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emulously

emulously adverb: in an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.

Adverb

emulously (comparative more emulously, superlative most emulously)

  1. In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.
    • The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, […]1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Story of the Door”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 3

Forms of emulously

comparativemore emulously
superlativemost emulously

Origin of emulously

From emulous + -ly.

Questions about emulously

What does emulously mean?
Emulously means in an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.
What part of speech is emulously?
Emulously is an adverb.

Words near emulously in the dictionary

  1. emulgents
  2. emulges
  3. emulging
  4. emuling
  5. emulous
  6. emulously
  7. emulousness
  8. emulsan
  9. emulsibilities
  10. emulsibility
  11. emulsible

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