emulously

English

Etymology

emulous +‎ -ly

Adverb

emulously (comparative more emulously, superlative most emulously)

1. In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.
   • 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:

     The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still...

Related terms

• emulate