enviouslyadv.
/ˈɛnvɪəsli/, U.S. /ˈɛnviəsli/ In an envious manner.† a. In a spirit of emulation or rivalry. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adverb]
enviouslya1375
emulously1647
contestingly1648
emulatively1753
vieingly1832
competitively1858
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1129 Burnes he sent enuiously to þemperour & egged him swiþe bi a certayne day bataile to a-bide.
b. Maliciously, spitefully, grudgingly.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adverb]
despitouslyc1320
maliciouslya1325
doggedlyc1380
spitouslya1387
venomly1387
spitousc1400
enviouslyc1430
venomously1449
sputouslyc1450
evilfullyc1475
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
unhappily1509
peevishly?1529
spitefully1532
cankeredly1535
viperiously1538
malignly1543
sinisterlyc1550
doggishly1576
cankerly1580
viperously1587
sinistruouslya1615
despitely1619
viciously1841
dolefully1880
cattishly1913
cattily1924
bitchily1938
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adverb]
maliciouslya1325
despitouslyc1374
doggedlyc1380
spitouslya1387
venomly1387
spitousc1400
venomously1449
sputouslyc1450
evilfullyc1475
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
enviously1508
unhappily1509
peevishly?1529
spitefully1532
cankeredly1535
viperiously1538
malignly1543
sinisterlyc1550
to spite (one)a1575
doggishly1576
cankerly1580
viperously1587
sinistruouslya1615
despitely1619
waspishly1684
viciously1841
waspily1854
dolefully1880
cattishly1913
cattily1924
bitchily1961
bitchingly1970
the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [adverb] > enviously
enviously1596
envyingly1861
c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes in G. Chaucer Wks. (1561) ccclxxv b They on Greekes enuiously gan to shout.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. hh.iiiv All they..enuyously haue conspyred the deth of a symple persone.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 462 The hæretikis, quha before Jnuiouslie..teached had [etc.].
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 6 She..beates her hart, Spurnes enuiously at strawes. View more context for this quotation
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. viii. 123 The Cross..enviously concealed by the Turks.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity iii. 7 Those Doctrines of Devils, which they enviously and insultingly entangled poor mankind withall.
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