Words that rhyme with haply

  • ably
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • actually
    adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn: actually, really] 2: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous" [syn: actually, in reality] 3: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air" 4: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"
  • amply
    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]
  • aptly
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • badly
    adv 1: to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill" [syn: badly, severely, gravely, seriously] 2: (`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] 3: evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" 4: in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room" [syn: badly, mischievously, naughtily] 5: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn: badly, bad] 6: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it" [syn: badly, bad] 7: without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" [ant: well] 8: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn: badly, disadvantageously] [ant: advantageously, well] 9: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: ill, badly] [ant: well] 10: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake" [ant: well]
  • cheaply
    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]
  • crisply
    adv 1: in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined" [syn: sharply, crisply]
  • damply
    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]
  • deeply
    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]
  • limply
    adv 1: without rigidity; "the body was hanging limply from the tree"
  • panoply
    n 1: a complete and impressive array
  • pimply
    adj 1: (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin [syn: acned, pimpled, pimply, pustulate]
  • principally
    adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
  • properly
    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]
  • shapely
    adj 1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]
  • sharply
    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]
  • simply
    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]
  • steeply
    adv 1: in a steep manner; "the street rose steeply up to the castle"
  • ripely
    adv 1: with mature or developed appearance
  • shapley
    n 1: United States astronomer (1885-1972) [syn: Shapley, Harlow Shapley]
  • unshapely
    adj 1: not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman" [ant: shapely]
  • copley
    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]
  • blackly
  • crackly
  • dimply
  • nondescriptly
  • triply
  • plumply
  • ripply
  • bapley
  • capley
  • rapley
  • stapley
  • tapley
  • ripley
  • shipley

See also haply definition and haply synonyms