enviously

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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. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enviously
Adverb
  • To these critics, the pitfalls of feminist politics—that jealously guarded privileges of race and class keep women from uniting in the interests of their gender—are neatly symbolized in Stanton’s story.
    Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The Founders did not anticipate that lawmakers, instead of jealously guarding their legislative authority, would prefer to leave the president holding the bag in case military action turns out to be unpopular.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • The approval comes as the parties are fighting bitterly over the policies of the Department of Homeland Security, leading to a funding lapse that is now in its 34th day.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The bitterly cold wind chills will linger through the morning commute, then gradually improve this afternoon as winds ease and temperatures climb.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Not obnoxiously hipster, but cool and sophisticated.
    Tom Morris, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Cackles, even, as the obnoxiously loud guy sitting behind me barked throughout the show.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • 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 29 Mar. 2026.

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