half-jealous

Florrie she found vain, spoiled, selfish, but all in so frank a fashion that in return for an admittedly half-jealous admiration she gave a genuine affection.

The Bells of San Juan Jackson Gregory 1912

Wishkobun, the Ojibway woman from the south country, and Virginia's devoted familiar, took her half-jealous stand on the other.

The Call of the North Stewart Edward White 1909

Wishkobun, the Ojibway woman from the south country, and Virginia's devoted familiar, took her half-jealous stand on the other.

Conjuror's House A Romance of the Free Forest Stewart Edward White 1909

He thought one might have expected a certain amount of half-jealous resentment, or even faint suspicion, on the man's part; but there was no sign of this.

Vane of the Timberlands Harold Bindloss 1905

Dick dismissed the matter and remembered with half-jealous uneasiness that Jake seemed to know a good deal about Kenwardine's household.

Brandon of the Engineers Harold Bindloss 1905

Outsiders looked with a kind of new, half-jealous respect on these privileged few who had so suddenly become the "General's party."

The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902

"I _like_ to sell papers," in such good imitation of his tone and call that Mickey's face grew grave and a half-jealous little ache began in his heart.

Michael O'Halloran Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

And when is added to this the spontaneous shouts and shrieks of delight that the feminine "fishermen" give when they are successful and make a catch, the half-frenzied and altogether delighted announcements thereof, the whole-hearted or the half-jealous, half-envious return-congratulations, while now and then the large steamer, _Tahoe_, or an elegant private yacht, as the Tevis's

The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter George Wharton James 1890

Robin glanced at her with a half-jealous, half-anxious look, but her face was turned away from him.

Innocent : her fancy and his fact Marie Corelli 1889

Plato every now and again would indulge in a walk abroad with Julian, accompanying him as far as the rectory, where he would enter, laying his broad head on Walden's knee with a world of sympathy in his loving brown eyes, while Nebbie, half-jealous, half-gratified, squatted humbly in the shadow of his feathery tail.

God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889