释义 |
emulously, adv.|ˈɛmjʊləslɪ| [f. emulous a. + -ly.] In an emulous manner. Also fig.
1647–8Sir C. Cotterell Davila's Hist. Fr. (1678) 2 Emulously getting possession of. 1677Life in Cleveland's Gen. Poems, Many intermediate Stages..contended as emulously for his aboad, as the seven Cities for Homer's Birth. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) II. ii. 108 Men emulously strove, who should show the greatest gratitude towards the gods. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. III. xxiii. 566 Women..emulously drive the spinning-wheel from sunrise until dark. |