Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: enviable
IPA transcription: ['ɛnviəbəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: enviable
    Meaning: causing envy; "an enviable position"
Usage examples
  • I do not like Chaplin's work, but I have to admit the good intentions and the enviable laurels.
  • But what completely won my good-will was a picture of enviable loveliness painted on his left arm.
  • He was, at that time, well acquainted by experience with the Rocky Mountains, and has, since then, gained an enviable fame as an Indian Agent.
  • Lincoln was twenty-eight years old; after a youth, of singular privations and struggles he had arrived at an enviable position in the politics and the society of the State.
  • In a frame of mind that was not enviable, he turned his steps homeward, clasping his hands upon his empty stomach, and vowing the most intense vengeance upon the college boys.
  • That is to say, he decided to vacate his present enviable position and make off with all possible speed, since he could see that an encounter with the newcomer would do him no good.
  • There is nothing certain in the matter. Under any circumstances, they are excellent to drink, of a freshness quite enviable for the climate, and without after-taste, and perfectly harmless.
  • Weeks grew to months, and months to years: Peter was worn to skin and bone: And once he even said, with tears, 'Remember, Paul, that promised Loan!' Said Paul' I'll lend you, when I can, All the spare money I have got-- Ah, Peter, you're a happy man! Yours is an enviable lot!