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conversationally
3
adv 1: with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is
colloquially referred to as The Barn" [syn:
colloquially, conversationally, informally]
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agilely
0
adv 1: in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness
and ease; "nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens;
"leaped agilely from roof to roof" [syn: agilely,
nimbly]
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coolly
0
adv 1: in a composed and unconcerned manner; "without more ado
Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed
it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher" [syn:
coolly, nervelessly, nonchalantly]
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dully
0
adv 1: without liveliness; "she nodded her head dully"
2: without luster or shine; "the light shone dully through the
haze"; "unpolished buttons glinted dully"
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evilly
0
adv 1: in a wicked evil manner; "act wickedly"; "grin evilly"
[syn: wickedly, evilly]
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foully
0
adv 1: in an unfair and insulting manner; "this internationally
known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim
fundamentalists" [syn: foully, insultingly]
2: in a wicked and shameful manner; "two policemen were foully
murdered"
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futilely
0
adv 1: in a futile and unproductive manner
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genteelly
0
adv 1: in a genteel manner; "the English lived genteelly in
India"
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gully
0
n 1: deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a
prolonged downpour)
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hostilely
0
adv 1: with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he
pushed her against the wall belligerently" [syn:
belligerently, hostilely]
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ideally
0
adv 1: in an ideal manner; "ideally, this will remove all
problems"
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palely
0
adv 1: in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely
entertaining show" [syn: pallidly, palely, dimly]
2: in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color; "his
wife, always palely appealing"
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shrilly
0
adv 1: in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly" [syn:
shrilly, piercingly]
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solely
0
adv 1: without any others being included or involved; "was
entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the
needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith
exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of
proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege
granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively,
solely, alone, only]
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stilly
0
adj 1: (poetic) still or calm; "in the stilly night"
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sully
0
n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and
historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: Sully, Thomas
Sully]
2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: Sully, Duc de Sully,
Maxmilien de Bethune]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint,
cloud]
2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the
affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
3: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name
and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!"
"The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn:
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate,
calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
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vilely
0
adv 1: in a vile manner; "his vilely spelt and illiterate
letters"
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wholly
0
adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
(`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was
wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal";
"it was completely different from what we expected"; "was
completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the
directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her
fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
[syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally,
all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially,
partly]
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drolly
3
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banally
0
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congenitally
0
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docilely
0
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dually
0
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fragilely
0
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frailly
0
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imbecilely
0
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supplely
0
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wholely
0
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sculley
0