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abnormally
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adv 1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally";
"his blood pressure was abnormally low"
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abysmally
0
adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn:
terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably,
abysmally, rottenly]
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accidentally
0
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]
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alee
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adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
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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)
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balmily
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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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bawdily
0
adv 1: in a bawdy manner
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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]
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bloodily
0
adv 1: involving a great bloodshed [ant: bloodlessly]
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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"
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broccoli
0
n 1: plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds [syn:
broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica]
2: branched green undeveloped flower heads
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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]
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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]
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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]
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creakily
0
adv 1: in a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along
creakily" [syn: creakily, creakingly, screakily]
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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"
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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
-
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]
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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]
-
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]
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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"
-
experimentally
0
adv 1: in an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally
determined" [syn: experimentally, by experimentation,
through an experiment]
-
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]
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family
0
n 1: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to
Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited
until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how
many people made up his home" [syn: family, household,
house, home, menage]
2: primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to
have a good job before starting a family" [syn: family,
family unit]
3: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are
two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category,
family]
4: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept,
phratry]
5: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin";
"he's family" [syn: kin, kinsperson, family]
6: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;
"sharks belong to the fish family"
7: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized
criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate,
mob, family]
8: an association of people who share common beliefs or
activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees
but to every member of the company family"; "the church
welcomed new members into its fellowship" [syn: family,
fellowship]
-
feudally
0
adv 1: in a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
-
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"
-
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]
-
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"
-
greedily
0
adv 1: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously,
greedily]
-
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]
-
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]
-
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"
-
legally
0
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"
-
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]
-
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]
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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]
-
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]
-
optimally
0
adv 1: in an optimal and most desirable way
-
orderly
0
adj 1: devoid of violence or disruption; "an orderly crowd
confronted the president" [ant: disorderly]
2: clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room" [syn:
neat, orderly]
n 1: a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer;
"the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
2: a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not
involve the medical treatment of patients [syn: orderly,
hospital attendant]
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ornamentally
0
adv 1: in an ornamental, nonfunctional manner
-
painterly
0
adj 1: having qualities unique to the art of painting
-
parentally
0
adv 1: in a parental manner
-
perkily
0
adv 1: in a perky manner; "stuck perkily, like a bustle on a
woman's skirt"
-
pluckily
0
adv 1: in a plucky manner; "he was Brentford's defensive star in
pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for
long periods"
-
prickly
0
adj 1: very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White
House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful";
"witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: bristly,
prickly, splenetic, waspish]
2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny]
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prodigally
0
adv 1: to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are
still prodigally rich compared to others" [syn:
wastefully, prodigally]
-
rascally
0
adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin"
[syn: devilish, rascally, roguish]
2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the
tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the
captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: rascally,
roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]
-
readily
0
adv 1: without much difficulty; "these snakes can be identified
readily"
2: in a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly" [syn:
promptly, readily, pronto]
-
regally
0
adv 1: in a regal manner; "a regally appropriate representative"
-
regimentally
0
adv 1: in a regimental manner or by regiments
-
scantily
0
adv 1: in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room"
[syn: scantily, barely]
-
scraggly
0
adj 1: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly
beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"
-
sentimentally
0
adv 1: in a sentimental manner; "`I miss the good old days,' she
added sentimentally" [ant: unsentimentally]
-
shaggily
0
adv 1: in a shaggy manner; "shaggily unkempt mane"
-
shakily
0
adv 1: in an insecurely shaky manner; "this theory is rather
shakily supported by some obscure data"
2: in a manner characterized by trembling or shaking; "`I--I'm
going to make you a cup of tea', she explained shakily"
-
shiftily
0
adv 1: in a shifty manner; "he looked at his new customer
shiftily"
-
shoddily
0
adv 1: in a shoddy manner; "a shoddily built house"; "he treated
her shoddily"
-
silkily
0
adv 1: in a silky manner; "the young wheat shone silkily";
"`Darling,' she said silkily"
-
simile
0
n 1: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between
things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or
`as')
-
sisterly
0
adj 1: like or characteristic of or befitting a sister;
"sisterly kindness"; "sororal concern" [syn: sisterly,
sisterlike, sororal] [ant: brotherlike,
brotherly, fraternal]