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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Envious \En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux fr L. invidiosus, fr invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf {Invidious}.] 1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. --Shak. 2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by or proceeding from envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of at and against; as an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues. My soul is envious of mine eye. --Keble. Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv. 19. 3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic] He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away --Spenser. 4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.] No men are so envious of their health. --Jer. Taylor. -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enviously adv : with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously" [syn: {covetously}, {jealously}]
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