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- adverb In an
envying manner
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Examples
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Archie looked envyingly at Fred's excited, triumphant face.
The song of the lark 1915
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Archie looked envyingly at Fred's excited, triumphant face.
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Archie looked envyingly at Fred's excited, triumphant face.
The Song of the Lark Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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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
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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
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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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