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What is the noun for greedily?

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  1. (obsolete) One of a flight of steps.
  2. (obsolete) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
  3. (now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
  4. (geometry, obsolete) A degree.
greed
  1. A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It has only bred and encouraged a race for greed and amassing wealth at the cost of the sufferers.”
      “The vultures were feasting on piles of viscera, snatching pieces away, eating with greed and relish, and then barging back in for more.”
      “It could be that an intense greed for story was healthy for our ancestors but has some harmful consequences in a world where books, MP3 players, TVs, and iPhones make story omnipresent.”
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  1. (now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
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greedmeister
  1. (informal) An extremely greedy and powerful person, often a banker
  2. Examples:
    1. “Jim Morgan, who is about as close to Wall Street greedmeister Gordon Gekko as Murphy is to Manteo.”
greediness
  1. The state of being greedy; greed.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Again, Granser's eyes burned with greediness as a large crab was handed to him.”
      “There is, mixed with our worst demagoguism, and greatest greediness for power and office, a certain respect for forms.”
      “Oh please, please let it be that my poor performance was all down to my lack of greediness.”
greedfest
  1. (informal) An event characterized by greed.
greedyguts
  1. (informal) A greedy person.
gre
  1. Obsolete form of gree.
greedlessness
  1. Absence of greed.
greedmeisters
  1. plural of greedmeister
  2. Examples:
    1. “Instead, a handful of arrogant greedmeisters blew up their institutions and took our economy off the cliff along the way.”
greedinesses
greedfests
  1. plural of greedfest
greeds
  1. plural of greed
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Am I a creature of blind instincts, jealousies and greeds and hates beyond my own control entirely?”
      “So, lest we shame them, let us believe that the new oppressions and foolish greeds are no more than mists that pass.”
      “I want flowers in the house and something tempting to eat – these are greeds, I think, rather than needs.”
grees
  1. plural of gree
  2. Examples:
    1. “And the grees that he goeth up to the table be of precious stones mingled with gold.”
      “Three times they were halted before they reached a point on the Boston side just above grees shipyard.”
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