jealously

«jealously» in Mova's school dictionary: in a jealous way: feeling upset that someone has what you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (jealously)

meaning for a pupil

1) Jealously means in a jealous way: feeling upset that someone has what you want. tree →

2) Jealously can also mean very carefully, protecting something: a jealously guarded secret. tree →

sense in the lessons

Stories about feelings and friendship, family (a sibling looking jealously at a new toy), Bible stories (Cain and Joseph's brothers).

examples

• He looked jealously at his brother's new bike. tree →
• The dragon jealously guarded its gold. tree →
• The recipe is a jealously guarded secret. tree →
• Joseph's brothers watched him jealously. tree →
• She stared jealously at the trophy. tree →
• The cat jealously watched the new puppy. tree →

note

Adjective: jealous; noun: jealousy. Jealous is often mixed up with envious; envy is wanting what someone else has.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jealously» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.