Emulous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛm.jʊ.ləs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Emulous is an adjective meaning Ambitious or competitive.
Meaning
Ambitious or competitive.
Example Sentences
A dozen emulous young persons in, or just out of, pinafores, swift-runners, had taken the field.
His armes and other moꝛe ſinewous than fleſhie, a ſtout and a valiant gentleman he was and emulous.
In such near proximity with the invalid, though all had been emulous of showing him attention, perhaps none were more truly affected by the critical situation of the unhappy Douglas than Miss Airey.
They had been always of course, the Papers, very largely about him, but it was not too much to say that at this crisis they were about nothing else worth speaking of; so that our young woman could but groan in spirit at the direful example set to the emulous.
Synonyms for emulous
Depending on context, synonyms include competitive, competitory, rivalrous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include competitive, rivalrous, competitory, emulate, ambitious, hard-charging.
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