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absolutely
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adv 1: completely and without qualification; used informally as
intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a
perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right";
"utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my
innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right" [syn:
absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead]
2: totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely
opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely
still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
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acutely
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adv 1: in an acute manner; "she pitied her sister acutely";
"acutely aware"
2: having a rapid onset; "an acutely debilitating virus" [ant:
chronically]
3: changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists
sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor
was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes"
[syn: sharply, sharp, acutely]
4: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he
was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly,
sagaciously, sapiently, acutely]
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astutely
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adv 1: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely";
"he was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly,
sagaciously, sapiently, acutely]
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crudely
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adv 1: in a crude or unrefined manner; "he was crudely bold"
2: in a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed
lean-to" [syn: artlessly, crudely, inexpertly]
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cutely
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adv 1: in an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green
dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her
perfect figure" [syn: cunningly, cutely]
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dispassionately
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adv 1: in an impartially dispassionate manner; "although he was
looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately"
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dissolutely
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adv 1: in a dissolute way [syn: profligately, dissolutely]
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distinctly
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adv 1: clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment;
"it's distinctly possible"; "I could clearly see myself
in his situation" [syn: distinctly, clearly]
2: in a distinct and distinguishable manner; "the subtleties of
this distinctly British occasion"
3: to a distinct degree; "urbanization in Spain is distinctly
correlated with a fall in reproductive rate"
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fitly
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adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed"
[syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly,
befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately,
unsuitably]
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fleetly
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adv 1: in a swift manner; "she moved swiftly" [syn: swiftly,
fleetly]
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hotly
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adv 1: in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so
much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the
children were arguing hotly" [syn: heatedly, hotly]
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irresolutely
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adv 1: lacking determination or decisiveness [ant: resolutely]
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knightly
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adj 1: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in
the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
[syn: chivalric, knightly, medieval]
2: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn:
chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
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motley
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adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
"an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted
sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of
baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry
sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn:
assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley,
sundry(a)]
2: having sections or patches colored differently and usually
brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert";
"a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
[syn: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color,
multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-
colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted,
particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured]
n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety
of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn:
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany,
miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord,
potpourri, motley]
2: a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's
costume)
3: a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th
to 17th century England
v 1: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
[syn: vary, variegate, motley]
2: make motley; color with different colors [syn: motley,
parti-color]
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mutely
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adv 1: without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn:
mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly]
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promptly
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adv 1: with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived
promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly,
quickly, quick]
2: in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly" [syn:
promptly, readily, pronto]
3: at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he
promptly forgot the address" [syn: promptly, right away]
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subtly
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adv 1: in a subtle manner; "late nineteenth-century French opera
at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight
melancholy"
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sweetly
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adv 1: in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes
a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan
Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet
the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare;
"talking sweet to each other" [syn: sweetly, sweet]
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tartly
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adv 1: in a tart manner; "`Never mind your immortal soul,' she
said tartly"
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tautly
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adv 1: in a taut manner; "the rope was tautly stretched"
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tightly
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adv 1: in a tight or constricted manner; "a tightly packed pub"
2: securely fixed or fastened; "the window was tightly sealed"
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tritely
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adv 1: in a trite manner; "tritely expressed emotions"
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sightly
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adj 1: 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]
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discretely
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disparately
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fatly
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wetly
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meetly
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straightly
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straitly
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convolutely
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