Words that rhyme with family

• legally 4
  adv 1: by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now" [syn: legally, lawfully, de jure] [ant: unlawfully] 2: in a legal manner; "he acted legally"
• accidentally 4
  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]
• calmly 4
  adv 1: with self-possession (especially in times of stress); "he spoke calmly to the rioting students" 2: in a sedate manner [syn: sedately, calmly]
• experimentally 3
  adv 1: in an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally determined" [syn: experimentally, by experimentation, through an experiment]
• extremely 3
  adv 1: to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect; "highly successful"; "He spoke highly of her"; "does not think highly of his writing"; "extremely interesting" [syn: highly, extremely] 2: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant" [syn: extremely, exceedingly, super, passing]
• greedily 3
  adv 1: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously, greedily]
• simile 3
  n 1: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
• untimely 3
  adv 1: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn: prematurely, untimely] adj 1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong] 2: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" [syn: premature, untimely]
• bloodily 2
  adv 1: involving a great bloodshed [ant: bloodlessly]
• wholesomely 2
  adv 1: in a wholesome manner; "the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies"
• abnormally 0
  adv 1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low"
• abysmally 0
  adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]
• alee 0
  adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
• anomaly 0
  n 1: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule [syn: anomaly, anomalousness] 2: a person who is unusual [syn: anomaly, unusual person] 3: (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
• balmily 0
  adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily]
• bawdily 0
  adv 1: in a bawdy manner
• beggarly 0
  adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean] 2: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]
• bodily 0
  adv 1: in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven" adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions" 2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic] 3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence"
• broccoli 0
  n 1: plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds [syn: broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica] 2: branched green undeveloped flower heads
• buxomly 0
  adv 1: in a curvaceous way; "his date was curvaceously beguiling" [syn: curvaceously, buxomly]
• caudally 0
  adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally, caudal]
• cheekily 0
  adv 1: in a brash cheeky manner; "brashly, she asked for a rebate" [syn: cheekily, nervily, brashly]
• clammily 0
  adv 1: in a clammy manner
• classically 0
  adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise develops a classically shaped body"
• coincidentally 0
  adv 1: happening at the same time [syn: coincidentally, coincidently]
• comely 0
  adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] 2: 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]
• conjugally 0
  adv 1: in a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial]
• contumely 0
  n 1: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification]
• craftily 0
  adv 1: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully]
• creakily 0
  adv 1: in a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along creakily" [syn: creakily, creakingly, screakily]
• daintily 0
  adv 1: in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake" 2: in a delicate manner; "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold"
• departmentally 0
  adv 1: dependent on a department
• detrimentally 0
  adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]
• developmentally 0
  adv 1: with respect to development; "developmentally retarded"
• diastole 0
  n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
• dimly 0
  adv 1: in a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly" [syn: dimly, indistinctly] 2: in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" [syn: pallidly, palely, dimly] 3: with a dim light; "a dimly lit room" [syn: dimly, murkily]
• dismally 0
  adv 1: in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future" [syn: dismally, drearily] 2: in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed" [syn: dismally, dreadfully]
• disorderly 0
  adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" [ant: orderly] 2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy] 3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn: chaotic, disorderly]
• distally 0
  adv 1: far from the center; "the bronchus is situated distally"
• dreamily 0
  adv 1: in a dreamy manner; "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily" [syn: dreamily, moonily, dreamfully]
• dumbly 0
  adv 1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: dumbly, densely, obtusely] 2: in an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope"
• eagerly 0
  adv 1: with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited" [syn: eagerly, thirstily]
• easterly 0
  adv 1: from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant: westerly] adj 1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern] 2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern] n 1: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly]
• elderly 0
  adj 1: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly, older, senior] n 1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant: young, youth]
• environmentally 0
  adv 1: for the environment; "the new recycling policy is environmentally safe"
• facsimile 0
  n 1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: facsimile, autotype] 2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: facsimile, facsimile machine, fax] v 1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax, facsimile]
• fearsomely 0
  adv 1: in a fearsome manner; "a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions"
• feudally 0
  adv 1: in a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
• firmly 0
  adv 1: with resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm" [syn: firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly] 2: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly] 3: with firmness; "held hard to the railing" [syn: hard, firmly]
• fiscally 0
