enviable

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective causing envy

Etymology

From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).

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