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
  • Another cold front bringing bitterly cold temperatures is expected to hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area this weekend, and temperatures could plunge into the teens Saturday morning with a potential for wind chill in the single-digits, according to Prater.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
  • After a winter storm covered the commonwealth in snow and ice, much of Kentucky will face bitterly cold temperatures throughout the week, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Louisville.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • Both had asked the judges in their respective cases to throw out the charges on the grounds that they were being vindictively prosecuted.
    Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Nina has no mentor to look up to; Beth, the former prima ballerina played by Winona Ryder, has been ruthlessly excised from the company for being too old.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Erik Satie took down the arrogance of late Romantic classical music, gently but ruthlessly taking up its vocabulary and removing all the excess, including authorship.
    Jeremy Denk, The New York Review of Books, 25 Dec. 2025

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“Jealously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealously. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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