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jealously

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jeal·ous  (jls)
adj.
1. Fearful or wary of being supplanted; apprehensive of losing affection or position.
2.
a. Resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious: jealous of the success of others.
b. Inclined to suspect rivalry.
3. Having to do with or arising from feelings of envy, apprehension, or bitterness: jealous thoughts.
4. Vigilant in guarding something: We are jealous of our good name.
5. Intolerant of disloyalty or infidelity; autocratic: a jealous God.

[Middle English jelous, from Old French gelos, jealous, zealous, from Vulgar Latin *zlsus, from Late Latin zlus, zeal; see zeal.]

jealous·ly adv.
jealous·ness n.
Synonyms: jealous, covetous, envious
These adjectives mean resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantages: jealous of a friend's success; covetous of my neighbor's possessions; envious of their art collection.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.jealously - with jealousy; "he guarded his privacy jealously"
2.jealously - with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously"
Translations
jealously [ˈdʒeləslɪ] ADV
1. (= enviously) → con envidia
he was jealously watching the skatersobservaba a los patinadores con envidia
2. (= protectively) → celosamente
she jealously guards her family's privacyguarda celosamente la intimidad de su familia
she's jealously possessive of himes celosa y posesiva con él
jealously [ˈdʒɛləsli] adv [watch] → jalousement
to guard sth jealously → garder qch jalousement
a jealously guarded secret → un secret jalousement gardé
jealously
adv
eifersüchtig; (= enviously)neidisch; she’s jealously possessive of himsie stellt eifersüchtige Besitzansprüche an ihn
(= watchfully, carefully) guardeifersüchtig
jealously [ˈdʒɛləslɪ] adv (enviously) → con gelosia; (possessively) → gelosamente
jealously [ˈdʒɛləslɪ] adv (enviously) → con gelosia; (possessively) → gelosamente


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A certain man is absent from home for many years; he is jealously watched by Poseidon, and left desolate.
Often he would be surrounded by an eager circle, all waiting to be served; holding boat-spades, pike-heads, harpoons, and lances, and jealously watching his every sooty movement, as he toiled.
I would go out into the streets to fight with my delusion, and prowling women would mew after me; furtive, craving men glance jealously at me; weary, pale workers go coughing by me with tired eyes and eager paces, like wounded deer dripping blood; old people, bent and dull, pass murmuring to themselves; and, all unheeding, a ragged tail of gibing children.
 
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