貪欲に
解説 Definition
食べ物や利益などを欲深く、がつがつと求めるさまです。必要以上に欲しがる様子を表します。
Greedily means in a way that shows a strong and selfish desire to have more than is needed. It is often used for eating, taking, or wanting money, power, or other things too eagerly.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- eagerlyは「熱心に、待ちきれずに」。greedilyは必要以上に欲しがる含みがあり、否定的に響きやすい語です。 Eagerly suggests enthusiasm or anticipation. Greedily suggests wanting more than is needed and often sounds negative.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
greedは「強い欲」、greedyは「貪欲な」。greedyのyをiに変えて-lyを付けたgreedilyは「貪欲に」です。食べ物をがつがつ食べる姿と結びつけましょう。
Connect greed, greedy, and greedily. Change the y in greedy to i and add -ly to form the adverb. Picture someone eating greedily.
例文
The child ate the cookies greedily.
その子はクッキーをがつがつと食べた。
He greedily eyed the inheritance, caring little for his relatives' feelings.
彼は親戚の気持ちなどお構いなしに、遺産に欲深そうな目を向けた。
greedily の類義語・関連語
greedily の語源・成り立ち Etymology
greedy（貪欲な）に副詞語尾 -ly（〜に）が付いた語です。greedy は古英語 grædig にさかのぼり、さらにゲルマン系で「欲する・飢える」感覚を持ちます。だから greedily は「強く欲してがつがつと」という響きになります。関連語は greed, eager。
"Greedily" comes from "greedy" plus the adverb ending "-ly." "Greedy" goes back to Old English "grædig," meaning eager, hungry, or wanting strongly, and it is related to "greed" and distantly to "eager." The word kept that old sense of strong desire and developed into the modern idea of wanting too much.
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