emulouslyadv.
/ˈɛmjʊləsli/ In an emulous manner. Also figurative.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adverb]
enviouslya1375
emulously1647
contestingly1648
emulatively1753
vieingly1832
competitively1858
1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 4 Emulously getting possession of.
1677 J. Lake & S. Drake Short Acct. Author's Life in J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ sig. A7v Many intermediate Stages..contended as emulously for his aboad, as the seven Cities for Homer's Birth.
1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 342 Men emulously strove who should show the greatest gratitude towards the gods.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) III. xxiii. 566 Women..emulously drive the spinning-wheel from sunrise till dark.
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