Meaning & use
avidity
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extreme eagerness or enthusiasm for something
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She read the letter with avidity, hardly pausing to breathe.
The collector pursued rare stamps with a lifelong avidity.
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Avidity is the noun form of 'avid'; it's a somewhat formal or literary word, more common in writing than in everyday speech.
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