ambitiously
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am·bi·tious
(ăm-bĭsh′əs)adj.
1. Full of, characterized by, or motivated by ambition.
2. Greatly desirous; eager: "I am not ambitious of ridicule" (Edmund Burke).
3. Requiring or showing much effort; challenging: an ambitious schedule.
am·bi′tious·ly adv.
am·bi′tious·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | ambitiously - with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner; "she pursued her goals ambitiously" unambitiously - in an unambitious manner; "he does his job, but he works unambitiously" |
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Translations
بِطُموح شَدِيد
ctižádostivěnáročně
kunnianhimoisesti
ambiciozno
becsvágyóannagyratörően
gayretlehevesle
ambitiously
[æmˈbɪʃəslɪ] ADV → ambiciosamentea book ambitiously titled → un libro con el ambicioso título de ...
next Keith will ambitiously attempt to name all Shakespeare's plays in two minutes → ahora Keith llevará a cabo su ambicioso intento de nombrar todas las obras de Shakespeare en dos minutos
he decided, perhaps rather ambitiously, to build the extension himself → decidió, quizás sobrevalorando sus posibilidades or intentando abarcar demasiado, construir la extensión él mismo
he had ambitiously hoped to finish the job in a month → había esperado poder terminar el trabajo en un mes, lo que era mucho esperar
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[æmˈbɪʃəslɪ] adv → ambiziosamenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ambition
(ӕmˈbiʃən) noun1. the desire for success, fame, power etc. He is full of ambition and energy.
2. the desire eventually to become or do something special. His ambition is to be Prime Minister.
amˈbitious adjectiveHe is very ambitious; That plan is too ambitious.
amˈbitiously adverbamˈbitiousness noun
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