ppl. a. [UN-1 8, 9.]
† 1. Not mixed with envy. Obs.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 7. Tho was ther unenvied love, Tho was the vertu sett above And vice was put under fote.
2. Not made the object of envy; not regarded with envious feelings.
1615. Chapman, Odyss., XVII. 285. Why thou vnenuied Swaine, Whither dost thou leade … this most nasty begger?
a. 1667. Cowley, Ess., Dangers Hon. Man. Why you may stay, and live unenvyed here.
1725. Pope, Odyss., XIV. 452. Let us … here, unenvy’d, rural dainties taste.
1741. Richardson, Pamela, III. 216. I shall … injoy, unenvied, the Favour of my dear Papa and Mamma.
1831. Wordsw., Primrose of Rock, 33. Let myriads of bright flowers, Like Thee, in field and grove Revive unenvied.
3. Not enviously desired or grudged.
1645. Symonds, Diary (Camden), 274. My witt, That seekes no higher prise, Than in unenvyed shades to sett.
1667. Milton, P. L., II. 23. Mee … this loss, Thus farr at least recover’d, hath much more Establisht in a safe unenvied Throne.
1713. Berkeley, in Guard., No. 62, ¶ 1. To draw a secret unenvied Pleasure from a thousand Incidents over-looked by other Men.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xviii. Martin Waldeck … often regretted bitterly the labours and sports of his unenvied poverty.
1905. J. B. Bury, St. Patrick, ii. 17. To be a decurion … in the days of Calpurnius and his father was … an unenvied dignity.
Hence Unenviedly adv.
1738. R. Whatley, Lett. & Applic., vii. A Right Reverend Prelate,… unenviedly possest of one of the most eminent stations.
