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
Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enviously
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And Oura Ring owners may have looked jealously at Samsung Galaxy Ring wearers, whose smart ring charges in a case with a battery built in.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In a blowup argument, Ethan resentfully calls James’ privilege a deficiency that prevents him from understanding more difficult lives.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
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Behind the front, bitterly cold Arctic air filters back into the area.—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Since October last year, Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, knocking out electricity and heat and plunging millions of Ukrainians into long blackouts during bitterly cold winter temperatures.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Among the innards and the great slab of white tail fat was the sheep's head, balefully gazing up at me.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Mar. 2024
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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.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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This is important work, and the information will help political opponents targeted in the future argue that they are being vindictively prosecuted.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
5 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Not obnoxiously hipster, but cool and sophisticated.—
Tom Morris,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Jan. 2026
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Cackles, even, as the obnoxiously loud guy sitting behind me barked throughout the show.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
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As if the question arose, thought Leonora scornfully.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Enviously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enviously. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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