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altruistically
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adv 1: in an altruistic manner; "he acted selflessly when he
helped the old lady in distress" [syn: altruistically,
selflessly]
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anachronistically
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adv 1: in an anachronistic manner; "let's look at this
phenomenon anachronistically"
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antagonistically
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adv 1: in an antagonistic manner; "he behaves antagonistically
toward his colleagues"
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artistically
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adv 1: in an artistic manner; "it was artistically decorated"
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bombastically
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adv 1: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his
theories" [syn: turgidly, bombastically]
2: in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically
spacious" [syn: bombastically, grandiosely]
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caustically
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adv 1: in a caustic vitriolic manner; "he addressed her
caustically" [syn: caustically, vitriolically]
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characteristically
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adv 1: in characteristic manner; "he arrived characteristically
late" [ant: uncharacteristically]
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domestically
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adv 1: with respect to the internal affairs of a government;
"domestically, the president proposes a more moderate
economic policy"
2: with respect to home or family; "the housewife bored us with
her domestically limited conversation"
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drastically
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adv 1: in a drastic manner
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ecclesiastically
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adv 1: in an ecclesiastic manner; "the candidate was
ecclesiastically endorsed"
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egotistically
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adv 1: in an egotistical manner; "he behaved egotistically"
[syn: egotistically, selfishly] [ant: unselfishly]
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enthusiastically
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adv 1: with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner; "they
discussed the question enthusiastically" [ant:
unenthusiastically]
2: in a lavish or enthusiastic manner; "he extolled her virtues
sky-high" [syn: sky-high, enthusiastically]
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euphemistically
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adv 1: in a euphemistic manner; "his violent death was
euphemistically referred to as a passing away"
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fantastically
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adv 1: exceedingly; extremely; "she plays fabulously well" [syn:
fabulously, fantastically, incredibly]
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journalistically
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adv 1: by journalists; "he is being journalistically crucified
in his own country"
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linguistically
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adv 1: with respect to the science of linguistics;
"linguistically interesting data"
2: with respect to language; "linguistically impaired children";
"a lingually diverse population" [syn: linguistically,
lingually]
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majestically
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adv 1: in a majestic manner; "flamingoes walk majestically
through the marshes"
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masochistically
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adv 1: in a masochistic manner; "masochistically he insisted on
an even greater workload"
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materialistically
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adv 1: in a materialistic manner; "one should not approach life
materialistically"
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mechanistically
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adv 1: in a mechanistic manner; "Handel achieves a huge breadth
of musical thought when composing almost mechanistically
in the least weighty of styles"
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optimistically
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adv 1: with optimism; in an optimistic manner; "`We have a good
chance of winning,' he exclaimed optimistically" [ant:
pessimistically]
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pessimistically
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adv 1: with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner; "he evaluated
his chances for survival rather pessimistically" [ant:
optimistically]
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plastically
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adv 1: in a plastic manner; "he used the clay plastically"
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prickly
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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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quickly
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adv 1: with rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly,
rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant:
easy, slow, slowly, tardily]
2: with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly";
"come here, quick!" [syn: promptly, quickly, quick]
3: without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the
magazine" [syn: cursorily, quickly]
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realistically
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adv 1: in a realistic manner; "let's look at the situation
realistically" [ant: unrealistically]
2: in a realistic manner; "the figure was realistically painted"
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sarcastically
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adv 1: in a sarcastic manner; "`Ah, now we're getting at the
truth,' he interposed sarcastically" [syn:
sarcastically, sardonically]
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scholastically
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adv 1: with respect to scholastic activities; "scholastically
apt"
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sickly
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adj 1: unhealthy looking [syn: sallow, sickly]
2: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a
little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is
unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed,
peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the
weather, seedy]
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slickly
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adv 1: with superficial plausibility; "he talked glibly" [syn:
glibly, slickly]
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statistically
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adv 1: with respect to statistics; "this is statistically
impossible"
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stochastically
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adv 1: by stochastic means; "we estimated the answer
stochastically"
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strictly
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adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"
[syn: strictly, purely]
2: in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced";
"stringently controlled" [syn: strictly, stringently]
3: in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the
monks" [syn: rigorously, strictly]
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stylistically
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adv 1: in a rhetorically stylistic manner; "stylistically
complex"
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synergistically
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adv 1: (of group) in a synergistic or cooperative manner
2: (of drugs or muscles) in a synergistic or interactive manner
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thickly
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adv 1: spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue;
"after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly"
2: in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely
packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for
every new one built"; "a thickly populated area" [syn:
densely, thickly] [ant: thinly]
3: with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick" [syn:
thickly, thick] [ant: thin, thinly]
4: with thickness; in a thick manner; "spread 1/4 lb softened
margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the
surface"; "we were visiting a small, thickly walled and
lovely town with straggling outskirt" [ant: lightly,
thinly]
5: in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn:
thick, thickly]
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uncharacteristically
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adv 1: in uncharacteristic manner; "he was uncharacteristically
cool" [ant: characteristically]
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unenthusiastically
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adv 1: without enthusiasm; showing no enthusiasm; "the children
opened the presents unenthusiastically" [ant:
enthusiastically]
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unrealistically
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adv 1: in an unrealistic manner; "his expectations were
unrealistically high" [ant: realistically]
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agonistically
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aphoristically
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atheistically
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capitalistically
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chauvinistically
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communistically
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deistically
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deterministically
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diagnostically
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dualistically
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dynastically
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dyslogistically
0
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egoistically
0
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elastically
0
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eulogistically
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evangelistically
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expressionistically
0
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fatalistically
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floristically
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futuristically
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hedonistically
0
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heuristically
0
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holistically
0
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iconoclastically
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idealistically
0
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imperialistically
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impressionistically
0
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inartistically
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militaristically
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monastically
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moralistically
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nationalistically
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naturalistically
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opportunistically
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periphrastically
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pluralistically
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propagandistically
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rationalistically
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ritualistically
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rustically
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sadistically
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simplistically
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socialistically
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spastically
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surrealistically
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syllogistically
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