Adjective : our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies. From Dictionary.com.
Katherine's blue eyes flashed acquisitively; she recalled Lady Bess's plea with dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved] Reference
He felt the beginnings of indignation, yet he looked back at the letter acquisitively; its interest was intrinsic. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of To-Day] Reference
Fortress must focus on righting its own ship before expanding acquisitively, said. From Wordnik.com. [Dealscape] Reference
Of course I admit that when it's a question of a life spent, like his, in waiting, acquisitively, for the cat to jump, the only thing for one, at a given moment, as against that signal, is to be found one's self by the animal in the line of its trajectory. From Wordnik.com. [The Outcry] Reference
Our reward for thinking acquisitively. From Wordnik.com. [The Dying of the Light] Reference
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