  adv 1: in financial matters; "fiscally irresponsible" [syn: fiscally, in fiscal matters]
• formally 0
  adv 1: with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized" [syn: formally, officially] 2: in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" [ant: informally]
• formerly 0
  adv 1: at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst]
• friskily 0
  adv 1: in a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age"
• frontally 0
  adv 1: in, at, or toward the front
• frostily 0
  adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly]
• frugally 0
  adv 1: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
• fulsomely 0
  adv 1: in an unctuous manner [syn: unctuously, smarmily, fulsomely]
• fundamentally 0
  adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person" [syn: basically, fundamentally, essentially]
• gamely 0
  adv 1: in a plucky manner; "he was seen by a shepherd, gamely negotiating a particularly tricky section of the mountain road to San Doloroso"
• gaudily 0
  adv 1: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: garishly, tawdrily, gaudily]
• giddily 0
  adv 1: in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly]
• gloomily 0
  adv 1: with gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many"
• glumly 0
  adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]
• grimly 0
  adv 1: in a grim implacable manner; "he was grimly satisfied"
• gruesomely 0
  adv 1: in a gruesome manner; "he was gruesomely wounded"
• guiltily 0
  adv 1: in the manner of someone who has committed an offense; "she blushed guiltily as she spoke"
• handily 0
  adv 1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: handily, conveniently] [ant: inconveniently] 2: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: handily, hands down]
• handsomely 0
  adv 1: in an attractively handsome manner; "the volume was handsomely bound" 2: in a generously handsome manner; "India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men"
• hastily 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]
• hebdomadally 0
  adv 1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly" [syn: hebdomadally, weekly, every week, each week]
• homely 0
  adj 1: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" [syn: homely, plain] 2: having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn" [syn: homelike, homely, homey, homy] 3: plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare" 4: without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"
• homily 0
  n 1: a sermon on a moral or religious topic [syn: homily, preachment]
• horizontally 0
  adv 1: in a horizontal direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
• huskily 0
  adv 1: in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily]
• illegally 0
  adv 1: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: illegally, illicitly, lawlessly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly]
• incidentally 0
  adv 1: introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party" [syn: by the way, by the bye, incidentally, apropos] 2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally]
• informally 0
  adv 1: without formality; "he visited us informally" [ant: formally] 2: with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn" [syn: colloquially, conversationally, informally]
• jauntily 0
  adv 1: in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair"
• jerkily 0
  adv 1: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner" [syn: spasmodically, jerkily] 2: with jerking motions; "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat"
• lamely 0
  adv 1: in a weak and unconvincing manner; "`I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely"
• lightsomely 0
  adv 1: moving with quick light steps; "she walked lightsomely down the long staircase" [syn: lightsomely, trippingly] 2: in a light-hearted manner; "he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life" [syn: light-heartedly, lightsomely]
• locally 0
  adv 1: by a particular locality; "it was locally decided" 2: to a restricted area of the body; "apply this medicine topically" [syn: locally, topically]
• loftily 0
  adv 1: in a lofty manner; "she bore herself loftily"
• luckily 0
  adv 1: by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn: fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have it] [ant: alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily]
• lukewarmly 0
  adv 1: in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was lukewarmly received by his relatives" [syn: lukewarmly, tepidly]
• lustily 0
  adv 1: in a healthy manner; "the young plants grew lustily"
• masterly 0
  adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
• maximally 0
  adv 1: to a maximal degree; "the cells maximally responsive to lines in this orientation will fire" [ant: minimally]
• melancholy 0
  adj 1: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" [syn: melancholy, melancholic] 2: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: somber, sombre, melancholy] n 1: a feeling of thoughtful sadness 2: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed 3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy [syn: black bile, melancholy]
• mentally 0
  adv 1: in your mind; "he suffered mentally"
• minimally 0
  adv 1: to a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire" [ant: maximally]
• mistily 0
  adv 1: in a misty manner; "the summits of the mountains were mistily purple" 2: in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily" [syn: vaguely, mistily]
• moodily 0
  adv 1: in a moody manner; "in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic"
• murkily 0
  adv 1: unclearly; opaquely; "murkily expressed ideas" 2: with a dim light; "a dimly lit room" [syn: dimly, murkily]
• namely 0
  adv 1: as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet]
• nastily 0
  adv 1: in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily" [syn: nastily, meanly]
• nitrify 0
  v 1: convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria 2: treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound [syn: nitrify, nitrogenize, nitrogenise] 3: treat (soil) with nitrates [ant: denitrify]
• normally 0
  adv 1: under normal conditions; "usually she was late" [syn: normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily] [ant: outstandingly, remarkably, unco, unusually]
• numbly 0
  adv 1: in a numb manner; without feeling; "I stared at him numbly" [syn: numbly, insensibly]
• optimally 0
  adv 1: in an optimal and most desirable way

See also family definition and family synonyms