Synonyms for emulative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : verb em-yuh-leyt; adjective em-yuh-lit

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛm yəˌleɪt; adjective ˈɛm yə lɪt

Définition of emulative

Origin : 1580s, back-formation from emulation, or else from Latin aemulatus, past participle of aemulari "to rival." Related: Emulated; emulating.

adj imitative

Example sentences :

Their eagerness was emulative, and made them rapid in their haste.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 » by Various

She was too self-centred, and, if the truth were told, too emulative.
Extract from : « By the Light of the Soul » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Wealth gives rank, and gratifies not only the greed but also the emulative spirit of the pack.
Extract from : « The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions » by Carveth Read

Pecuniary management is of an emulative character and gives, primarily, relative success only.
Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen

By degrees men and women are making ready to take their places in an emulative rather than a materialistically competitive order.
Extract from : « An Essay On The American Contribution And The Democratic Idea » by Winston Churchill

Goethe grasped antiquity in the right way · invariably with an emulative soul.
Extract from : « We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) » by Friedrich Nietzsche

It will be an emulative pleasure to children, a new delight to parents, a mutual gratification to be at school together in church.
Extract from : « Church Reform » by Richard Carlile

His emulative practice of his art asks for a closer consideration than that usually given to it.
Extract from : « Oscar Wilde » by Arthur Ransome

The result is that the instinct of workmanship works out in an emulative demonstration of force.
Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen

To read of a noble deed brought swift tears to her eyes in these days of mutation, and stirred her to emulative dreams.
Extract from : « A Prairie Infanta » by Eva Wilder Brodhead

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