<adv.all> he looked at his friend's new car jealously
Jealously \Jeal"ous*ly\, adv. In a jealous manner.
Politics has traditionally been off limits at the Census Bureau, but that agency's jealously guarded reputation as a nonpartisan purveyor of the nation's statistics has lately begun to fray.
Some think it goes back a millenium - to embattled monarchs in the Tower of London to the east, the rising political class in Westminster to the west, and the merchants in between, all pursuing their interests jealously.
But the programs most jealously guarded by Congress have nothing to do with the poor.
It hopes to win the Trafalgar order to bolster its position as a prime contractor to the MoD - a status it jealously covets.
While other Asian nations work around the clock in quest of prosperity, residents of Vientiane still take midday siestas and jealously guard their weekends.
The move upset a delicate balance in which Christians, Moslems and Jews live in jealously guarded separate quarters.
Oswel has the advantage of a local presence and a reputation for quality products - a reputation it guards jealously.
He said 20 directors, three deputy directors and 160 heads of subdivisions still hold their positions despite their "advanced age." The academy in the past has jealously guarded its integrity even at the risk of incurring political displeasure.