as in jealously
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Recent Examples of enviously
While the venue gained significant popularity and an enviously cool reputation, it was also plagued by regulatory troubles in recent years.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enviously
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The extended map, however, will add to its already rich inventory of features some street-specific ones that, for ancient and complicated reasons, have been jealously guarded on thousands of paper maps by the five borough presidents.—
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This celestial authority was jealously guarded for almost the entirety of Imperial China.—
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In a blowup argument, Ethan resentfully calls James’ privilege a deficiency that prevents him from understanding more difficult lives.—
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Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees.—
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The post in a bitterly cold corner of Alaska is home to approximately 350 soldiers, including those of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion, which operates 40 of the military's 44 specialized missiles designed to shoot down nuclear or other ballistic missiles targeting the United States.—
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
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Those familiar with the case say Hernández’s 2024 conviction was not pulled together hastily − or vindictively − by President Joe Biden's Department of Justice.—
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Both had asked the judges in their respective cases to throw out the charges on the grounds that they were being vindictively prosecuted.—
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Not obnoxiously hipster, but cool and sophisticated.—
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Cackles, even, as the obnoxiously loud guy sitting behind me barked throughout the show.—
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.—
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“Enviously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviously. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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