Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rapaciously"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Rapacious \Rapa"cious\, a. [L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to
seize and carry off, to snatch away. See {Rapid}.]
1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by
violence; seizing by force. `` The downfall of the
rapacious and licentious Knights Templar.'' --Motley.

2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals
seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a
rapacious bird.

3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy;
ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious
appetite.

[Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim
--Milton.

Syn: Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. --
{Ra*pa"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Ra*pa"cious*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

rapaciously
adv : in a rapacious manner

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