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Webster 1913 Edition
Enviable
En′vi-a-ble
,Adj.
[From
Envy
.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
– En′vi-a-ble-ness
, Noun.
En′vi-a-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enviable
EN'VIABLE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
enviable
enviable
English
Adjective
enviable (comparative more enviable, superlative most enviable)
- Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
- He had achieved many enviable dramatic successes before this time. — My Miscellanies by Wilkie Collins
- This quarter of the city had at that time anything but an enviable reputation. — Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau
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Translations
Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
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