Definition of "covetously" []

• In a covetous manner (adverb)

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• "The man was looking at the coin covetously, but his wife pushed him away."
• "Pennies were the one thing he seemed to desire, and he made his eyes flash covetously whenever one was produced."
• "Some peered over the edges into lower basins, one reached arms covetously toward the goldfish; one, on his back, laughed at the sky, another stood with dimpled legs apart stretching himself, others waded, others were on the ground amongst the roses white and blush, but all were of the fountain and touched it at some point."