emulous
adjective
desirous of equaling or excelling; filled with emulation.
emulously
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a word derived from
emulous.
Example Sentences
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Upon his going, a few days afterwards, to the nearest islands on the coast of Campania 396, vows were made for his safe return; every person emulously testifying their care and concern for his safety.
From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
The ill-behaved charity-boys emulously trying who shall make the hind-legs of his chair squeak the loudest on the stone floor.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
They shall not grieve thee, who emulously hasten unto infidelity; for they shall never hurt GOD at all.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
Pursuit was instituted by numerous persons, and Severus emulously followed his trail, but the fellow was never really seen when seen, never found when found, never apprehended when caught.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Herbert Baldwin Foster
"They both," said he, "kept hovering emulously round her."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
