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invidiously

ADVERB
  1. in a manner arousing resentment

How To Use invidiously In A Sentence

  • We do not use the latter term invidiously, but merely to denote a pair of smooth, plump, highly-coloured cheeks of capacious dimensions, and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of the lips than for any marked or striking expression it presented. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people
  • Not all the people who compared us invidiously with the Soviet Union or other communist countries were communists.
  • We do not use the latter term invidiously, but merely to denote a pair of smooth, plump, highly – coloured cheeks of capacious dimensions, and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of the lips than for any marked or striking expression it presented. Sketches by Boz
  • Republicans will be comparing Obama invidiously to Bush on the economy just as Democrats compared Bush invidiously to Clinton. Matthew Yglesias » For the Defense
  • For out of all the years she had known Lord Blackthorne, he had never acted invidiously.
  • WASHINGTON (CNN) - An all-women's club that counts Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor among its members does not "invidiously discriminate on the basis of sex," she told senators. Sotomayor defends membership in all-women's club
  • But perhaps more importantly - and more invidiously - they are afraid for themselves.
  • What attracted liberal intellectuals to socialism was something else: mainly, the idea of community, which they contrasted invidiously to the individualism and competition of a market society.
  • One way to tell if you are using the somebody-nobody distinction invidiously (as a rationalization for rankist behavior) is to notice to whom you keep your promises. Robert Fuller: Eight Ways You Can Stop Rankism
  • The conversation had been swung in that direction by Mrs. Morse, who had been invidiously singing the praises of Mr. Hapgood. Chapter 29
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