One of most enviable of human beings. --Macaulay. -- {En"vi*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {En"vi*a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
enviable — [ ɑ̃vjabl ] adj. • fin XIVe, rare av. 1830; de envier ♦ Qui est digne d envie; que l on peut envier. ⇒ désirable, souhaitable, tentant. Une situation, une position enviable. Un sort peu enviable. L homme d action leur « apparaissait comme un… … Encyclopédie Universelle
enviable — index meritorious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
enviable — c.1600, from ENVY (Cf. envy) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Enviably … Etymology dictionary
enviable — [adj] desired, blessed advantageous, covetable, desirable, excellent, favored, fortunate, good, lucky, privileged, superior, welcome; concept 574 Ant. disadvantaged, undesirable, undesired, unenviable, unfavored, unlucky … New thesaurus
enviable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ arousing or likely to arouse envy. DERIVATIVES enviably adverb … English terms dictionary
enviable — [en′vē ə bəl] adj. good enough to be envied or desired enviably adv … English World dictionary
enviable — (an vi a bl ) adj. Digne d envie ; que l on peut envier ; à qui l on peut porter envie. Bien enviable. Personne enviable. HISTORIQUE XVe s. • Envieuse non enviable, EUST. DESCH. Poésies mss. dans LACURNE. ÉTYMOLOGIE Envier … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
enviable — [[t]e̱nviəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n You describe something such as a quality as enviable when someone else has it and you wish that you had it too. Japan, unlike other big economies, is in the enviable position of having a budget surplus … English dictionary
enviable — en|vi|a|ble [ˈenviəbəl] adj an enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it ▪ Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living. >enviably adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
enviable — adjective an enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it: Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living. enviably adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
