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English Dictionary: enviously by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enviously
adv
  1. with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously"
    Synonym(s): enviously, covetously, jealously
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Envious \En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L.
      invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf.
      {Invidious}.]
      1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]
  
                     Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or
            proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition,
            feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or
            good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed
            by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition,
            attack; envious tongues.
  
                     My soul is envious of mine eye.         --Keble.
  
                     Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv.
                                                                              19.
  
      3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
  
                     He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of
                     victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
  
      4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
  
                     No men are so envious of their health. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
            -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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