emulously

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adverb

In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.

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Meanings

adverbemulously (comparative more emulously, superlative most 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

Origin

From emulous + -ly.

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APA

emulously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulously

MLA

“emulously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emulously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulously.

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