1 adj You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
usu ADJ n
He misses not having enough books because he's an avid reader.
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avidly adv ADV with v
Thank you for a most entertaining magazine, which I read avidly each month.
2 adj If you say that someone is avid for something, you mean that they are very eager to get it.
v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n
He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth.
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avidly adv ADV with v
Western suppliers too are competing avidly for business abroad.