单词 | invidiously |
释义 | invidiouslyadv. In an invidious manner (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adverb] > so as to attract ill will invidiously1665 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adverb] > offensively invidiously1850 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense Let. Aristotle 84 in Scepsis Scientifica That [he] dealt so invidiously with the Philosophers. 1781 S. Johnson Blackmore in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 37 Blackmore..was in time neglected as a physician; his practice, which was once invidiously great, forsook him. 1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 19 Vitruvius, of whom he appears to have been a little invidiously emulous. 1850 R. C. Trench Notes Parables (ed. 2) xxiv. 338 Then he invidiously compares the father's conduct to his brother. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1665 |
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