Words that rhyme with downcastly

adv 1: in a chaste and virtuous manner; "she lived chastely" [syn: chastely, virtuously]

n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood

adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick] 2: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" [syn: charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]

adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]

adv 1: with honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time" [syn: rightly, justly, justifiedly] [ant: unjustly] 2: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right]

adv 1: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally]

adv 1: in a malevolent manner; "she gossips malevolently" [ant: benevolently]

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]

adv 1: with modesty; in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'" [ant: immodestly]

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]

adv 1: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive" [syn: largely, mostly, for the most part] 2: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here" [syn: by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly]

adv 1: in a composed and unconcerned manner; "without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher" [syn: coolly, nervelessly, nonchalantly] 2: in an unconcerned manner; "glanced casually at the headlines" [syn: casually, nonchalantly]

adv 1: in a sumptuous and opulent manner; "this government building is sumptuously appointed" [syn: sumptuously, opulently]

adv 1: in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn: testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly]

adv 1: in a poignant or touching manner; "she spoke poignantly" [syn: affectingly, poignantly, touchingly]

adv 1: much greater in number or influence; "the patients are predominantly indigenous" [syn: predominantly, preponderantly]

adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn: priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal] 2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; "priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn: priestly, priestlike] [ant: unpriestly]

adv 1: in a recurrent manner

adv 1: in a repellent manner; "repellently fat" [syn: repellently, repellingly]

adv 1: with reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork" [syn: reverentially, reverently] [ant: irreverently]

adv 1: in a shamefaced manner; "quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies"

adv 1: with resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm" [syn: firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly]

adv 1: in an unjust manner; "he was unjustly singled out for punishment" [ant: justifiedly, justly, rightly]

adv 1: to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator" [syn: vastly, immensely]