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De - Pt| English Dictionary: invidiously | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for invidiously | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.] 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
