jealously

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Recent Examples of jealously 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 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 This celestial authority was jealously guarded for almost the entirety of Imperial China. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026 Rulers, by contrast, tend to jealously guard their dignity. Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025 Space states like Florida and California, for example—home to NASA’s two biggest centers—jealously guard their share of the federal pie. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 Sep. 2025 The unhappy person is one who looks jealously at other plates or is angry that they are served last. Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealously
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • 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
  • In Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region, over half the homes have been without heat for two bitterly cold months.
    Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • But, to get there, Brontë enlists some of the ubiquitous tropes of her time—the foundling hero, for example—only to ruthlessly unravel them.
    Radhika Jones, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Technology’s ruthlessly deflationary force will first wipe out travel booking platforms, Citrini predicted, with agents able to assemble a complete travel itinerary by the fourth quarter of 2026, faster and cheaper than any platform could.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026

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“Jealously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealously. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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