adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Avariciously, greedily.

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1382.  Wyclif, Job xxvii. 8. If auerously he take.

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1432–50.  trans. Higden, VI. xxviii. (1879), VII. 219. Men eitynge avarousely.

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1580.  Baret, Alv., A 713. Auarously or couetously, Auarè.

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