a jealously guarded secret

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• jealously — jeal|ous|ly [ˈdʒeləsli] adv 1.) if you jealously guard or protect something, you try very hard to keep or protect it ▪ a jealously guarded secret 2.) if you do something jealously, you are feeling jealous when you do it ▪ Ludens watched Marcus… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• jealously — jeal|ous|ly [ dʒeləsli ] adverb 1. ) if you guard something jealously, you look after it very carefully because you do not want anyone else to have it: He loves his pictures and guards them jealously. Her whereabouts is a jealously guarded secret …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• jealously — UK [ˈdʒeləslɪ] / US adverb 1) if you guard something jealously, you look after it very carefully because you do not want anyone else to have it He loves the pictures and guards them jealously. Her whereabouts is a jealously guarded secret. 2) in… …   English dictionary

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