Etymology

avidly

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Today it means: In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly. Full definition →

English avid ← French avide ← Latin avidu
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The story

  1. Latinavidu
  2. Frenchavide
  3. Englishavid
  4. English todayavidly

From avid + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.