jealously
Definition
Adverb: 1. In a manner showing envy or resentment toward someone believed to enjoy an advantage: The feeling of wanting what someone else has. 2. In a manner showing vigilance in guarding or protecting something: The feeling of being protective of one's own advantages, relationships, or possessions against rivals.
Usage and Examples
- Showing Envy:
- She jealously watched her colleague receive the award she had hoped for.
- The children jealously eyed their friend's larger piece of cake.
- Guarding Protectively:
- The company jealously guards its trade secrets from competitors.
- He jealously protected his free time, rarely agreeing to extra work.
Advanced Usage
- "jealously guarded": A common collocation describing something that is protected with great vigilance and possessiveness.
- National sovereignty is a jealously guarded principle.
- The recipe is a jealously guarded family secret.
Variants and Related Words
- Jealous (adjective): Feeling or showing envy; feeling or showing protective vigilance.
- He was jealous of her success. (envious)
- She is very jealous of her reputation. (protective)
- Jealousy (noun): The state or feeling of being jealous.
- His promotion sparked jealousy among his peers.
- Enviously (adverb): A near-synonym specifically for the sense of "with envy."
Synonyms
- Enviously: With a feeling of discontented or resentful longing for someone else's possessions or qualities.
- Covetously: With an envious desire for something belonging to another.
- Possessively: In a manner demanding someone's total attention and love; showing a desire to own or control.
Antonyms
- Generously: In a manner showing a readiness to give more of something than is necessary or expected.
- Indifferently: In a manner having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
- Unselfishly: In a manner not concerned with one's own advantage; generous.
Adverb
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with jealousy; in an envious manner
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he looked at his friend's new car jealously
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with jealousy
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he guarded his privacy jealously
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