Antonyms for avidity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-vid-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈvɪd ɪ ti |
Definition of avidity
Origin :- mid-15c., "eagerness, zeal," from Old French avidite "avidity, greed," from Latin aviditatem (nominative aviditas) "eagerness, avidity," noun of quality from avidus (see avid).
- noun eagerness
- It was upon this last point that I seized with most avidity.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- At 'beautiful Vienne,' Martial boasted that his works were read with avidity.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- They will be read with avidity in the North and in the South, and throughout Europe.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Roderic surveyed his victim with an eye of avidity and triumph.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Their disunion, the consequence of their avidity, saved it from ruin, but not from pillage.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
- At five years of age children will generally learn with avidity.
- Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
- He seizes the project with avidity, and offers to supply me with a hammer for my work.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- Still shrinking from his nearness she had ended by listening to him with avidity.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- A book of thrilling interest; one that can not fail to be read with avidity.
- Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel
- They eat it with avidity, and are more concerned about the quantity than about the quality.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
Synonyms for avidity
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