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absurdly
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adv 1: in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly
rich young woman"
-
advisedly
0
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]
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allegedly
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adv 1: according to what has been alleged; "he was on trial for
allegedly murdering his wife"
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assuredly
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adv 1: without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not
intended for the gentry alone"
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avidly
0
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"
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avowedly
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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]
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awkwardly
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adv 1: in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly"
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baldly
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adv 1: in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an
uneven work."
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barefacedly
0
adv 1: without shame; "he unashamedly abandoned the project when
he realized he would not gain from it" [syn:
unashamedly, shamelessly, barefacedly] [ant:
ashamedly]
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beastly
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adv 1: in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her
mother-in-law"
adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful
racket" [syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful]
2: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull
and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn:
beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]
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belligerently
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adv 1: with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he
pushed her against the wall belligerently" [syn:
belligerently, hostilely]
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benevolently
0
adv 1: in a benevolent manner; "she looked on benevolently"
[ant: malevolently]
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blandly
0
adv 1: in a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts"
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blessedly
0
adv 1: in a blessed manner
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blindly
0
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"
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boldly
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adv 1: with boldness, in a bold manner; "we must tackle these
tasks boldly"
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chastely
0
adv 1: in a chaste and virtuous manner; "she lived chastely"
[syn: chastely, virtuously]
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coherently
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adv 1: in a coherent manner; "she could not talk coherently
after the accident" [ant: incoherently]
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coldly
0
adv 1: in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold
blood" [syn: coldly, in cold blood]
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composedly
0
adv 1: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he
announced the death of his father collectedly" [syn:
collectedly, composedly]
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concurrently
0
adv 1: overlapping in duration; "concurrently with the
conference an exhibition of things associated with
Rutherford was held"; "going to school and holding a job
at the same time" [syn: concurrently, at the same
time]
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confessedly
0
adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
[syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]
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confusedly
0
adv 1: in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an
hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised
with him"
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consequently
0
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]
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costly
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adj 1: entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory"
[syn: dearly-won, costly]
2: having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced
merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey
restaurant" [syn: costly, dear(p), high-priced,
pricey, pricy]
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cursedly
0
adv 1: in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably ,
politely , endlessly persistent!" [syn: damned,
damnably, cursedly]
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cussedly
0
adv 1: in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained
stubbornly in the same position" [syn: stubbornly,
pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately,
cussedly]
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daftly
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adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to
behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily,
balmily, nuttily, wackily]
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deftly
0
adv 1: with dexterity; in a dexterous manner; "dextrously he
untied the knots" [syn: dexterously, dextrously,
deftly]
2: in a deft manner; "Lois deftly removed her scarf"
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deservedly
0
adv 1: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly
gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant:
undeservedly]
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deucedly
0
adv 1: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love";
"deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever";
"insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly,
deucedly, devilishly]
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differently
0
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]
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dishonestly
0
adv 1: in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly
when he gave the contract to his best friend" [syn:
dishonestly, venally, deceitfully] [ant:
aboveboard, honestly]
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downwardly
0
adv 1: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower
level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up
and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" [syn: down,
downwards, downward, downwardly] [ant: up,
upward, upwardly, upwards]
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earnestly
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adv 1: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son";
"she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing
seriously with the question of divorce" [syn:
seriously, earnestly, in earnest]
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eloquently
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adv 1: with eloquence; "he expressed his ideas eloquently" [syn:
eloquently, articulately] [ant: inarticulately,
ineloquently]
2: in an articulate manner; "he argued articulately for his
plan" [syn: articulately, eloquently] [ant:
inarticulately]
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excellently
0
adv 1: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got
along famously" [syn: excellently, magnificently,
splendidly, famously]
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exuberantly
0
adv 1: in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque
decoration of the church" [syn: exuberantly,
riotously]
2: in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to
supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American
aggression" [syn: ebulliently, exuberantly,
expansively]
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fervidly
0
adv 1: with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are
fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of
the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" [syn:
fierily, fervently, fervidly]
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firstly
0
adv 1: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
snake" [syn: first, firstly, foremost, first of
all, first off]
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fixedly
0
adv 1: in a fixed manner; "he stared at me fixedly"
-
flagrantly
0
adv 1: in a flagrant manner; "he is flagrantly disregarding the
law"
-
floridly
0
adv 1: in a florid manner; "floridly figurative prose"
-
fondly
0
adv 1: with fondness; with love; "she spoke to her children
fondly" [syn: fondly, lovingly]
-
fraudulently
0
adv 1: in a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was
fraudulently obtained"
-
frenziedly
0
adv 1: in a frenzied manner; "we rehearsed frenziedly the last
few days before the premiere" [syn: frenziedly,
hectically]
-
friendly
0
adj 1: characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly
advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly
person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" [ant:
unfriendly]
2: inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile; "a
government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable
agreement" [syn: friendly, favorable, well-disposed]
3: easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a
consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel" [ant:
unfriendly]
4: of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an
ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by
friendly fire" [ant: hostile]
n 1: troops belonging to or allied with your own military
forces; "friendlies came to their rescue" [ant: hostile]
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frigidly
0
adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,'
