emulously

1. 1.

   in a competitively imitative manner

   “she emulously tried to outdo her older sister”

Questions about emulously

What does emulously mean?

emulously means "in a competitively imitative manner".

How many syllables are in emulously?

emulously has 4 syllables and divides as e-mu-lou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is emulously a common word?

emulously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.