| 释义 |
enviously, adv.|ˈɛnvɪəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an envious manner. †a. In a spirit of emulation or rivalry. Obs. b. Maliciously, spitefully, grudgingly.
c1350Will. Palerne 1129 Burnes he sent Enuiously to þemperour & egged him swiþe Bi a certayne day bataile to a-bide. c1430Lydg. Story Thebes in Chaucer's Wks. (1561) ccclxxv b, They on Greekes enuiously gan to shout. 1509Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. xxxviii. ii. Wks. 86 All they..enuyously haue conspyred the deth of a symple persone. 1602Shakes. Ham. iv. v. 6 She..beats her heart, Spurnes enuiously at Strawes. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. viii. (1840) 130 The cross enviously concealed by the Turks. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. iii. 7 Those Doctrines of Devils, which they enviously and insultingly entangled poor mankind withall. |