-
grossly
5
adv 1: in a gross manner
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adversely
0
adv 1: in an adverse manner; "she was adversely affected by the
new regulations"
-
aimlessly
0
adv 1: without aim; in an aimless manner; "he wandered around
aimlessly"
-
artlessly
0
adv 1: in a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly
constructed lean-to" [syn: artlessly, crudely,
inexpertly]
2: in an ingenuous manner; "she answered the judge's questions
artlessly" [syn: artlessly, ingenuously]
-
blamelessly
0
adv 1: in an irreproachable and blameless manner; "she had lived
blamelessly until she met this man" [syn:
irreproachably, blamelessly]
-
bloodlessly
0
adv 1: without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without
shedding blood; "the coup disposed of the dictator
bloodlessly" [ant: bloodily]
-
boundlessly
0
adv 1: without bounds; "he is infinitely wealthy" [syn:
boundlessly, immeasurably, infinitely]
-
breathlessly
0
adv 1: in a breathless manner; "she spoke breathlessly"
-
ceaselessly
0
adv 1: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly
to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle
of perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn:
endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly,
unendingly, continuously]
-
closely
0
adv 1: in a close relation or position in time or space; "the
onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely
together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily
progress"
2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
[syn: close, closely, tight]
3: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately
connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn:
closely, intimately, nearly]
-
complexly
0
adv 1: in a complex manner
-
conversely
0
adv 1: with the terms of the relation reversed; "conversely, not
all women are mothers"
-
dauntlessly
0
adv 1: without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat"
[syn: fearlessly, dauntlessly, intrepidly] [ant:
fearfully]
-
defencelessly
0
adv 1: without defense; "the child was standing in the middle of
the crossfire, defenselessly" [syn: defenseless,
defenceless, defenselessly, defencelessly]
-
densely
0
adv 1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so
obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: dumbly,
densely, obtusely]
2: in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely
packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for
every new one built"; "a thickly populated area" [syn:
densely, thickly] [ant: thinly]
-
diversely
0
adv 1: in diverse ways; "the alternatives that are variously
represented by the participants"; "the speakers treated
the subject most diversely" [syn: variously,
diversely, multifariously]
-
doubtlessly
0
adv 1: without doubt; certainly; "it's undoubtedly very
beautiful" [syn: undoubtedly, doubtless,
doubtlessly]
-
effortlessly
0
adv 1: without effort or apparent effort; "she danced gracefully
and effortlessly"; "swallows gliding effortlessly through
the air"
-
emulously
0
adv 1: in a competitively imitative manner; "she emulously tried
to outdo her older sister"
-
endlessly
0
adv 1: continuing forever without end; "there are infinitely
many possibilities" [syn: infinitely, endlessly]
[ant: finitely]
2: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to
strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of
perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn:
endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly,
unendingly, continuously]
3: (spatial sense) without bounds; "the Nubian desert seemed to
stretch out before them endlessly"
4: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological
student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went
on endlessly" [syn: interminably, endlessly]
-
fabulously
0
adv 1: exceedingly; extremely; "she plays fabulously well" [syn:
fabulously, fantastically, incredibly]
-
faithlessly
0
adv 1: in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved
treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn:
faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously,
treasonably, false]
-
falsely
0
adv 1: in an insincerely false manner; "a seduction on my part
would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and
dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into
the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened"
2: in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first
formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be
to bestow credit falsely" [syn: falsely, incorrectly]
-
faultlessly
0
adv 1: without a fault; in a faultless manner; "he solved all
the problems faultlessly"
-
fecklessly
0
adv 1: with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner; "he performed
his functions ineptly" [syn: ineptly, fecklessly]
2: in a feckless manner; irresponsibly and incompetently
-
formlessly
0
adv 1: in a formless manner; "the dress hung formlessly on her
body"
-
fruitlessly
0
adv 1: in an unproductive manner [syn: unproductively,
fruitlessly, unprofitably] [ant: fruitfully,
productively, profitably]
-
garrulously
0
adv 1: in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she
continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of
naughty things'" [syn: loquaciously, garrulously,
talkatively, talkily]
-
gracelessly
0
adv 1: without grace; rigidly; "they moved woodenly" [syn:
ungraciously, ungracefully, gracelessly,
woodenly] [ant: gracefully, graciously]
2: in a graceless manner; "she moves rather gracelessly" [ant:
