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That which is "enviable" arouses envy or is at least worthy of it. A person who is "envious" feels or is struck by envy. "Envious" usually takes the preposition "of" {envious of her sister's success}, but historically has also taken "against" or "at."

The pair is in the unenviable position of being susceptible to word-swapping -- e.g.:
"Mr. Strauss's financial disclosure statement . . . details what is already widely known: the 72-year-old lawyer is a power broker of abundant wealth and envious [read 'enviable'] political and corporate connections." Stephen Labaton, "Strauss to Forgo $4 Million in Pay to Take Moscow Post," N.Y. Times, 13 July 1991, at 3.

"Northwestern has an envious [read 'enviable'] record in producing outstanding performers." "Kup's Column," Chicago Sun-Times, 17 Sept. 1997, at 70.

"Teleglobe, with its trans-oceanic and satellite links, is in the envious [read 'enviable'] position of being able to bridge U.S. Internet content with an information-hungry world." Barrie McKenna, "D.C.'s Internet Success Runs Deep," Globe & Mail, 27 Dec. 1999, at B7.
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Quotation of the Day: "When we grow older and have something to write about we often don't write letters because we are afraid of being dull. And that is a very good thing to be afraid of. But the queer thing is that the people who are afraid of being dull seldom are, while the people who think that they are thrillingly interesting are often the most tedious." S.P.B. Mais, The Writing of English 22 (1935).