Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
--Shak.
2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or
proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition,
feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or
good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed
by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition,
attack; envious tongues.
My soul is envious of mine eye. --Keble.
Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv.
19.
3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of
victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
No men are so envious of their health. --Jer.
Taylor.
-- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, n.