Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a gluttonous manner; with the voracity of a glutton; with excessive eating.
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- adverb In a
gluttonous manner.
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- adverb in a gluttonous manner
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Examples
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But of all Wimbledon's more-iconic quirks and traditions—the tennis whites, strawberries and umbrellas—there's one that receives slightly less recognition but deserves a lot more: Second Monday, the most gluttonously glorious day in tennis.
On Wimbledon's 'Second Monday,' Everyone in the Draw Has to Play Tom Perrotta 2011
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But of all Wimbledon's more-iconic quirks and traditions—the tennis whites, strawberries and umbrellas—there's one that receives slightly less recognition but deserves a lot more: Second Monday, the most gluttonously glorious day in tennis.
On Wimbledon's 'Second Monday,' Everyone in the Draw Has to Play Tom Perrotta 2011
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Marc arrived very late, and overheard guests gossiping about him - "Who is his father?" one snob wondered aloud - and he mocked how gluttonously they eyed the wedding feast.
Elizabeth Abbott: Eternal Happiness In A Wedding Dress Elizabeth Abbott 2012
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The corporate cronyism of the last three decades has left the middle class, working class and poor with few resources, but the wealthiest have become gluttonously rich.
Kevin Zeese: The President Misses an Opportunity to Get the Country on the Right Course Kevin Zeese 2011
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But of all Wimbledon's more-iconic quirks and traditions—the tennis whites, strawberries and umbrellas—there's one that receives slightly less recognition but deserves a lot more: Second Monday, the most gluttonously glorious day in tennis.
The Day Half the Field Goes Home Tom Perrotta 2011
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Marc arrived very late, and overheard guests gossiping about him - "Who is his father?" one snob wondered aloud - and he mocked how gluttonously they eyed the wedding feast.
Elizabeth Abbott: Eternal Happiness In A Wedding Dress Elizabeth Abbott 2012
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The political trough at which Davis and his partners at Davis, Manafort & Freedman have fed gluttonously will have gone dry.
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The political trough at which Davis and his partners at Davis, Manafort & Freedman have fed gluttonously will have gone dry.
Geoffrey Dunn: Rick Davis and McCain's Failed Campaign Strategy Geoffrey Dunn 2010
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The club, they felt, was oppressed by its gluttonously successful history and the red shirt with white sleeves was too strongly identified with the stellar teams from the decades before and after the Second World War.
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The political trough at which Davis and his partners at Davis, Manafort & Freedman have fed gluttonously will have gone dry.
Geoffrey Dunn: Rick Davis and McCain's Failed Campaign Strategy 2010
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