
- Formal
:
rapazmente
- We have been acculturated to act rapaciously, acquire, consume, indulge more, more, more.
We have been acculturated to act rapaciously, acquire, consume, indulge more, more, more.
- We have been acculturated to act rapaciously, acquire, consume, indulge more, more, more.
Examples
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The seagulls swooped down rapaciously, eager to snatch the crumbs of bread from the picnic table.
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Healing the story means engaging in the proper exchanges that create balance rather than rapaciously "take" and placing ourselves at the center of creation.
Academic text (2000) -
Why is there a relatively low level of interest in researching the visual cultures that replaced all those objects so rapaciously collected in rural areas?
Academic text (2005) -
At the end of Third Avenue, a skeletal black woman in a bikini stood on the corner and peered rapaciously into the van as it went right.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Customs of the Country is the story of Undine Spragg, a rapaciously acquisitive young woman who constantly strives for more.
Blog text (13) -
Americans deserve to know that before any further action on health care is taken by people who might be in the back pocket of an industry we find abhorrent, immoral, and voraciously, rapaciously evil.
Blog text (22) -
The thing about the Indonesians, they've got 13.000 islands... ...and they're still expanding and clearing the forests... ...more rapaciously than the Japanese ever did in Borneo.
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He approached the table at the buffet and began rapaciously piling food onto his plate, ignoring the other guests waiting in line.
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In the market, the children rapaciously grabbed all the candy they could find, hoping to eat as much as possible.
Synonyms
7
2.7
Wanting a lot in a very selfish way, often food or money
5
5.9
With strong hunger for food or learning
3
6.7
In a very hungry and eager way, like when you eat very fast
In a greedy way, wanting a lot of money or things
In a way that makes someone eat or drink too much
Wanting strongly to have something that belongs to someone else
Antonyms
How Greedy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rapaciously comes from the Latin root rapere, which means 'to seize' or 'grab'. Think of a raptor, a bird of prey, snatching food. So, to act rapaciously is to take or grab more than you need in a greedy way.