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benignly
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adv 1: in a benign manner; "this drug is benignly soporific"
[syn: benignly, benignantly]
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cleanly
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adv 1: in an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall"
[syn: flawlessly, cleanly]
2: in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution; "the motor
burns cleanly"
3: without difficulty or distortion; "she played the piano
accompaniment cleanly"
adj 1: habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and
habitations"
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divinely
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adv 1: by divine means; "the divinely appointed means of rescue
from temporal existence"
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finely
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adv 1: in tiny pieces; "the surfaces were finely granular" [ant:
coarsely]
2: in an elegant manner; "finely costumed actors"
3: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine
drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately,
exquisitely]
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greenly
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adv 1: with green color; "the countryside rolled greenly down
into the valley"
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keenly
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adv 1: in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware
of his own shortcomings"
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lonely
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adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when
we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone
skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a
tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
[syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
2: marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely";
"the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband
is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" [syn: lonely,
lonesome]
3: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a
lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a
solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
4: devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary
retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" [syn:
lonely, solitary, unfrequented]
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mainly
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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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manly
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adv 1: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a
man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her
burden and prepared to break up yet another home" [syn:
manfully, manly] [ant: unmanfully, unmanly]
adj 1: possessing qualities befitting a man [syn: manly,
manful, manlike] [ant: unmanful, unmanlike,
unmanly]
2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
[syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile]
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meanly
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adv 1: in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help
you,' he added nastily" [syn: nastily, meanly]
2: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly
threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly,
scurvily, basely]
3: poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped"
4: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without
ostentation" [syn: meanly, humbly]
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only
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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: 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]
3: with nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find
his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round"
4: in the final outcome; "These news will only make you more
upset"
5: except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came
out better"
6: never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"
[syn: only, only if, only when]
7: as recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago"
adj 1: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a
solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the
sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a),
sole(a), solitary(a)]
2: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed
him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and
this car only" [syn: alone(p), only]
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plainly
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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]
2: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
plainly, simply]
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queenly
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adj 1: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen;
"queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment";
"Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" [syn: queenly,
queenlike]
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sanely
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adv 1: with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner;
"he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely
about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably" [syn:
sanely, sensibly, reasonably] [ant: unreasonably]
2: in a sane or lucid manner; "she is behaving rather sanely
these days even though we know she is schizophrenic" [ant:
crazily, dementedly, insanely, madly]
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sternly
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adv 1: with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said
sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" [syn:
sternly, severely]
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thinly
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adv 1: without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly"
2: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn:
thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly]
3: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly
over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: thinly,
lightly] [ant: thickly]
4: in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown
mountainside" [ant: densely, thickly]
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timely
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adv 1: at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [syn:
seasonably, timely, well-timed, apropos]
adj 1: before a time limit expires; "the timely filing of his
income tax return"
2: done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a
timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a
good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion";
"the book's publication was well timed" [syn: timely,
seasonable, well-timed(a), well timed(p)]
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uncertainly
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adv 1: in an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the
exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on
his legs" [syn: unsteadily, falteringly,
uncertainly] [ant: steadily, steady]
2: showing lack of certainty; "he paused uncertainly"
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uncommonly
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adv 1: exceptionally; "a common remedy is uncommonly difficult
to find"
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unevenly
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adv 1: in an uneven and irregular way [ant: evenly]
2: in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered,
drawing at it raggedly" [syn: raggedly, unevenly]
3: in an unequal or partial manner; "profits were distributed
unevenly"; "angry at being dealt with so unequally" [syn:
unevenly, unequally] [ant: equally, evenly]
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vainly
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adv 1: to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city
fathers tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: vainly,
in vain]
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wanly
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adv 1: in a weak or pale or languid manner; "she was smiling
wanly"
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stanley
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n 1: United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile
(1849-1918) [syn: Stanley, Francis Edgar Stanley]
2: Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa
in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in
1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of
the Nile River (1841-1904) [syn: Stanley, Henry M.
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands]
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uncleanly
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adj 1: habitually unclean
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condignly
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leanly
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pronely
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ernie
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heinly
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inly
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