'Graspingness' definitions:

Definition of 'Graspingness'

From: GCIDE
  • Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
  • 1. Seizing; embracing; catching. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- {Grasp"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Grasp"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]