rivalrously
English
Etymology
From rivalrous + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌɪvəlɹəsli/
Adverb
rivalrously (comparative more rivalrously, superlative most rivalrously)
- With rivalry; competitively.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 341:
- The advent of Calonne as Controller-General and Breteuil as Minister for the Royal Household in November 1783 meant that the ministry now contained (with Vergennes) three rivalrously ambitious ministers with conflicting philosophies and power bases.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 341: