Words that rhyme with burghley

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]

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]

adv 1: without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy" 2: in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly" [syn: intelligibly, clearly, understandably] [ant: unintelligibly, ununderstandably] 3: clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment; "it's distinctly possible"; "I could clearly see myself in his situation" [syn: distinctly, clearly] 4: in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear" [syn: clearly, clear]

adj 1: (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair" [ant: straight]

adv 1: in a sincere and heartfelt manner; "I would dearly love to know" [syn: dearly, in a heartfelt way] 2: at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" [syn: dearly, dear] 3: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear]

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"

adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but]

adv 1: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well- nigh] 2: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: closely, intimately, nearly]

adj 1: of a white the color of pearls [syn: pearly, pearly- white] n 1: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: chopper, pearly]

adv 1: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily] 2: in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly come by" [syn: queerly, fishily]

adj 1: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: surly, ugly]

adv 1: without missing a year; "they travel to China annually" [syn: annually, yearly, every year, each year] adj 1: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" [syn: annual, yearly] n 1: a reference book that is published regularly once every year [syn: annual, yearly, yearbook]