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Definition: Covetously |
CovetouslyAdverb1. With jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his friend's new car jealously". 2. In a greedy manner. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "covetously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: CovetouslySynonyms: avariciously (adv), enviously (adv), greedily (adv), jealously (adv). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "covetously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me lakmi (greedily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 贪婪地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | halukkaasti (gladly, readily, willingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | begehrliche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pénzsóváran, mohón (anxiously, avidly, eagerly, greedily, voraciously), kapzsin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 虎視眈眈 (eying covetously, on the alert, watching vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon), 虎視眈々 (eying covetously, on the alert, watching vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "した"た" (eying covetously, on the alert, watching vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 탐욕스럽게 (Voraciously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | myr haynt, dy sondagh, dy sayntagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovetouslycay râvnitor (covetous, eager, zealous). (various references) begärligt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "covetously" (pronounced 'Cov"et*ous*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-o-s-t-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: closeout, covetous, outloves. | |
-3 letters: coolest, coyotes, cytosol, ocelots, oocytes, outlove, outsole, volutes. | |
-4 letters: cloots, closet, clouts, cloves, coleus, cooeys, costly, covets, coveys, coyest, coyote, culets, cutely, cutesy, cuteys, locoes, locust, looeys, ocelot, octyls, oocyst, oocyte, oscule, ovules, solute, tousle, volost, voltes, volute. | |
-5 letters: celts, cloot, close, clots, clout, clove, cloys, clues, coles, colts, cooey. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-o-s-t-u-v-y" | |
+5 letters: cytomegalovirus. | |
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