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EMULOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does emulously mean?
• EMULOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb EMULOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a competitively imitative manner
Familiarity information: EMULOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a competitively imitative manner
Context example:
she emulously tried to outdo her older sister
Pertainym:
emulous (eager to surpass others)
Context examples
The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their grains in coquetry; so that the shop fronts stood along that thoroughfare with an air of invitation, like rows of smiling saleswomen.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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