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voraciously

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

adverb

  1. 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.

  2. 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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  • un·vo·ra·cious·ly adverb
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Example Sentences

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

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.

Her videos reveal moving expressions of interspecies bonding, with dogs voraciously licking her face, or melting into her lap as she massages them.

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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