he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly]
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gallantly
0
adv 1: in a gallant manner; "he gallantly offered to take her
home" [syn: gallantly, chivalrously] [ant:
unchivalrously]
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ghastly
0
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]
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ghostly
0
adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly
face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room";
"spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
[syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly,
phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]
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grandiloquently
0
adv 1: in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke
magniloquently" [syn: grandiloquently,
magniloquently]
-
grandly
0
adv 1: in a grand manner; "the mansion seemed grandly large by
today's standards"
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haphazardly
0
adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered";
"bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn:
randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy-
nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way]
2: without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was
wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but
his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it
as if it had been bought haphazard" [syn: haphazard,
haphazardly]
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honestly
0
adv 1: (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it
is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe
it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience";
"frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" [syn: honestly,
candidly, frankly]
2: in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is
willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in
everything" [syn: honestly, aboveboard] [ant:
deceitfully, dishonestly, venally]
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horridly
0
adv 1: in a hideous manner; "her face was hideously disfigured
after the accident" [syn: hideously, horridly,
monstrously]
-
hurriedly
0
adv 1: in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so
hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the
headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice" [syn:
hurriedly, hastily, in haste] [ant: unhurriedly]
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husbandly
0
adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a husband [ant: uxorial,
wifelike, wifely]
2: related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties
like mowing the lawn"
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ignorantly
0
adv 1: in ignorance; in an ignorant manner; "they lived
ignorantly in their own small world"
-
incoherently
0
adv 1: in an incoherent manner; "he talked incoherently when he
drank too much" [ant: coherently]
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inconsequently
0
adv 1: lacking consequence; "`You're so beautifully dressed,'
she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay
the night?'" [syn: inconsequentially, inconsequently]
[ant: consequentially]
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indifferently
0
adv 1: with indifference; in an indifferent manner; "she
shrugged indifferently"
-
indolently
0
adv 1: in an indolent manner; "he lives indolently with his
relatives"
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infrequently
0
adv 1: not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently
find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous
appointments of the building itself and the inhuman
barrack-like living conditions in the church room" [ant:
frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes]
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inherently
0
adv 1: in an inherent manner; "the subject matter is sexual
activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as
inherently desirable and exciting"
-
insolently
0
adv 1: in an insolent manner; "he had replied insolently to his
superiors"
-
intolerantly
0
adv 1: in an intolerant manner [ant: tolerantly]
2: in a narrow-minded manner; "his illiberally biased way of
thinking" [syn: intolerantly, illiberally]
-
inwardly
0
adv 1: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was
raging" [syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly]
-
irreverently
0
adv 1: without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the
teacher in his presence" [ant: reverentially,
reverently]
2: in an irreverent manner; "in the seventeenth century England
had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war;
clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches
irreverently used"
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jubilantly
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adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn:
happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely,
jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
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justly
0
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]
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kindly
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adv 1: in a kind manner or out of kindness; "He spoke kindly to
the boy"; "she kindly overlooked the mistake" [ant:
unkindly]
adj 1: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and
generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others";
"kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words";
"a large-hearted mentor" [syn: charitable,
benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted,
openhearted, large-hearted]
2: pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze"
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languidly
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adv 1: in a languid and lethargic manner; "the men languidly put
on their jackets"
-
lastly
0
adv 1: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
[syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally]
-
lucidly
0
adv 1: in a clear and lucid manner; "this is a lucidly written
book" [syn: lucidly, pellucidly, limpidly,
perspicuously]
-
luridly
0
adv 1: in a lurid manner; "it was luridly described in the book
as the place where mystics took refuge"
-
malevolently
0
adv 1: in a malevolent manner; "she gossips malevolently" [ant:
benevolently]
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manifestly
0
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]
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mildly
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adv 1: to a moderate degree; "he was mildly interested"
2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal"
[syn: gently, mildly]
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modestly
0
adv 1: with modesty; in a modest manner; "the dissertation was
entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by
Shakespeare'" [ant: immodestly]
-
moistly
0
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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mostly
0
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]
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nonchalantly
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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]
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opulently
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adv 1: in a sumptuous and opulent manner; "this government
building is sumptuously appointed" [syn: sumptuously,
opulently]
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outwardly
0
adv 1: with respect to the outside; "outwardly, the figure is
smooth" [syn: outwardly, externally]
2: in outward appearance; "outwardly, she appeared composed"
[ant: inside, inwardly]
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perplexedly
0
adv 1: in a perplexed manner; "he looked at his professor
perplexedly" [syn: perplexedly, confoundedly]
-
petulantly
0
adv 1: in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn:
testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly]
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placidly
0
adv 1: in a quiet and tranquil manner; "the sea now shimmered
placidly before our eyes"
2: in a placid and good-natured manner; "I put the questions,
and she answered them placidly"
-
poignantly
0
adv 1: in a poignant or touching manner; "she spoke poignantly"
[syn: affectingly, poignantly, touchingly]
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preponderantly
0
adv 1: much greater in number or influence; "the patients are
predominantly indigenous" [syn: predominantly,
preponderantly]
-
priestly
0
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]
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professedly
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adv 1: with pretense or intention to deceive; "is only
professedly poor"
2: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly
Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders"
[syn: avowedly, professedly]
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profoundly
0
adv 1: to a great depth psychologically; "They felt the loss
deeply" [syn: profoundly, deeply]
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recurrently
0
adv 1: in a recurrent manner
-
repellently
0
adv 1: in a repellent manner; "repellently fat" [syn:
repellently, repellingly]
-
reservedly
0
adv 1: with reserve; in a reserved manner
-
reverently
0
adv 1: with reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed
reverently at the handiwork" [syn: reverentially,
reverently] [ant: irreverently]
-
rigidly
0
adv 1: in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat
bolt upright" [syn: rigidly, stiffly, bolt]
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roundly
0
adv 1: in a round manner; "she was roundly slim"
2: 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]
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sacredly
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adv 1: by religion; "religiously inspired art" [syn:
religiously, sacredly]