invidiously

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English invidious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English invidiously From invidious + -ly.

1. In an invidious manner.

   “You ask too much, for a man who himself has no occasion to play the hero. I don't say that invidiously; it's your disposition, and you can’t help it.”

   “Tess gazed desperately at the pile of furniture. The cold sunlight of this spring evening peered invidiously upon the crocks and kettles, upon the bunches of dried herbs shivering in the breeze, upon the brass handles of the dresser, upon the wicker-cradle they had all been rocked in, […]”