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Word Meanings - ENVIABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay. -- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.

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  • ACCEPTABLE
    Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
  • VALUABLENESS
    The quality of being valuable.
  • BENEFICIAL
    Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate. Kent. 3. King. "A beneficial foe." B. Jonson. Syn. -- See Advantage. (more info) 1. Conferring benefits; useful; profito. The war which
  • PROFITABLE
    Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor.
  • EXPEDIENTIAL
    . Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. "Calculating, expediential understanding." Hare. -- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly , adv.
  • JUDICIOUS
    Of or relating to a court; judicial. His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak. 2. Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The
  • EXPEDIENTLY
    1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently. 2. With expedition; quickly.
  • JUDICIOUSLY
    In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.
  • PROPERLY
    1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer.
  • PROPERNESS
    1. The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness; comeliness. Udall.
  • PROPERTY
    All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge
  • PROPERATE
    To hasten, or press forward.
  • PROPERTIED
    Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money. "The propertied and satisfied classes." M. Arnold.
  • PROPERISPOME
    Properispomenon.
  • PROPER
    Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. In proper, individually; privately. Jer. Taylor. -- Proper flower or corolla , one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower. --
  • DELIGHTFUL
    Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton. Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See Delicious. -- De*light"ful*ly, adv. -- De*light"ful*ness, n.
  • EXPEDIENT
    1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right. It is expedient
  • BENEFICIALLY
    In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully.
  • PROPERISPOMENON
    A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
  • ADVISABLE
    1. Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South. 2. Ready to receive advice. South. Syn. -- Expedient; proper; desirable; befitting.
  • IMPROPERLY
    In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
  • IMPROPERATION
    The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
  • INEXPEDIENT
    Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another. If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly
  • IMPROPERTY
    Impropriety.
  • UNACCEPTABLE
    Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ac*cept"a*bly, adv.
  • UNADVISABLE
    Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient. Lowth. -- Un`ad*vis"a*bly, adv.

 

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