emulous
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Cultivator of the gardens of the mind, himself the very bud and bloom of humanistic learning, he follows Socrates in having taken as his modus operandi the emulous pursuit of all that is most excellent.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is some little pecuniary advantage attached to the office of monitor, which makes them emulous to obtain it.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
The colonists were emulous of one another as to which of them should harbor the new arrivals until they could provide for themselves.
From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène
C. With emulous brightness through the clear blue Heaven.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
The ladies put their best smiles upon their faces, and their best adornments upon their persons; indeed, every individual seemed emulous of shewing respect to the royal visitor.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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