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Meanings of greediness in inglés

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An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

        cobdícia

        An excessive desire for food.

              Excessive desire for possessions and wealth.

                  Usage of greediness in inglés
                  1
                  The loss of time greediness has inflicted on us has been frightful.
                  The Personal Life of David Livingstone / Chiefly from his Unpubl...
                  2
                  He turns round now, and puts the blame of greediness on me.
                  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from ...
                  3
                  She was delighted to have the excuse for satisfying her own greediness.
                  Jean-Christophe, Volume I
                  4
                  Such prolixity enchanted the King, whose greediness for business epistles was insatiable.
                  The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 05: 1559-60
                  5
                  With a greediness that could not be concealed, Hakkabut grasped them all.
                  Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
                  6
                  A star glide, a single frantic sullenness, a single financial grass greediness.
                  Tender Buttons / Objects—Food—Rooms
                  7
                  A fantastic impulse, half fear, half greediness, took possession of Jesse Bentley.
                  Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
                  8
                  Besides, in spite of her greediness, she remained so nice and good!
                  L'Assommoir
                  9
                  But envy did it all, sir; envy, and the greediness of the land-sharks.
                  The Red Rover: A Tale
                  10
                  There is no hurry or greediness apparent in the despatch of the meal.
                  American Notes
                  11
                  Thomas's ill-conceived greediness she hadn't counted on, nor Miller's interest in her place.
                  Boston noir
                  12
                  This greediness for silver was a new side in his nature.
                  The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
                  13
                  Then he recognized the punishment of his greediness, and began to weep aloud.
                  Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
                  14
                  When the pope heard these words he actually shook all over with greediness.
                  Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
                  15
                  God evidently did it to punish him for his great greediness.
                  Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
                  16
                  For those English be very wolves themselves for fierceness and greediness.
                  The Cloister and the Hearth
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                  Greediness through the time
                  Greediness across language varieties
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