Words that rhyme with aloofly

adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"

adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully] 2: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" [syn: dreadfully, awfully, horribly] 3: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]

adv 1: in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly"

adv 1: in a beautiful manner; "her face was beautifully made up" [syn: beautifully, attractively] [ant: unattractively]

adv 1: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly]

adv 1: for a short time; "she visited him briefly"; "was briefly associated with IBM" 2: in a concise manner; in a few words; "the history is summed up concisely in this book"; "she replied briefly"; "briefly, we have a problem"; "to put it shortly" [syn: concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief, in short]

adv 1: taking care or paying attention; "they watched carefully" 2: as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves" [syn: cautiously, carefully] [ant: carelessly, incautiously]

adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]

adv 1: in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low" [syn: disgracefully, ingloriously, ignominiously, discreditably, shamefully, dishonorably, dishonourably]

adv 1: in a gruff manner; "`No,' he replied gruffly"

adj 1: related or suited to a housewife; "housewifely virtues"

adv 1: in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!" [syn: legitimately, lawfully, licitly] [ant: illegally, illegitimately, illicitly, lawlessly] 2: by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now" [syn: legally, lawfully, de jure] [ant: unlawfully]

adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] 2: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" [syn: roughly, rough] 3: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn: roughly, rough]

adv 1: with safety; in a safe manner; "we are safely out of there"

adv 1: with no problems or difficulties; "put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly"; "despite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly" [syn: smoothly, swimmingly] 2: in a smooth and diplomatic manner; "`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'"

adv 1: with low volume; "speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly" [syn: softly, quietly] [ant: aloud, loud, loudly] 2: in a manner that is pleasing to the senses; "she smiled softly" 3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: lightly, softly, gently] 4: used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly [syn: piano, softly] [ant: forte, loudly]

adv 1: in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" [syn: stiffly, stiff] 2: in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: rigidly, stiffly, bolt]

adv 1: in a ruggedly tough manner; "toughly vigorous story- telling"

adv 1: not conforming to the law; "they were unlawfully married" [ant: de jure, lawfully, legally]

adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely, wifelike, uxorial] [ant: husbandly]

adj 1: liable to sniffle [syn: sniffly, snuffling, snuffly]