gracefully]
-
grandiosely
0
adv 1: in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically
spacious" [syn: bombastically, grandiosely]
-
grisly
0
adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds";
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of
burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome
evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and
plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived
by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome,
macabre, sick]
-
grizzly
0
adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-
haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
n 1: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western
North America [syn: grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip,
silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos
horribilis]
-
harmlessly
0
adv 1: in a harmless manner; "this is a harmlessly childish
game" [ant: detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously]
-
heartlessly
0
adv 1: in a heartless manner; "she behaves rather heartlessly
toward her admirers"
-
heedlessly
0
adv 1: without care or concern; "carelessly raised the
children's hopes without thinking of their possible
disappointment" [syn: carelessly, heedlessly]
-
helplessly
0
adv 1: in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly"
[syn: helplessly, impotently, unable to help]
-
hopelessly
0
adv 1: in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly
jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
2: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian
opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran
dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: dispiritedly,
hopelessly]
3: without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of
comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must
die,' he said hopelessly" [ant: hopefully]
-
immensely
0
adv 1: to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly
overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more
important to the project as a scientist than as an
administrator" [syn: vastly, immensely]
-
incredulously
0
adv 1: in an incredulous manner; "the woman looked up at her
incredulously" [syn: incredulously, unbelievingly,
disbelievingly] [ant: believingly, credulously]
-
intensely
0
adv 1: in an intense manner; "he worked intensely"
-
inversely
0
adv 1: in an inverse or contrary manner; "inversely related";
"wavelength and frequency are, of course, related
reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard [syn: inversely,
reciprocally]
-
jocosely
0
adv 1: with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject
jocularly" [syn: jocosely, jocular]
-
laxly
0
adv 1: in a permissively lenient manner; "he felt incensed that
Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his
crime" [syn: laxly, leniently]
-
lifelessly
0
adv 1: without animation or vitality; "lifelessly he performed
the song"
2: in a lifeless manner; "the girl lay in her arms lifelessly"
3: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly]
-
listlessly
0
adv 1: in a listless manner; "they shook hands rather
listlessly"
-
lonely
0
adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when
we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone
skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a
tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
[syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
2: marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely";
"the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband
is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" [syn: lonely,
lonesome]
3: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a
lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a
solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
4: devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary
retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" [syn:
lonely, solitary, unfrequented]
-
measly
0
adj 1: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the
company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a
paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of
dried beans" [syn: measly, miserable, paltry]
-
meticulously
0
adv 1: in a meticulous manner; "the set was meticulously
authentic"
-
mindlessly
0
adv 1: without intellectual involvement; "all day long, he
mindlessly filled out forms"
2: in an unreasonably senseless manner; "these temples were
mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards" [syn: mindlessly,
senselessly]
-
miraculously
0
adv 1: in a miraculous manner; "my hand grasped the gun that
was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger
tips"
-
morosely
0
adv 1: in a morose manner; "he fell morosely on the bed"
-
mostly
0
adv 1: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are
largely inactive" [syn: largely, mostly, for the
most part]
2: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
[syn: by and large, generally, more often than not,
mostly]
-
motionlessly
0
adv 1: without moving; in a motionless manner; "he saw the
black-haired man waiting motionlessly behind the opposite
side of the platform"
-
muesli
0
n 1: mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
-
nebulously
0
adv 1: in a nebulous and indefinite manner
-
needlessly
0
adv 1: without need; "it would needlessly bring badness into the
world"
-
noiselessly
0
adv 1: without a sound; "he stood up soundlessly and
speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a
door" [syn: noiselessly, soundlessly]
