Words that rhyme with lyerly

adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly] 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]

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]

adv 1: in the manner of something that has become a byword; "this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood"

adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" [syn: strictly, purely]

adv 1: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily] 2: in a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly come by" [syn: queerly, fishily]

adv 1: in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn: royally, like kings, like royalty]

adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly] 2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely] 3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant: insecurely] 4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held"

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: with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" [syn: sternly, severely] 3: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" [syn: hard, severely]

adv 1: so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man" 2: in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room"

adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously, showily] 2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly" [syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]

adv 1: with sincerity; without pretense; "she praised him sincerely for his victory"; "was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher"; "we are truly sorry for the inconvenience" [syn: sincerely, unfeignedly, truly] [ant: insincerely] 2: written formula for ending a letter [syn: sincerely, sincerely yours]

adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"

adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car"

adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"

adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]

adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"

adv 1: in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon" 2: in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has been stably high"

adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn: bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]

adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]

n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing

adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly]

adv 1: in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly" [syn: somberly, sombrely]