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Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.

Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Covetiveness :: Covetiveness (n.) Acquisitiveness.

Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

Covet :: Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.

Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet.

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