jealously

1. 1.

   with jealousy

   “he guarded his privacy jealously”
2. 2.

   with jealousy; in an envious manner

   “he looked at his friend's new car jealously”

   Synonymsenviouslycovetously

Questions about jealously

What does jealously mean?

jealously means "with jealousy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jealously?

jealously has 3 syllables: jeal-ou-sly. The stress falls on "jeal". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɛləsli/.

What is another word for jealously?

Close synonyms include enviously, covetously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.