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ably
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adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they
worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably,
capably] [ant: displaying incompetence,
incompetently]
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actually
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adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually
independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large
meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn:
actually, really]
2: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the
opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be
doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke
Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they
were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in
reality often simply nervous" [syn: actually, in reality]
3: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the
picture that is actually on the air"
4: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we
all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen
the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't
proved to be too satisfactory, actually"
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amply
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adv 1: to an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices
were amply represented"; "we benefited richly" [syn:
amply, richly] [ant: meagerly, meagrely,
slenderly, sparingly]
2: sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or
fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply)
fed" [syn: amply, fully] [ant: meagerly, meagrely,
slenderly, sparingly]
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aptly
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adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they
worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably,
capably] [ant: displaying incompetence,
incompetently]
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badly
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adv 1: to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen
they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely
impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
[syn: badly, severely, gravely, seriously]
2: (`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]
3: evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is
to act badly"
4: in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in
school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass
his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was
sent to his room" [syn: badly, mischievously,
naughtily]
5: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for
`badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly
shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn: badly,
bad]
6: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard
for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in
need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
[syn: badly, bad]
7: without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly";
"I think he paints very badly" [ant: well]
8: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the
venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the
case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn: badly,
disadvantageously] [ant: advantageously, well]
9: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of
the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
[syn: ill, badly] [ant: well]
10: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional
display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's
death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of
the earthquake" [ant: well]
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cheaply
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adv 1: in a stingy manner; "their rich uncle treated them rather
chintzily" [syn: stingily, cheaply, chintzily]
2: in a cheap manner; "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in
the bar" [syn: cheaply, tattily, inexpensively] [ant:
expensively]
3: with little expenditure of money; "I bought this car very
cheaply" [syn: cheaply, inexpensively]
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crisply
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adv 1: in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan
pottery was sharply defined" [syn: sharply, crisply]
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damply
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adv 1: in a damp manner; "a scarf was tied round her head but
the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her
left eye" [syn: damply, moistly]
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deeply
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adv 1: to a great depth psychologically; "They felt the loss
deeply" [syn: profoundly, deeply]
2: to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep" [syn:
deeply, deep]
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haply
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adv 1: by accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard" [syn:
haply, by chance, by luck]
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limply
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adv 1: without rigidity; "the body was hanging limply from the
tree"
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panoply
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n 1: a complete and impressive array
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pimply
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adj 1: (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
[syn: acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate]
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principally
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adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in
butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily,
mainly, in the main]
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shapely
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adj 1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim
waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]
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sharply
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adv 1: in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply
questioned" [syn: aggressively, sharply]
2: in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery
was sharply defined" [syn: sharply, crisply]
3: changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists
sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor
was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes"
[syn: sharply, sharp, acutely]
4: very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that
precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"
[syn: precipitously, sharply]
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simply
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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]
2: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: just,
simply]
3: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
4: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
plainly, simply]
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steeply
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adv 1: in a steep manner; "the street rose steeply up to the
castle"
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ripely
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adv 1: with mature or developed appearance
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shapley
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n 1: United States astronomer (1885-1972) [syn: Shapley,
Harlow Shapley]
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unshapely
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adj 1: not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout
unshapely woman" [ant: shapely]
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copley
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n 1: American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John
Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American
Revolution (1738-1815) [syn: Copley, John Copley, John
Singleton Copley]
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blackly
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crackly
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dimply
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nondescriptly
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triply
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plumply
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ripply
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bapley
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rapley
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stapley
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tapley
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ripley
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