emulous

English - Turkish

Definition of emulous in English Turkish dictionary

rakip

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emulously

rakip olarak

English - English

Definition of emulous in English English dictionary

ambitious or competitive

{a} rivalling, desirous to excel, eager

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues

characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation

eager to surpass others

{s} ambitious, desirous (of success); emulative, imitative

Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious

eager to surpass others characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation

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emulously

In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively

The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still...(Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).

emulously

{a} with a desire of excelling, hotly

Emulously

avie

emulously

in a competitively imitative manner; "she emulously tried to outdo her older sister

emulously

In an emulous manner

Hyphenation

e·mu·lous

Etymology

[ 'em-y&-l&s ] (adjective.) 1535. Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”), akin to imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.