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  • adverb In an envying manner

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Examples

  • Archie looked envyingly at Fred's excited, triumphant face.

    The song of the lark 1915

  • Archie looked envyingly at Fred's excited, triumphant face.

    The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather 1915

  • Archie looked envyingly at Fred's excited, triumphant face.

    The Song of the Lark Willa Sibert Cather 1910

  • Bob followed the Captain, while the other fellows looked envyingly towards him.

    All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Joseph Hocking 1898

  • Had ordinary mortals, like you or myself, for instance, peered through the leaves of the thorn-trees, we should have sighed or frowned, according to our several temperaments; but we should all have said, whether spitefully or envyingly, "Happy young lovers!" and should all have blundered lamentably in so saying.

    Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Had ordinary mortals, like you or myself, for instance, peered through the leaves of the thorn-trees, we should have sighed or frowned, according to our several temperaments; but we should all have said, whether spitefully or envyingly, "Happy young lovers!" and should all have blundered lamentably in so saying.

    Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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