Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • With jealousy or suspicion; with suspicious fear, vigilance, or caution.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a jealous manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a jealous manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with jealousy
  • adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner

Etymologies

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jealous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • London houses Europe's financial capital, a title jealously guarded by the U.K. but a cause of friction with the rest of Europe.

    U.K. Veto of EU Treaty Overhaul Could Leave It Isolated Alistair MacDonald 2011

  • C ... is a title jealously preserved by Britain's spies, who delight in pointing out that he also has the privilege of signing his letters in green ink.

    The Guardian World News Matthew Weaver 2010

  • C ... is a title jealously preserved by Britain's spies, who delight in pointing out that he also has the privilege of signing his letters in green ink.

    The Guardian World News Matthew Weaver 2010

  • "Fascinated!" retorted Kato, fixing on the word jealously, and refusing to be pacified by the bribery of the smile.

    Angel With No Hands Adams, Stephen 2005

  • Miss Silver made some suggestion about "lessons," which Edwin jealously negatived immediately, and proposed that she and Maud should take a drive somewhere.

    John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

  • It can also be about jealously, which is the negative side of love, and how it can seize hold of the mind and soul.

    Mechanical Flight editormum 2007

  • Brown recalled jealously guarding her print scoops when she was editing Vanity Fair, only to see news organizations match the story while the magazine was winding its way through the streets via snail mail to its readers. “Now it†™ s all put online and I ask myself: What is the point of buying it? †Some Hearst editors use online as a way to drive newsstand sales, said Black: “Editors have to live within two worlds. â€

    paidContent 2008

  • Brown recalled jealously guarding her print scoops when she was editing Vanity Fair, only to see news organizations match the story while the magazine was winding its way through the streets via snail mail to its readers. “Now it†™ s all put online and I ask myself: What is the point of buying it? †Some Hearst editors use online as a way to drive newsstand sales, said Black: “Editors have to live within two worlds. â€

    paidContent 2008

  • Brown recalled jealously guarding her print scoops when she was editing Vanity Fair, only to see news organizations match the story while the magazine was winding its way through the streets via snail mail to its readers. “Now it†™ s all put online and I ask myself: What is the point of buying it? †Some Hearst editors use online as a way to drive newsstand sales, said Black: “Editors have to live within two worlds. â€

    paidContent 2008

  • '70s nonmonogamy, the essay concluded, "This was not an individual matter, but part of a collective understanding forged through overlapping political, friendship and sexual networks, which enabled us to discuss and challenge emotional responses such as jealously and insecurity."

    The Michigan Daily 2008

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