Words that rhyme with diffidently

  • abundantly
    adv 1: in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely" [syn: abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly]
  • accidentally
    adv 1: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely] 2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally] 3: without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally" [syn: unintentionally, accidentally] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely]
  • ardently
    adv 1: in an ardent manner; "the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired"
  • arrogantly
    adv 1: in an arrogant manner; "in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid"
  • bluntly
    adv 1: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly]
  • brilliantly
    adv 1: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly, brightly, bright] 2: in an extremely intelligent way; "he solved the problem brilliantly"
  • buoyantly
    adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
  • competently
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • confidently
    adv 1: with confidence; in a confident manner; "we have to do what is right confidently"
  • conjointly
    adv 1: in conjunction with; combined; "our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage"; "we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together" [syn: jointly, collectively, conjointly, together with]
  • consequently
    adv 1: (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; "consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor" [syn: consequently, accordingly] 2: as a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held" [syn: consequently, therefore]
  • consistently
    adv 1: in a systematic or consistent manner; "they systematically excluded women" [syn: systematically, consistently] [ant: inconsistently, unsystematically]
  • constantly
    adv 1: without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" [syn: constantly, invariably, always] 2: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" [syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantly]
  • conveniently
    adv 1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: handily, conveniently] [ant: inconveniently]
  • currently
    adv 1: at this time or period; now; "he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations"; "currently they live in Connecticut" [syn: presently, currently]
  • defiantly
    adv 1: in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously" [syn: rebelliously, contumaciously, defiantly]
  • dependency
    n 1: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else [syn: dependence, dependance, dependency] 2: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation] 3: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country [syn: colony, dependency]
  • despondently
    adv 1: with desperation; "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly" [syn: despairingly, despondently]
  • differently
    adv 1: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently, otherwise, other than]
  • diligently
    adv 1: with diligence; in a diligent manner; "we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint"
  • discordantly
    adv 1: in a discordant manner; "the piece ended discordantly" [syn: discordantly, unharmoniously]
  • disobediently
    adv 1: in a disobedient manner; "he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do" [ant: obediently, yieldingly]
  • distantly
    adv 1: from or at a distance; "dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness"
  • evidently
    adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]
  • exorbitantly
    adv 1: to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital" [syn: exorbitantly, extortionately, usuriously]
  • expectantly
    adv 1: in an expectant manner; "she looked at him expectantly"
  • exultantly
    adv 1: in an exultant manner; "it was exultingly easy" [syn: exultantly, exultingly]
  • fluently
    adv 1: in a fluent manner; "she speaks French fluently"
  • hesitantly
    adv 1: with hesitation; in a hesitant manner; "he finally accepted hesitantly" [syn: hesitantly, hesitatingly] [ant: unhesitatingly]
  • impenitently
    adv 1: in an impenitent manner; "he repeated his position unrepentantly" [syn: impenitently, unrepentantly] [ant: penitentially, penitently, repentantly]
  • importantly
    adv 1: in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself" [syn: importantly, significantly] 2: in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion"
  • impotently
    adv 1: in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly" [syn: helplessly, impotently, unable to help]
  • improvidently
    adv 1: in an improvident manner; "he lived improvidently for the moment" [ant: providently]
  • imprudently
    adv 1: in an imprudent manner; "imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy" [ant: providentially, prudently]
  • impudently
    adv 1: in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently" [syn: impertinently, saucily, pertly, freshly, impudently]
  • inadvertently
    adv 1: without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references" [syn: unwittingly, inadvertently, unknowingly] [ant: advertently, heedfully, knowingly, mindfully, wittingly]
  • 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]
  • incompetently
    adv 1: in an incompetent manner; "he did the job rather incompetently" [syn: incompetently, displaying incompetence] [ant: ably, aptly, capably, competently]
  • inconsistently
    adv 1: without showing consistency; "he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks" [ant: consistently, systematically]
  • independently
    adv 1: on your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently" 2: apart from others; "the clothes were hung severally" [syn: independently, severally]
  • insignificantly
    adv 1: in an insignificant manner; "some people living insignificantly among us" 2: not to a significant degree or amount; "Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts" [ant: significantly]
  • insistently
    adv 1: in an insistent manner
  • instantly
    adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] 2: without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn: instantaneously, outright, instantly, in a flash]
  • intermittently
    adv 1: in an intermittent manner; "intermittently we questioned the barometer"
  • penitently
    adv 1: showing remorse [syn: penitently, penitentially, repentantly] [ant: impenitently, unrepentantly]
  • persistently
    adv 1: in a persistent manner; "he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently..." 2: with persistence
  • piquantly
    adv 1: with strong spices; in a spicy manner; "the soup was spicily flavored" [syn: piquantly, spicily]
  • providently
    adv 1: in a provident manner; "providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies" [ant: improvidently]
  • prudently
    adv 1: in a prudent manner; "I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom." [syn: prudently, providentially] [ant: imprudently]
  • reluctantly
    adv 1: with reluctance
  • repentantly
    adv 1: showing remorse [syn: penitently, penitentially, repentantly] [ant: impenitently, unrepentantly]
  • resplendently
    adv 1: in an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was gorgeously dressed" [syn: gorgeously, splendidly, resplendently, magnificently]
  • significantly
    adv 1: in a statistically significant way; "the two groups differed significantly" 2: in a significant manner; "our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts" [ant: insignificantly] 3: in an important way or to an important degree; "more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself" [syn: importantly, significantly]
  • stridently
    adv 1: in a strident manner; "the cheap clock ticked stridently"
  • vacantly
    adv 1: in a vacant manner; "she was staring vacantly into the room"
  • vehemently
    adv 1: in a vehement manner; "he vehemently denied the accusations against him"
  • complacently
    adv 1: in a self-satisfied manner; "he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher"
  • accordantly
  • clairvoyantly
  • compliantly
  • concomitantly
  • concordantly
  • congruently
  • constituently
  • contingently
  • corpulently
  • decadently
  • delinquently
  • dependently
  • discrepantly
  • divergently
  • dominantly
  • equidistantly
  • inconstantly
  • interdependently
  • latently
  • mordantly
  • overconfidently
  • redundantly
  • superabundantly
  • transcendently
  • verdantly
  • huntley

See also diffidently definition