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Definition of "enviable" []

  • So desirable as to arouse envy: "the enviable English quality of being able to be mute without unrest” ( Henry James). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "enviable" in a sentence
  • "Young, balanced Red Sox in enviable position - USATODAY. com"
  • "In spite of this the Commandant's lot might fairly have been called enviable until the day which terminated the ninety-nine years 'lease upon which the Duke held the Islands."
  • "At any rate, our gardeners would have to learn as they go, and if any man can be called enviable it is an artist learning to express art's eternal principles in a new medium, under new conditions."