Syn.
— Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See
Avaricious.
COVETOUSLY
Cov"et*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a covetous manner.
COVETOUSNESS
Cov"et*ous*ness, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak.
2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; — in a bad sense. Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat.
Syn.
— Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
COVEY
Cov"ey (kv"), n. Etym: [OF. cov, F. couv, fr. cover, F. couver, to
sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See
Cubit, and cf. Cove to brood.]
1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; — said of game; as, a covey of partridges. Darwin.
2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.