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enviable, a.|ˈɛnvɪəb(ə)l|
[f. envy v. + -able.]
That is to be envied.
1602Carew Cornwall (J.), An enviable mediocrity of fortune. 1779Burke Corr. (1844) II. 278 My situation is anything rather than enviable. 1812G. Chalmers Dom. Econ. Gt. Brit. 293 The foe never sets his foot on this enviable island. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 3 William was, at this time one of the most enviable of human beings. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §27. 196 Unlike the enviable ostrich, I cannot shut my eyes to danger when it is near.
Hence ˈenviableness, rare, the quality or condition of being enviable. ˈenviably adv., in an enviable manner or degree.
1833H. Martineau Charmed Sea iii. 36 The enviableness of her calm state of feeling. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 140 That enviably brilliant covering. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 380 There was scarcely in all Europe a residence more enviably situated. |