-
painlessly
0
adv 1: without pain; "after the surgery, she could move her arms
painlessly" [ant: painfully, sorely]
-
paisley
0
n 1: a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of
curved shapes
-
parsley
0
n 1: annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves [syn:
parsley, Petroselinum crispum]
2: aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely
and used to garnish food
-
perilously
0
adv 1: in a dangerous manner; "he came dangerously close to
falling off the ledge" [syn: perilously, hazardously,
dangerously]
-
perversely
0
adv 1: deliberately deviant; "his perversely erotic notions"
2: in a contrary disobedient manner [syn: perversely,
contrarily, contrariwise]
-
princely
0
adj 1: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand,
luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
2: having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely
bearing"; "princely manner"
-
purposelessly
0
adv 1: without a clear purpose; "let's not purposelessly
dispense the aid"
-
querulously
0
adv 1: in a peevish manner [syn: peevishly, querulously,
fractiously]
-
recklessly
0
adv 1: in a reckless manner
-
relentlessly
0
adv 1: in a relentless manner; "he worked relentlessly" [syn:
relentlessly, unrelentingly]
-
remorselessly
0
adv 1: without pity; in a merciless manner; "he was mercilessly
trounced by his opponent in the House" [syn:
mercilessly, pitilessly, unmercifully,
remorselessly]
-
restlessly
0
adv 1: in a restless manner; "he cracked his knuckles
restlessly"
-
ridiculously
0
adv 1: so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was
laughably small, but she managed to live well" [syn:
laughably, ridiculously, ludicrously,
preposterously]
-
ruthlessly
0
adv 1: in a ruthless manner; "the government has been urged to
take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the
strikers"
-
scrupulously
0
adv 1: with extreme conscientiousness; "he came religiously
every morning at 8 o'clock" [syn: scrupulously,
conscientiously, religiously]
-
selflessly
0
adv 1: in an altruistic manner; "he acted selflessly when he
helped the old lady in distress" [syn: altruistically,
selflessly]
-
senselessly
0
adv 1: in a meaningless and purposeless manner; "these innocent
bystanders were senselessly killed"
2: in an unreasonably senseless manner; "these temples were
mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards" [syn: mindlessly,
senselessly]
-
shamelessly
0
adv 1: without shame; "he unashamedly abandoned the project when
he realized he would not gain from it" [syn:
unashamedly, shamelessly, barefacedly] [ant:
ashamedly]
-
shapelessly
0
adv 1: in a shapeless manner; "the dress hung shapelessly on her
thin body"
-
sleeplessly
0
adv 1: without sleep; in a sleepless manner; "he was lying in
bed sleeplessly"
-
soullessly
0
adv 1: in a soulless manner; "they were soullessly grubbing for
profit"
-
soundlessly
0
adv 1: without a sound; "he stood up soundlessly and
speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a
door" [syn: noiselessly, soundlessly]
-
speechlessly
0
adv 1: without speaking; "he stood up soundlessly and
speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a
door"
-
spotlessly
0
adv 1: in a spotless manner; "spotlessly clean"
-
tactlessly
0
adv 1: without tact; in a tactless manner; "at the moment of the
murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and
talking tactlessly" [ant: tactfully]
-
tastelessly
0
adv 1: without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner;
"the house was tastelessly decorated" [ant: tastefully,
tastily]
-
tensely
0
adv 1: in a tense manner; "he sat down tensely"
-
tersely
0
adv 1: in a short and concise manner; "a particular bird,
exactly and tersely described in the book of birds" [syn:
telegraphically, tersely]
-
thoughtlessly
0
adv 1: in a thoughtless manner; "he stared thoughtlessly at the
picture" [syn: thoughtlessly, unthinkingly,
unthinking] [ant: thoughtfully]
2: showing thoughtlessness; "he treated his parents
thoughtlessly" [ant: thoughtfully]
-
thriftlessly
0
adv 1: in a thriftless manner; "he lives thriftlessly from day
to day"
-
tonelessly
0
adv 1: in a monotone; "`Come in,' she said tonelessly"
-
transversely
0
adv 1: in a transverse manner; "they were cut transversely"
[syn: transversely, transversally]
-
tremulously
0
adv 1: in a tremulous manner; "the leaves rustled tremulously in
the wind"
-
tunelessly
0
adv 1: in a tuneless fashion; "he whistled tunelessly"
-
unscrupulously
0
adv 1: without scruples; "she unscrupulously uses her charm to
make men do what she wants"
-
unwisely
0
adv 1: without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when
he agreed to come" [syn: foolishly, unwisely] [ant:
sagely, wisely]
-
uselessly
0
adv 1: in a useless manner; "the furniture was sitting around
uselessly" [ant: usefully]
-
verbosely
0
adv 1: in a verbose manner; "she explained her ideas verbosely"
[syn: verbosely, windily, long-windedly, wordily]
-
wisely
0
adv 1: in a wise manner; "she acted wisely when she invited her
parents" [syn: wisely, sagely] [ant: foolishly,
unwisely]
-
wordlessly
0
adv 1: without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn:
mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly]
-
worthlessly
0
adv 1: in a worthless manner
-
frizzly
0
adj 1: (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly,
frizzy, kinky, nappy]
-
presley
0
n 1: United States rock singer whose many hit records and
flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music
(1935-1977) [syn: Presley, Elvis Presley, Elvis Aron
Presley]