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jealously, adv.|ˈdʒɛləslɪ| [f. jealous a. + -ly2.] In a jealous manner. †1. Zealously, eagerly. Obs.
1388Wyclif Joel ii. 18 The Lord louyde gelousli his lond. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Gal. iv. Cc ij b, Some ielously wooe you and as it were enuiyng at me, labor to wynne your fauor. 2. In a way characterized by jealousy (in mod. senses); with watchful care for preservation; with apprehension of rivalry, or (esp.) of loss or damage.
1718Strype Whitgift iii. xxiii, He had always hoped that her Majesty's safety..should be jealously preserved. a1788Mickle Siege Marseilles iii. v, He stamps the ground; then jealously casts round His burning eyes, as if he fear'd his thoughts Were listen'd to. 1857Keble Euchar. Adorat. 31 Surely it is natural that we should..jealously guard them, and scrupulously make the most of them. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. vii. 29 They were doubtless jealously watched. †3. Suspiciously, distrustfully. Obs. (exc. dial.)
1628Digby Voy. Medit. 84 But seeing they wrought jealously of me. (Still common dialectally.) |