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invidiously

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in·vid·i·ous  (n-vd-s)
adj.
1. Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations.
2. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions.
3. Envious.
[From Latin invidisus, envious, hostile, from invidia, envy; see envy.]
in·vidi·ous·ly adv.
in·vidi·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.invidiously - in a manner arousing resentment


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If I had been the most scrupulous man in the world, I must still have received my wages, for the very necessary purpose of not appearing to distinguish myself invidiously from my fellow-workmen.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
The cold sunlight of this spring evening peered invidiously upon the crocks and kettles, upon the bunches of dried herbs shivering in the breeze, upon the brass handles of the dresser, upon the wicker-cradle they had all been rocked in, and upon the well-rubbed clock-case, all of which gave out the reproachful gleam of indoor articles abandoned to the vicissitudes of a roofless exposure for which they were never made.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Morse, who had been invidiously singing the praises of Mr.
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