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Etymology
Etymology tree English emulous Middle English -ly English -ly English emulously From emulous + -ly.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most emulously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more emulously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |