Words that rhyme with bubbly

  • ably
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • abruptly
    adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead]
  • admirably
    adv 1: in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were admirably normal" [syn: admirably, laudably, praiseworthily, commendable]
  • adorably
    adv 1: in an adorable manner; "the toddler behaved adorably" [syn: adorably, endearingly]
  • affably
    adv 1: in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably" [syn: affably, amiably, genially]
  • agreeably
    adv 1: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyably] [ant: disagreeably, unpleasantly]
  • alee
    adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
  • allowably
    adv 1: in a permissible manner [syn: permissibly, allowably] [ant: impermissibly]
  • amiably
    adv 1: in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably" [syn: affably, amiably, genially]
  • amicably
    adv 1: in an amicable manner; "they separated amicably"
  • appreciably
    adv 1: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably colder"
  • arguably
    adv 1: as can be shown by argument; "she is arguably the best"
  • audibly
    adv 1: in an audible manner; "he spoke audibly" [ant: inaudibly]
  • believably
    adv 1: in a believable manner; "he acted believably sincere" [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably] 2: easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" [syn: credibly, believably, plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably]
  • cantabile
    adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
  • capably
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • charitably
    adv 1: in a charitable manner; "she treated him charitably"
  • chirpily
    adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
  • comfortably
    adv 1: in mental comfort; without stress; "he works comfortably on three continents" 2: in physical comfort; "she could have been lying comfortably in bed getting the same relief" [ant: uncomfortably] 3: in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died" [syn: well, comfortably]
  • comparably
    adv 1: in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree; "you will have to work comparably harder" [ant: incomparably, uncomparably]
  • compatibly
    adv 1: with compatibility [ant: incompatibly]
  • conceivably
    adv 1: within the realm of possibility; "the weather may conceivably change"
  • conformably
    adv 1: in a conformable manner
  • considerably
    adv 1: to a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially" [syn: well, considerably, substantially]
  • contemptibly
    adv 1: in a manner deserving contempt
  • corruptly
    adv 1: in a corrupt manner [syn: corruptly, corruptedly]
  • credibly
    adv 1: easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" [syn: credibly, believably, plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably]
  • cruelly
    adv 1: excessively; "a cruelly bitter winter" 2: with cruelty; "he treated his students cruelly"
  • cuddly
    adj 1: inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear" [syn: cuddlesome, cuddly]
  • culpably
    adv 1: in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure [syn: reprehensibly, culpably]
  • damnably
    adv 1: in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" [syn: damned, damnably, cursedly]
  • demonstrably
    adv 1: in an obvious and provable manner; "his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong" [syn: demonstrably, provably, incontrovertibly]
  • demurely
    adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
  • dependably
    adv 1: in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio" [syn: faithfully, dependably, reliably] [ant: undependably, unfaithfully, unreliably]
  • deplorably
    adv 1: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully]
  • despicably
    adv 1: in a despicable manner; "he acted despicably"
  • detestably
    adv 1: in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" [syn: detestably, repulsively, abominably, odiously]
  • disagreeably
    adv 1: in a disagreeable manner; "`I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably" [ant: agreeably, enjoyably, pleasantly]
  • disreputably
    adv 1: in a disreputable manner [ant: reputably]
  • doubly
    adv 1: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" [syn: doubly, double, twice] 2: in a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong" [syn: doubly, in two ways]
  • dourly
    adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]
  • drably
    adv 1: in a drab manner; "she dresses drably"
  • enjoyably
    adv 1: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyably] [ant: disagreeably, unpleasantly]
  • entirely
    adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly] 2: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only]
  • enviably
    adv 1: in an enviable manner; "she was enviably fluent in French"
  • feebly
    adv 1: in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway" 2: in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
  • flabbily
    adv 1: in a flabby manner; "the old man's muscles were sagging flabbily"
  • glibly
    adv 1: with superficial plausibility; "he talked glibly" [syn: glibly, slickly]
  • globally
    adv 1: throughout the world; "this is globally significant"
  • grubbily
    adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily, grungily]
  • grumpily
    adv 1: in an ill-natured manner; "she looked at her husband crossly" [syn: crossly, grouchily, grumpily]
  • happily
    adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily] 2: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured" [ant: sadly, unhappily]
  • hourly
    adv 1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger" adj 1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay"
  • hyperbole
    n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole, exaggeration]
  • identifiably
    adv 1: in an identifiable manner; "they were identifiably different"
  • immaturely
    adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant: maturely]
  • impalpably
    adv 1: not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness [syn: insubstantially, impalpably]
  • improbably
    adv 1: not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains" [syn: incredibly, improbably, implausibly, unbelievably] [ant: believably, credibly, plausibly, probably]
  • improperly
    adv 1: in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way]
  • indescribably
    adv 1: to an inexpressible degree; "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton" [syn: ineffably, indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably]
  • inescapably
    adv 1: by necessity; "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster " [syn: inescapably, ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably]
  • insatiably
    adv 1: to an insatiable degree; "she was insatiably hungry" [syn: insatiably, unsatiably] 2: in an insatiable manner; with persistence but without satisfaction; "he clawed insatiably at the traditional precepts" [syn: insatiably, unsatiably]
  • insecurely
    adv 1: in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" [ant: securely] 2: in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money" [ant: securely]
  • invariably
    adv 1: without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" [syn: constantly, invariably, always]
  • justifiably
    adv 1: with good reason; "he is justifiably bitter" [ant: inexcusably, unjustifiably]
  • loyally
    adv 1: with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically" [ant: disloyally]
  • lubberly
    adj 1: clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow" 2: inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly" [syn: lubberly, landlubberly]
  • maturely
    adv 1: in a mature manner; "she acts very maturely for her age" [ant: immaturely, jejunely]
  • monopoly
    n 1: (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" 2: exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence" 3: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
  • neighbourly
    adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
  • obscurely
    adv 1: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
  • palpably
    adv 1: so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"
  • pebbly
    adj 1: abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
  • pitiably
    adv 1: in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically" [syn: pathetically, pitiably]
  • poorly
    adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]
  • prematurely
    adv 1: (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; "the child was born prematurely" 2: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn: prematurely, untimely]
  • principally
    adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
  • probably
    adv 1: with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war" [syn: probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike] 2: easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" [syn: credibly, believably, plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably]
  • properly
    adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly] 2: with reason or justice [syn: by rights, properly]
  • purely
    adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" [syn: strictly, purely]
  • royally
    adv 1: in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn: royally, like kings, like royalty]
  • securely
    adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly] 2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely] 3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant: insecurely] 4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held"
  • shabbily
    adv 1: so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man" 2: in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room"
  • showily
    adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously, showily] 2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly" [syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
  • skimpily
    adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
  • sleepily
    adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car"
  • sloppily
    adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"
  • smugly
    adv 1: in a smug manner; "the bureaucrats explained smugly that the facts provided by their own experts show no cause for concern"
  • snugly
    adv 1: fitting closely; "the vest fit snugly" 2: safely protected; "concealed snugly in his hideout" 3: warmly and comfortably sheltered; "sitting snugly by the fireside while the storm raged"
  • soberly
    adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
  • sourly
    adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"
  • stably
    adv 1: in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon" 2: in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has been stably high"
  • stubbly
    adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn: bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
  • subtly
    adv 1: in a subtle manner; "late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy"
  • surely
    adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]
  • ugly
    adj 1: displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" [ant: beautiful] 2: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: surly, ugly] 3: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched] 4: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]
  • unarguably
    adv 1: in an unarguable and undisputed manner; "you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any company" [syn: unarguably, undisputedly]
  • undeniably
    adv 1: to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner; "she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"
  • unreliably
    adv 1: in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner [syn: unfaithfully, undependably, unreliably] [ant: dependably, faithfully, reliably]
  • variably
    adv 1: with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree; "it will be variably cloudy"

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