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# jealously

adverb (jealously)

«jealously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Jealously means in a jealous way: feeling upset that someone has what you want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#m1)
2. Jealously can also mean very carefully, protecting something: a jealously guarded secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#x1)
- The dragon jealously guarded its gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#x2)
- The recipe is a jealously guarded secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#x3)
- Joseph's brothers watched him jealously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#x4)
- She stared jealously at the trophy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#x5)
- The cat jealously watched the new puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jealously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jealously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jealously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jealously.html) on Mova free.