emulously
- a word derived from emulous.
Example Sentences
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The next moment they were thundering emulously at his heels, their charge shaking the earth.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
“I’ll go you, for a fiver,” exclaimed Creede, emulously.
From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard
It then found itself compelled to new efforts, in order to maintain its place among the scientific institutions, which have emulously risen in every branch of human knowledge.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
His friend's turn came all but last on the rota; and by perversity—but who could blame it, in the month of June?—everyone eschewed the pork and bid emulously for mutton, roast or boiled.
From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
But by prompt hands of Pleasure and of Love, Female and Male; that emulously strove MS.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
