jealously

jealous | American Dictionary

jealous
adjective
us/ˈdʒel·əs/

jealousadjective (WANTING QUALITIES)

unhappy and slightly angry because you wish you had someone else’s qualities, advantages, or success:
Ron was jealous of his colleague’s promotion.

jealousadjective (FEARFUL ABOUT LOVE)

fearing that someone you love loves someone else or is loved by someone else

jealousadjective (CAREFUL TO PROTECT)

very careful to protect someone or something:
Her parents kept a jealous watch over her.

jealously

adverbus/ˈdʒel·əs·li/
He jealously guarded his privacy.

Examples of jealous

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They are extremely jealous of their autonomy and have a narrow, albeit evolving, concept of motherhood - both of which contributes to their exclusionary manner.
Most of the people back in the village are jealous of each other.
When somebody gets something and the other one does not get anything, then it is possible to be very jealous.
Does it stretch credulity too far to suggest that his two associates were rather jealous of his personal charisma?
Her nascent prima-donna passion for worldly success makes her lover jealous, and he begs her to forget fame and glory to follow him.
The editor responded with an interesting tautology: women are jealous because they want their man to be theirs and theirs alone.
In order to explore this further, it is useful to consider gossip in the context of conflict which can arise through jealous behaviour and rivalry.
He became jealous of his wife going out and lost his practical skills.
It also signifies selfish shallowness: her bliss entails lack of consideration for the feelings of the jealous girl ignored.
At the time, ether and chloroform were being tried as anaesthetics, so the proponents of mesmerism may have faced some jealous rivals.
They are very unapproachable, jealous of their rights, and extremely vindictive.
As a result, governments are mostly staffed by persons of the middle to lower orders, who tend to be jealous and resentful toward their superiors.
The children's fate was sealed by the deliberate and malicious action of a jealous wife.
At a practical level, formal institutions undoubtedly jarred with localities jealous of their autonomy.
A daughter's voice and a brother's jealous words - who is singing here?
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