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jealously

adverb

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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English jealous Middle English -ly English -ly English jealously From jealous + -ly.

  1. In a jealous manner.

    "[…] I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance?" replied his companion, something jealously.

    Ah! my brother, we do well to watch our birthright jealously; the least invasion on the meanest peasant, the slightest encroachment of the powerful, are not matters to be neglected—such are the first steps of tyranny.