Words that rhyme with dastardly

  • abstractedly
    adv 1: in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly]
  • absurdly
    adv 1: in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly rich young woman"
  • admittedly
    adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]
  • 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]
  • affectedly
    adv 1: in an affected manner
  • allegedly
    adv 1: according to what has been alleged; "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife"
  • animatedly
    adv 1: in an animated manner; "they talked animatedly"
  • 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."
  • bastardly
    adj 1: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious] 2: of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic" [syn: bastardly, mean]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • collectedly
    adv 1: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly" [syn: collectedly, composedly]
  • 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"
  • contentedly
    adv 1: with equanimity; "`I bought it,' she said contentedly"
  • cowardly
    adj 1: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley [syn: cowardly, fearful] [ant: brave, courageous]
  • cursedly
    adv 1: in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" [syn: damned, damnably, cursedly]
  • 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"
  • limitedly
    adv 1: in a limited manner
  • pointedly
    adv 1: in such a manner as to make something clearly evident; "he pointedly ignored the question"
  • 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
  • straightforwardly
    adv 1: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues" [syn: squarely, foursquare, straightforwardly]
  • supposedly
    adv 1: believed or reputed to be the case [syn: purportedly, supposedly]
  • thirdly
    adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly]
  • turgidly
    adv 1: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories" [syn: turgidly, bombastically]
  • 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
  • wholeheartedly
    adv 1: without reserve; without reservation; "he adopted wholeheartedly some of the policies that he had previously criticized"
  • 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]
  • unitedly
    adv 1: with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the project" [syn: together, unitedly]
  • accursedly
  • acidly
  • acridly
  • agitatedly
  • backwardly
  • benightedly
  • calculatedly
  • complicatedly
  • concertedly
  • connectedly
  • dedicatedly
  • disaffectedly
  • disconnectedly
  • downheartedly
  • elatedly
  • exasperatedly
  • foresightedly
  • giftedly
  • interestedly
  • opinionatedly
  • premeditatedly
  • restrictedly
  • sophisticatedly
  • torridly
  • unabatedly
  • unaffectedly
  • undauntedly
  • uninhibitedly
  • unlimitedly
  • unrestrictedly
  • eardley
  • fetidly
  • statedly
  • inflatedly
  • pervertedly

See also dastardly definition and dastardly synonyms