gredyly

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === gredely, gredili, grediliche, gredilike, gredily gredliche (Early Middle English) ꟑrediȝliȝ (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English grǣdiġlīċe, grǣdelīċe; equivalent to gredy +‎ -ly. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡreːdiːliː/, /ˈɡreːd(ə)liː/, /-lit͡ʃ(ə)/, /-liːk(ə)/ === Adverb === gredyly Voraciously, insatiably, with a tendency to overeat or excessively eat (used of people and beasts) Enviously, greedily; in a way that displays avarice or greed. Overexcitedly or impulsively; in an excessively eager or willing way. ==== Descendants ==== English: greedily Scots: greedily ==== References ==== “grẹ̄dīlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 September 2018.