(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.