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Search phrase: reedy

Plays

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CymbelineCym III.iv.164Alack, no remedy – to the greedy touchAlacke no remedy) to the greedy touch
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.i.78Stopping my greedy ear with their bold deeds.Stopping my greedy eare, with their bold deeds.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.iii.88Their overgreedy love hath surfeited.Their ouer-greedy loue hath surfetted:
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.276So keen and greedy to confound a man.So keene and greedy to confound a man.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.61such a greedy intention that the appetite of her eye didsuch a greedy intention, that the appetite of her eye, did
OthelloOth I.iii.148She'd come again, and with a greedy earShe'l'd come againe, and with a greedie eare
Richard IIR2 V.ii.13So many greedy looks of young and oldSo many greedy lookes of yong and old,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.368 Rolling his greedy eyeballs in his head; Rowling his greedie eye-bals in his head.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1437 To Simois' reedy banks the red blood ran, To SIMOIS reedie bankes the red bloud ran,

Glossary

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cormorantgreedy, insatiable, all-devouring
emulousenvious, filled with rivalry, greedy for praise
gluttongluttonous, voracious, greedy
puttockkite; greedy scavenger
reedreedy, squeaking

Thesaurus

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greedycormorant
greedyglutton
greedy scavengerputtock
praise, greedy foremulous
reedyreed
scavenger, greedyputtock

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GREEDYBASICgreedily adv, greediness n, greedy adj
GREEDYINTENSITYovergreedy adj
OVERGREEDYBASICsee GREEDY
REEDBASICreedy adj

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