All 3 Uses of
avid
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- He was nineteen and avid for life and he couldn't understand why he was doomed.†
Chpt 4
- Francie read them all avidly, then sold them at half price to the neighborhood stationery store and put the money in Mama's tin-can bank.†
Chpt 5 *avidly = enthusiastically or with great interest
- Evy, loving talent in music and lacking it herself, sought for it avidly in her children.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
enthusiastic or strongly interested