All 3 Uses of
avid
in
The Crucible
- All wait, avidly.
p. 39.4avidly = with great interest
- Aye, but then Judge Hathorne say, “Recite for us your commandments!”—leaning avidly toward them—and of all the ten she could not say a single one.
p. 58.5avidly = enthusiastically
- MARY WARREN, glancing about at the avid faces: Why—I made it in the court, sir, and—give it to Goody Proctor tonight.
p. 75.7 *avid = greatly interested
Definition:
enthusiastic or strongly interested