Words that rhyme with lumley

adv 1: in a curvaceous way; "his date was curvaceously beguiling" [syn: curvaceously, buxomly]

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]

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]

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]

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"

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]

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]

adv 1: in a fearsome manner; "a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions"

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]

adv 1: in an unctuous manner [syn: unctuously, smarmily, fulsomely]

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"

adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]

adv 1: in a grim implacable manner; "he was grimly satisfied"

adv 1: in a gruesome manner; "he was gruesomely wounded"

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"

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"

adv 1: in a weak and unconvincing manner; "`I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely"

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]

adv 1: in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner; "he was lukewarmly received by his relatives" [syn: lukewarmly, tepidly]

adv 1: as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet]

adv 1: in a numb manner; without feeling; "I stared at him numbly" [syn: numbly, insensibly]

adv 1: in a prissy manner; "the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily" [syn: primly, prissily]

adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn: randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy- nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way]

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]

adv 1: in a slim or slender manner; "a slenderly built woman"; "slightly built" [syn: slenderly, slimly, slightly]

adv 1: in a grave and sedate manner; "the judge sat there solemnly"

adv 1: completely; in a lofty and exalted manner; "awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks"

adv 1: to the maximum degree; "he was supremely confident"

adv 1: in a tame manner; "the labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely"

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)]

adv 1: in a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded tediously forward" [syn: boringly, tediously, tiresomely]

adv 1: in a trim manner; "he was trimly attired"

adv 1: in a uniform manner; "a uniformly bright surface"

adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]

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]

adv 1: in a wholesome manner; "the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies"

adv 1: in an engaging manner; "she played the role engagingly" [syn: winsomely, engagingly]