enviously enviously  /ˈɛn vi əs li/

Definition(s):

  • (adv) with jealousy; in an envious manner

Synonym(s)

Usage(s):

  1. Some conservatives have enviously groused about leftists occupying cabinet posts they had coveted for themselves.
  2. In the industrial areas, groups of unemployed gaze enviously through factory fences at those lucky enough to be working.

Quotes

  1. "People are already looking enviously at this water," Doyle said.
    on May 27, 2008 By: Jim Doyle Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

  2. "I was just out of rehab at that point," says Wainwright. "So I watched enviously as others lost their minds. It was like watching Chekhov."
    on Apr 7, 2008 By: Rufus Wainwright Source: Rolling Stone

  3. Giving the annual Demos security lecture, Sir Richard said: "It would perhaps not be revealing a great secret to add that the rest of Whitehall, particularly in the international sphere, has looked on enviously as extra resources have been allocated...
    on Dec 19, 2007 By: Richard Mottram Source: Times Online

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