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jealouslyjeal‧ous‧ly /ˈdʒeləsli/ adverb - Both were heavy red-wine drinkers, always bloated, and each jealously guarded his own inferior status.
- Chocolate is a multimillion pound industry, and each hard won market segment is jealously guarded by the giant global manufacturers.
- Exactly how big a chunk those outsiders take is unclear, because most tribes jealously guard their internal finances.
- He also has to be careful not to offend the leaders of other parties, who jealously guard their independence.
- He hoarded them jealously, piling them up in his lighthouse and the storerooms above by the hundreds.
- She is building the nest while he jealously guards her against the attentions of other males.
- Until that day this venerable charter, like a kidnapped virgin, will be jealously guarded by those who have signed it.
► jealously guarded a jealously guarded secret ► jealously guarded chiefs who jealously guarded their independence ADJECTIVE► guarded· But universities have a considerable and jealously guarded degree of independence.· The river is a jealously guarded preserve and very expensive. VERB► guard· Both were heavy red-wine drinkers, always bloated, and each jealously guarded his own inferior status.· Until that day this venerable charter, like a kidnapped virgin, will be jealously guarded by those who have signed it.· The 22-man Politburo jealously guards power.· For 20 years Marshak has owned and jealously guarded the federally registered trademarks for the Drifters, the Platters and the Coasters.· Chocolate is a multimillion pound industry, and each hard won market segment is jealously guarded by the giant global manufacturers.· Exactly how big a chunk those outsiders take is unclear, because most tribes jealously guard their internal finances.· Access to the archives was jealously guarded, and censorship of counter-revolutionary distortions was instituted.· But Kodak has been jealously guarded since 1888. 1if you jealously guard or protect something, you try very hard to keep or protect it: a jealously guarded secret2if you do something jealously, you are feeling jealous when you do it: Ludens watched Marcus jealously. |