Dictionary entry

Covetously

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

(adv) တပ်မက်လျက်။လိုချင်စိတ်ပြင်းပြင်းပြပြ။

Definition

covet /'kʌvǝt/ v ( fml ) အငမ္းမရျဖစ္သည္။ ငမ္းငမ္းတက္လိုခ်င္သည္။ covet sb's job ❍ He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. ❍ this year's winners of the coveted trophy (ie which everyone would like to win). ❏ covetous adj ( usu derog ) ငမ္းငမ္းတက္ေသာ။ အငမ္းမရ။ a covetous look/ glance. covetously adv covetousness n [U]

Examples

  1. covet /'kʌvǝt/ v ( fml ) အငမ္းမရျဖစ္သည္။ ငမ္းငမ္းတက္လိုခ်င္သည္။ covet sb's job
  2. He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician.
  3. this year's winners of the coveted trophy (ie which everyone would like to win). ❏ covetous adj ( usu derog ) ငမ္းငမ္းတက္ေသာ။ အငမ္းမရ။ a covetous look/ glance. covetously adv covetousness n [U]