emulative

adjective

em·​u·​la·​tive ˈemyəˌlā|t|iv 

-lə|, 

|t|, 

|ēv also |əv

: characterized by emulation

a son's emulative drive to achieve the same success as his father

: tending to emulation

a man's character marked by strong emulative qualities

: deriving from emulation or the impulse or drive to emulation

the exploitation of materialistic drives and emulative anxieties

—D. M. Potter

emulatively

|ə̇vlē, 

-li

adverb

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