enviably

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adverb

In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbenviably (comparative more enviably, superlative most enviably)

comparative more enviably · superlative most enviably

  1. In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree

    The tea-planters’ houses of Ceylon […] were often surrounded by admirable lawns of coarse mountain grass, upon which the planters’ ladies enviably sat

    1968, Jan Morris, chapter 17, in Pax Britannica, Faber & Faber, published 2010, page 379
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    Body count, for those readers who have enjoyed an enviably sheltered life, is the contemporary term for the number of men with whom she has shared physical intimacy. These women seem to experience considerable discomfort when asked about their "body count."

    2023 September 21, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, The Holistic You: Integrating Your Family, Finances, Faith, Friendships, and Fitness, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155

Origin

  1. Old Frenchenvie
  2. Middle Englishenvie
  3. Englishenvy
  4. Englishenviable
  5. Englishenviably

From enviable + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan envejablement
  • envejablementTranslations
Portuguese invejavelmente
  • invejavelmenteTranslations
Russian зави́дно
  • зави́дно (zavídno)Translations
Spanish envidiablemente
  • envidiablementeTranslations
Swedish avundsvärt
  • avundsvärtTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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