VORACIOUSLY Definition & Meaning

voraciously

[ vaw-rey-shuhs-lee, vuh- ]

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adverb

in great quantities, especially excessively or gluttonously:
Scarlet lily beetles, especially the larvae, feed voraciously on the leaves, buds, flowers, and even the stem of the lily plant.
in a way that is extremely eager or avid:
She is a scholar's scholar: she reads voraciously and broadly, reasons carefully, and always treats opposing arguments with respect.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of voraciously¹

voracious ( def ) + -ly

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Gibbon, no democrat, spent much of his time reading voraciously and carried some English biases and feuds into his writing, but he illuminated Augustus’ strategies in ways that America’s framers found sobering, cautionary and salutary.

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She was a sickly child and used her idle time to read voraciously.

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The poet’s depiction of Grendel consuming his victims whole mirrors Trump’s insatiable appetite for power, as he voraciously consumes all semblance of democratic norms and values.

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Otters chow down on urchins, which voraciously devour kelp.

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While he read voraciously — mostly history — Adams didn’t learn his times tables until he was 19, so he could pass a high school equivalency exam.

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