invidiously
Americanadverb
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What institutional purpose would it serve to discriminate invidiously against any group?
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022
Compared invidiously in his early years to the golden age of Rodgers & Hammerstein, he has raised the bar by which composers and lyricists are now judged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2020
It invidiously compares Simon & Schuster, the publisher of “Hothouse,” to Farrar, Straus & Giroux for its conglomerate thinking and general philistinism.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2013
In recalling the other five companies I begin, invidiously, by singling out three dancers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2012
It is invidiously described as maintaining "the sufficiency of private judgment."
From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Thomas Arnold
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