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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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agreeably
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adv 1: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy
afternoon" [syn: pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyably]
[ant: disagreeably, unpleasantly]
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allowably
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adv 1: in a permissible manner [syn: permissibly, allowably]
[ant: impermissibly]
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amiably
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adv 1: in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said
amiably" [syn: affably, amiably, genially]
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appreciably
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adv 1: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably
colder"
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arguably
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adv 1: as can be shown by argument; "she is arguably the best"
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bubbly
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adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy,
frothy, effervescing, spumy]
2: full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a
bubbly personality"
n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
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capably
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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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culpably
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adv 1: in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure
[syn: reprehensibly, culpably]
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demurely
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adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely
pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
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disagreeably
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adv 1: in a disagreeable manner; "`I took no harm from the
journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably" [ant:
agreeably, enjoyably, pleasantly]
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doubly
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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]
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dourly
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adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn:
dourly, sullenly, glumly]
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drably
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adv 1: in a drab manner; "she dresses drably"
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enjoyably
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adv 1: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy
afternoon" [syn: pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyably]
[ant: disagreeably, unpleasantly]
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enviably
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adv 1: in an enviable manner; "she was enviably fluent in
French"
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feebly
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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"
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glibly
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adv 1: with superficial plausibility; "he talked glibly" [syn:
glibly, slickly]
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hourly
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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"
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identifiably
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adv 1: in an identifiable manner; "they were identifiably
different"
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impalpably
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adv 1: not substantially; lacking substantial expression or
fullness [syn: insubstantially, impalpably]
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improbably
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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]
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indescribably
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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]
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inescapably
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adv 1: by necessity; "the situation slid inescapably toward
disaster " [syn: inescapably, ineluctably,
inevitably, unavoidably]
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insatiably
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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]
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invariably
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adv 1: without variation or change, in every case; "constantly
kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" [syn:
constantly, invariably, always]
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justifiably
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adv 1: with good reason; "he is justifiably bitter" [ant:
inexcusably, unjustifiably]
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palpably
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adv 1: so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"
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pebbly
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adj 1: abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little
beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
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pitiably
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adv 1: in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick
child cried pathetically" [syn: pathetically,
pitiably]
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poorly
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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]
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probably
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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]
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purely
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adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"
[syn: strictly, purely]
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sourly
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adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new
rules only benefitted the managers"
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stably
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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"
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stubbly
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adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn:
bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
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surely
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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]
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unarguably
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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]
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undeniably
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adv 1: to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner; "she
is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"
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unreliably
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adv 1: in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner [syn:
unfaithfully, undependably, unreliably] [ant:
dependably, faithfully, reliably]
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variably
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adv 1: with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable
degree; "it will be variably cloudy"
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wobbly
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adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety
table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder
felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky,
wobbly, wonky]
n 1: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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nubbly
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adj 1: of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted
of nubbly homespun yarns" [syn: homespun(p), nubby,
nubbly, slubbed, tweedy]
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dapperly
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dimply
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direly
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impermeably
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inappreciably
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inarguably
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incapably
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inexpiably
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invaluably
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irremediably
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trebly
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unstably
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unstoppably
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valuably
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verifiably
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viably
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rubbly
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rumply
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sibley
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