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amply
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adv 1: to an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices
were amply represented"; "we benefited richly" [syn:
amply, richly] [ant: meagerly, meagrely,
slenderly, sparingly]
2: sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or
fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply)
fed" [syn: amply, fully] [ant: meagerly, meagrely,
slenderly, sparingly]
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bubbly
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adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy,
frothy, effervescing, spumy]
2: full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a
bubbly personality"
n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
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cantabile
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adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
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cheaply
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adv 1: in a stingy manner; "their rich uncle treated them rather
chintzily" [syn: stingily, cheaply, chintzily]
2: in a cheap manner; "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in
the bar" [syn: cheaply, tattily, inexpensively] [ant:
expensively]
3: with little expenditure of money; "I bought this car very
cheaply" [syn: cheaply, inexpensively]
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chirpily
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adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the
opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
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crinkly
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adj 1: uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves [syn:
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike]
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crisply
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adv 1: in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan
pottery was sharply defined" [syn: sharply, crisply]
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cruelly
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adv 1: excessively; "a cruelly bitter winter"
2: with cruelty; "he treated his students cruelly"
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damply
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adv 1: in a damp manner; "a scarf was tied round her head but
the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her
left eye" [syn: damply, moistly]
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deeply
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adv 1: to a great depth psychologically; "They felt the loss
deeply" [syn: profoundly, deeply]
2: to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep" [syn:
deeply, deep]
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demurely
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adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely
pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
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dourly
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adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn:
dourly, sullenly, glumly]
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entirely
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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]
2: 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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flabbily
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adv 1: in a flabby manner; "the old man's muscles were sagging
flabbily"
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globally
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adv 1: throughout the world; "this is globally significant"
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grubbily
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adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily,
grungily]
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grumpily
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adv 1: in an ill-natured manner; "she looked at her husband
crossly" [syn: crossly, grouchily, grumpily]
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haply
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adv 1: by accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard" [syn:
haply, by chance, by luck]
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happily
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adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn:
happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely,
jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
2: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured"
[ant: sadly, unhappily]
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hourly
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adv 1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"
adj 1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly
chimes"; "hourly pay"
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hyperbole
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n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole, exaggeration]
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immaturely
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adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves
very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant:
maturely]
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improperly
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adv 1: in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had
healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good
order, properly, right, the right way]
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insecurely
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adv 1: in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always
acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" [ant:
securely]
2: in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the
university are rather insecurely supported by grant money"
[ant: securely]
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limply
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adv 1: without rigidity; "the body was hanging limply from the
tree"
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loyally
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adv 1: with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be
efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership
loyally and enthusiastically" [ant: disloyally]
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lubberly
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adj 1: clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"
2: inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most
lubberly" [syn: lubberly, landlubberly]
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maturely
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adv 1: in a mature manner; "she acts very maturely for her age"
[ant: immaturely, jejunely]
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monopoly
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n 1: (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but
only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a
monopoly you can ask any price you like"
2: exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no
monopoly on intelligence"
3: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real
estate as pieces advance around the board according to the
throw of a die
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neighbourly
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adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
[syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
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obscurely
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adv 1: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
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panoply
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n 1: a complete and impressive array
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pebbly
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adj 1: abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little
beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
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pimply
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adj 1: (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
[syn: acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate]
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poorly
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adv 1: (`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]
adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look
a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is
unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing,
indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly,
unwell, under the weather, seedy]
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prematurely
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adv 1: (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of
gestation; "the child was born prematurely"
2: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn:
prematurely, untimely]
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principally
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adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in
butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily,
mainly, in the main]
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properly
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adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!";
"can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly,
decently, decent, in good order, right, the
right way] [ant: improperly]
2: with reason or justice [syn: by rights, properly]
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purely
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adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"
[syn: strictly, purely]
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royally
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adv 1: in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn:
royally, like kings, like royalty]
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securely
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adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she
held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly]
2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very
securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely]
3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion
in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy
securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant:
insecurely]
4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at
several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions
which they had quite securely held"
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shabbily
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adv 1: so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a
shabbily dressed man"
2: in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling
shabbily in the drawing-room"
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shapely
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adj 1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim
waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]
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sharply
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adv 1: in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply
questioned" [syn: aggressively, sharply]
2: in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery
was sharply defined" [syn: sharply, crisply]
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: very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that
precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"
[syn: precipitously, sharply]
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showily
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adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr
Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at
the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously,
showily]
2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
[syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
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simply
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adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a
matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child";
"hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply,
just, only, but]
2: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: just,
simply]
3: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
4: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
plainly, simply]
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skimpily
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adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
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sleepily
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adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled
sleepily in the back of the car"
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sloppily
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adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"
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soberly
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adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward
the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
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sourly
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adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new
rules only benefitted the managers"
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stably
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adv 1: in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced
stably at the edge of the canyon"
2: in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has
been stably high"
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steeply
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adv 1: in a steep manner; "the street rose steeply up to the
castle"
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stubbly
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adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn:
bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
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surely
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adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used
informally for `surely'); "the results are surely
encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's
going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for
certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough";
"he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good";
"sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure,
for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as
shooting]
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verbally
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adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally"
2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
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wobbly
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adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety
table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder
felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky,
wobbly, wonky]
n 1: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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ripely
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adv 1: with mature or developed appearance
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cybele
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n 1: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor;
counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops [syn: Cybele,
Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater
Turrita]
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unshapely
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adj 1: not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout
unshapely woman" [ant: shapely]
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tripoli
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n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone,
tripoli]
2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in
northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the
Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus
Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
3: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on
the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus, Tripoli,
Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]
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copley
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n 1: American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John
Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American
Revolution (1738-1815) [syn: Copley, John Copley, John
Singleton Copley]
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kimberley
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n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and
diamond marketing
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neighborly
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adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
[syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
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somberly
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adv 1: in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd,
somberly" [syn: somberly, sombrely]
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bumpily
0
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choppily
0
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dapperly
0
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direly
0
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dumpily
0
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duopoly
0
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floppily
0
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impurely
0
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nondescriptly
0
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snappily
0
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tribally
0
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triply
0
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plumply
0
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ripply
0
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rubbly
0
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rumply
0
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gourlay
0
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trichinopoly
0
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brierley
0
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brierly
0
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kalgoorlie
0
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gourley
0
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kimberly
0
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moberly
0
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ripley
0
-
shipley
0