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Greedily vs Guttle - What's the difference?

greedily | guttle |

As an adverb greedily

is in a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire; avidly; eagerly.

As a verb guttle is

to put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.

greedily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a greedy manner; with keen or ardent desire; avidly; eagerly.
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    guttle

    English

    Verb

    (guttl)
  • To put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.
  • * Dryden Translations From Persius, The Sixth Satire of Pursius :
  • His jolly brother, opposite in sense, / Laughs at his thrift; and lavish of expence / Quaffs, crams, and guttles, in his own defence.
  • * 1890s , Poverty Knock :
  • I know I can guttle, when I hear my shuttle, go poverty, poverty knock.
  • To swallow.
  • * 1692 (1616-1704) Fables Of Aesop And Other Eminent Mythologists :
  • The fool spit in his porridge, to try if they'd hiss : they did not hiss, and so he guttled them up, and scalded his chops

    Derived terms

    * guttler - a greedy eater

    See also

    * devour * gorge * gobble * gulp

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