Adjective

(en adjective)

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging

an envious''' man, disposition, or attack; '''envious tongues

* Bible, Proverbs xxiv. 19.

Neither be thou envious at the wicked.

* Keble

My soul is envious of mine eye.

Excessively careful; cautious.

* Jeremy Taylor

No men are so envious of their health.

(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

* Shakespeare

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.

(obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.

* Spenser

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victor's glory from him snatched away.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(economics) capable of competing successfully

of or pertaining to competition

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}

(of someone's character) inclined to compete

(biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it

(euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products