[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That covets.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 287. A couetyng desyre to fulfyll the commaundementes of God.
1711. Shaftesb., Charac., II. ii. (1737), II. 155. A Covering or Avaritious Temper.
Hence Covetingly adv.
1382. Wyclif, 1 Thess. ii. 8. We desyringe ȝou coueityngly with greet loue, wolden bitake to ȝou … the gospel of God.
1599. B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev., V. ii. Wks. (Rtldg.), 97/2. Phantaste. Most covetingly ready, Amorphus.
