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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EN'VIABLE, a. [See Envy.] That may excite envy; capable of awakening ardent desire of possession. The situation of men in office is not always enviable.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: causing envy; "an enviable position"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1602 highly desirable • enviableness noun • enviably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of a person or thing) exciting or likely to excite envy. Derivatives: enviably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enviable En"vi*a*ble, a. [From Envy.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. --Macaulay. -- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You describe something such as a quality as enviable when someone else has it and you wish that you had it too. Japan is in the enviable position of having a budget surplus... They have enviable reputations as athletes. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Desirable, to be envied.

Moby Thesaurus

acceptable, adorable, agreeable, appetizing, attractive, desirable, desired, exciting, in demand, likable, lovable, mouth-watering, pleasing, provocative, seductive, taking, tantalizing, tempting, to be desired, toothsome, unobjectionable, wanted, winning, worth having