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Envious

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(1):

(a.) Excessively careful; cautious.

(2):

(a.) Inspiring envy.

(3):

(a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; - said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; - followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

(4):

(a.) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Envious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/envious.html. 1828.
 
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