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Covetously

Covetously \Cov"et*ous*ly\, adv. In a covetous manner.

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covetously

adv. In a covetous manner

WordNet
covetously
  1. adv. with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously" [syn: enviously, jealously]

  2. in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, greedily]

Usage examples of "covetously".

He watched her covetously, wondering if there would ever come a day when he tired of looking at her.

The stereo system dominating a small electronics shop drew him close to the glass, five disk CD changer, digital tuner with forty presets, six-mode preset equalizer, dual full-logic cassette decks, extra bass, and he found himself wondering covetously about sub-woofers and wattage.