Words that rhyme with childly

  • absurdly
    adv 1: in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly rich young woman"
  • advisedly
    adv 1: with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design] [ant: accidentally, by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally]
  • allegedly
    adv 1: according to what has been alleged; "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife"
  • assuredly
    adv 1: without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone"
  • avidly
    adv 1: in an avid manner; "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information"
  • avowedly
    adv 1: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders" [syn: avowedly, professedly] 2: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]
  • awkwardly
    adv 1: in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly"
  • baldly
    adv 1: in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work."
  • barefacedly
    adv 1: without shame; "he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it" [syn: unashamedly, shamelessly, barefacedly] [ant: ashamedly]
  • blandly
    adv 1: in a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts"
  • blessedly
    adv 1: in a blessed manner
  • blindly
    adv 1: without seeing or looking; "he felt around his desk blindly" 2: without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis; "they bought the car blindly"; "he picked a wife blindly"
  • boldly
    adv 1: with boldness, in a bold manner; "we must tackle these tasks boldly"
  • coldly
    adv 1: in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood" [syn: coldly, in cold blood]
  • confessedly
    adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]
  • confusedly
    adv 1: in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him"
  • cursedly
    adv 1: in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" [syn: damned, damnably, cursedly]
  • deservedly
    adv 1: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant: undeservedly]
  • mildly
    adv 1: to a moderate degree; "he was mildly interested" 2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal" [syn: gently, mildly]
  • unadvisedly
    adv 1: in an unadvised manner
  • unfriendly
    adj 1: not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly" [ant: friendly] 2: not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" [ant: friendly] 3: not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic" [syn: unfriendly, inimical] 4: very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly]
  • unhurriedly
    adv 1: without haste; "she proceeded unhurriedly" [ant: hastily, hurriedly, in haste]
  • unkindly
    adv 1: in an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher treats the children unkindly" [ant: kindly] adj 1: lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts" [syn: unkindly, unsympathetic]
  • wildly
    adv 1: to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic" 2: in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly" 3: with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"
  • dazedly
    adv 1: in a daze; in a dazed manner; "he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much" [syn: dazedly, torpidly]
  • accursedly
  • acidly
  • acridly
  • backwardly
  • unaccustomedly

See also childly definition and childly synonyms