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Acquisitive
Answer for the clue "Acquisitive ", 6 letters:
grabby
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1910, from grab (v.) + -y (2). Related: Grabbiness .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. tending to grab especially rudely or needily
Usage examples of grabby.
I was being systematically depersonalized by the whole educational apparatus at the University of California at Santa Barbara and all I heard from my parents day after day in letters, phone calls and telegrams was that I should transfer to the University of California at Santa Cruz, which they wanted me to do for their own selfish grabby reasons, probably tinged with incest.