Words that rhyme with chumley

adv 1: with self-possession (especially in times of stress); "he spoke calmly to the rioting students" 2: in a sedate manner [syn: sedately, calmly]

adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] 2: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly]

adv 1: in a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly" [syn: dimly, indistinctly] 2: in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" [syn: pallidly, palely, dimly] 3: with a dim light; "a dimly lit room" [syn: dimly, murkily]

adv 1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: dumbly, densely, obtusely] 2: in an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope"

adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]

adv 1: in a numb manner; without feeling; "I stared at him numbly" [syn: numbly, insensibly]

adv 1: completely; in a lofty and exalted manner; "awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks"

adv 1: to the maximum degree; "he was supremely confident"

adv 1: in a tame manner; "the labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely"

adv 1: at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [syn: seasonably, timely, well-timed, apropos] adj 1: before a time limit expires; "the timely filing of his income tax return" 2: done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion"; "the book's publication was well timed" [syn: timely, seasonable, well-timed(a), well timed(p)]

adv 1: in a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded tediously forward" [syn: boringly, tediously, tiresomely]

adv 1: in a trim manner; "he was trimly attired"

adv 1: in a uniform manner; "a uniformly bright surface"

adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]

adv 1: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn: prematurely, untimely] adj 1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong] 2: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [syn: premature, untimely]

adv 1: in a wholesome manner; "the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies"

adv 1: in an engaging manner; "she played the role engagingly" [syn: winsomely, engagingly]