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enviously

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en·vi·ous  (nv-s)
adj.
1. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by envy: "At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way.... He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage" (Stephen Crane). See Synonyms at jealous.
2. Archaic Eager to emulate; emulous.
envi·ous·ly adv.
envi·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.enviously - with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously"
covetously, jealously
Translations
enviously [ˈenvɪəslɪ] ADV → con envidia
enviously [ˈɛnviəsli] adv [say] → avec envie
enviously
adv → neidisch, neiderfüllt
enviously [ˈɛnvɪəslɪ] adv → con invidia
enviously [ˈɛnvɪəslɪ] adv → con invidia


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These are continent, to be sure: but doggish lust looketh enviously out of all that they do.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
His yellow-green eyes were fastened upon Tarzan as he halted just within the clearing and glared enviously at the successful hunter, for Numa had had no luck this night.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
They knew his open-handedness; and half an hour later the invalid doctor from Hamburg, who lived on the top floor, looked enviously out of the window at the merry party of healthy Russians assembled under the chestnut tree.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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