(1):
(a.) Excessively careful; cautious.
(2):
(a.) Inspiring envy.
(3):
(a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; - said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; - followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
(4):
(a.) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.