Words that rhyme with contentedly
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abstractedly
adv 1: in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly] -
admittedly
adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly] -
affectedly
adv 1: in an affected manner -
animatedly
adv 1: in an animated manner; "they talked animatedly" -
badly
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] -
belatedly
adv 1: later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon] -
collectedly
adv 1: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly" [syn: collectedly, composedly] -
comradely
adj 1: heartily friendly and congenial [syn: comradely, hail- fellow, hail-fellow-well-met] -
cuddly
adj 1: inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear" [syn: cuddlesome, cuddly] -
dastardly
adj 1: despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt [syn: dastard(a), dastardly] -
deadly
adv 1: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly] 2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly] adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly, deathly, mortal] 2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: deadly, lethal] 3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)] 5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent] 6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect -
decidedly
adv 1: without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win" [syn: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds] -
dejectedly
adv 1: in a dejected manner; "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen" [syn: dejectedly, in low spirits] -
delightedly
adv 1: with delight; "delightedly, she accepted the invitation" -
dementedly
adv 1: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely] -
deservedly
adv 1: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant: undeservedly] -
devotedly
adv 1: with devotion; "He served his master devotedly" -
disappointedly
adv 1: in disappointment; in a disappointed manner; "she left the gambling table disappointedly" -
discontentedly
adv 1: with discontent; in a discontented manner; "he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets" -
disgustedly
adv 1: with disgust; "disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse" -
disinterestedly
adv 1: without bias; without selfish motives; "he decided the case disinterestedly" -
disjointedly
adv 1: in a disjointed manner; "`We're not married, not really married,' she said, and slowly, reluctantly, disjointedly it came out" -
dispiritedly
adv 1: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: dispiritedly, hopelessly] -
distractedly
adv 1: in a distracted manner; "`Come in,' he said distractedly" -
exaggeratedly
adv 1: in an exaggerated manner [syn: hyperbolically, exaggeratedly] -
excitedly
adv 1: with excitement; in an excited manner; "she shook his hand excitedly" -
gladly
adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain] -
godly
adj 1: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful] 2: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review [syn: divine, godly] -
hardly
adv 1: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [syn: barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce] 2: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator" [syn: hardly, scarcely] -
idly
adv 1: in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people" [syn: idly, lazily] -
incessantly
adv 1: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn: endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly, continuously] 2: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" [syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly] -
limitedly
adv 1: in a limited manner -
lordly
adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly] 2: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering] -
loudly
adv 1: with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly] 2: in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service" [syn: obstreperously, loudly, clamorously] 3: used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly [syn: forte, loudly] [ant: piano, softly] -
madly
adv 1: in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn: madly, frantically] 2: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely] 3: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly] -
medley
n 1: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources [syn: medley, potpourri, pastiche] -
oddly
adv 1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: curiously, oddly, peculiarly] 2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily] -
pointedly
adv 1: in such a manner as to make something clearly evident; "he pointedly ignored the question" -
proudly
adv 1: with pride; in a proud manner; "he walked proudly into town" -
purportedly
adv 1: believed or reputed to be the case [syn: purportedly, supposedly] -
reportedly
adv 1: according to reports or other information; "she was reportedly his mistress for many years" -
reputedly
adv 1: by repute; according to general belief; "fish with reputedly poisonous flesh" -
spiritedly
adv 1: in a spirited or lively manner; with animation and vivacity -
staidly
adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly] -
undoubtedly
adv 1: without doubt; certainly; "it's undoubtedly very beautiful" [syn: undoubtedly, doubtless, doubtlessly] -
unexpectedly
adv 1: in a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue" [syn: unexpectedly, out of the blue] 2: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely] -
uninterruptedly
adv 1: without interruption; "this pleasant state of affairs had continued peacefully and uninterruptedly for many years" -
unwontedly
adv 1: in an unusual manner -
weirdly
adv 1: in a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly" -
wholeheartedly
adv 1: without reserve; without reservation; "he adopted wholeheartedly some of the policies that he had previously criticized" -
redly
adv 1: displaying a red color; "the forge belched redly at the sky"-Adria Langley -
unitedly
adv 1: with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the project" [syn: together, unitedly] -
agitatedly
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benightedly
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calculatedly
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complicatedly
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concertedly
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connectedly
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debauchedly
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dedicatedly
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degradedly
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depravedly
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disaffectedly
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disconnectedly
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downheartedly
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elatedly
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exasperatedly
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foresightedly
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giftedly
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interestedly
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opinionatedly
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premeditatedly
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restrictedly
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sophisticatedly
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unabatedly
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unaffectedly
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undauntedly
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uninhibitedly
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unlimitedly
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unrestrictedly
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puddly
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dudley
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studley
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fetidly
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statedly
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inflatedly
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pervertedly
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