Vocabulary : Covertly to Covetous

Covertly : Secretly; in private; insidiously.
Covertness : Secrecy; privacy.
Coverture : Covering; shelter; defense; hiding. ;; The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.
Covet : To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense. ;; To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). ;; To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Covetable : That may be coveted; desirable.

Coveter : One who covets.
Coveting : of Covet
Covetise : Avarice.
Covetiveness : Acquisitiveness.
Covetous : Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. ;; Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

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