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

He knew Pranken, he knew tins everlasting galloping style of utterance, which is always so extremely animated, and even becomes enthusiastic when the conversation can be turned into an emulous contest of raillery.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

A babel of oaths and sporting outcries shook the place, pierced from the street without by the strains of an emulous organ-grinder jocularly jerking out the tango.

From "Persons Unknown" by Tracy, Virginia

Remember, that the end of true friendship is the good of its object, and the cultivation of virtue, in two hearts emulous of each other, and desirous to perpetuate their society beyond the grave.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester

He recognised their superiority in most things and, as headman of his tribe, was emulous of their accomplishment.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John