adv
Meaning 1
In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enviably
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adverb
Meaning 2
in an enviable manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was enviably fluent in French
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enviable Middle English -ly English -ly English enviably From enviable + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: envejablement — Translations
- Portuguese: invejavelmente — Translations
- Russian: зави́дно (zavídno) — Translations
- Spanish: envidiablemente — Translations
- Swedish: avundsvärt — Translations