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beggarly
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adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly
existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly,
mean]
2: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve
contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]
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bitterly
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adv 1: with bitterness, in a resentful manner; "she complained
bitterly"
2: indicating something hard to accept; "he was bitterly
disappointed"
3: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
[syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter]
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biyearly
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adv 1: every two years; "this festival takes places biennially"
[syn: biennially, biyearly]
2: twice a year [syn: semiannually, biyearly]
adj 1: occurring every second year; "they met at biennial
conventions" [syn: biennial, biyearly]
2: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly]
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brotherly
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adv 1: (archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner
adj 1: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother;
"brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties" [syn:
brotherly, brotherlike, fraternal] [ant:
sisterlike, sisterly, sororal]
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burly
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adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
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circularly
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adv 1: in a circular manner
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cleverly
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adv 1: in a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a
smartly managed business" [syn: cleverly, smartly]
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curly
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adj 1: (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her
naturally curly hair" [ant: straight]
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daughterly
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adj 1: befitting a daughter; "daughterly affection"
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disorderly
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adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths";
"disorderly conduct" [ant: orderly]
2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
jumbled, topsy-turvy]
3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn:
chaotic, disorderly]
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early
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adv 1: during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn:
early on, early]
2: before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated
early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" [syn:
early, ahead of time, too soon] [ant: belatedly,
late, tardily]
3: in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: early,
betimes]
adj 1: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of
events or before the usual or expected time; "early
morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an
early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring";
"early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most
standard varieties" [ant: late, middle]
2: being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an
early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early
computer" [ant: late, later(a)]
3: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of
Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn:
early(a), former(a), other(a)]
4: very young; "at an early age"
5: of an early stage in the development of a language or
literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that
used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early
Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476
to 1700" [ant: late, middle]
6: expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the
negotiations"
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pearly
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adj 1: of a white the color of pearls [syn: pearly, pearly-
white]
n 1: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper,
pearly]
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surly
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adj 1: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of
menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn:
surly, ugly]
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angularly
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binocularly
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burley
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dapperly
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girlie
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girly
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hurly
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adderley
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birley
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cearley
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curley
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durley
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earley
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earlie
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erly
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gurley
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hurley
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kearley
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kerley
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kirley
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murley
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perley
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sherley
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shirlee
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shirley
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shirlie
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shurley
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turley
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verley
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werley
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wherley
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whirley
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worley
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akerley
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mccurley
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burghley
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burleigh
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