Words that rhyme with nearly

• austerely 0
  adv 1: in an austere fashion; "the church was austerely simple"
• biyearly 0
  adv 1: every two years; "this festival takes places biennially" [syn: biennially, biyearly] 2: twice a year [syn: semiannually, biyearly] adj 1: occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions" [syn: biennial, biyearly] 2: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual, biannual, biyearly, half-yearly]
• cavalierly 0
  adv 1: in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff cavalierly" [syn: disdainfully, cavalierly]
• clearly 0
  adv 1: without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy" 2: in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly" [syn: intelligibly, clearly, understandably] [ant: unintelligibly, ununderstandably] 3: clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment; "it's distinctly possible"; "I could clearly see myself in his situation" [syn: distinctly, clearly] 4: in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear" [syn: clearly, clear]
• dearly 0
  adv 1: in a sincere and heartfelt manner; "I would dearly love to know" [syn: dearly, in a heartfelt way] 2: at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" [syn: dearly, dear] 3: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear]
• early 0
  adv 1: during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn: early on, early] 2: before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" [syn: early, ahead of time, too soon] [ant: belatedly, late, tardily] 3: in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: early, betimes] adj 1: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" [ant: late, middle] 2: being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer" [ant: late, later(a)] 3: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn: early(a), former(a), other(a)] 4: very young; "at an early age" 5: of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700" [ant: late, middle] 6: expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"
• fiercely 0
  adv 1: in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely" [syn: ferociously, fiercely] 2: in an emotionally fierce manner; "she was fiercely proud of her children"
• ideally 0
  adv 1: in an ideal manner; "ideally, this will remove all problems"
• insincerely 0
  adv 1: without sincerity; "she congratulated him somewhat insincerely" [ant: sincerely, truly, unfeignedly]
• merely 0
  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]
• proverbially 0
  adv 1: in the manner of something that has become a byword; "this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood"
• queerly 0
  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]
• severely 0
  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]
• sincerely 0
  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]
• yearly 0
  adv 1: without missing a year; "they travel to China annually" [syn: annually, yearly, every year, each year] adj 1: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" [syn: annual, yearly] n 1: a reference book that is published regularly once every year [syn: annual, yearly, yearbook]
• clearheadedly 0
• connubially 0
• sheerly 0
• bierley 0
• bierly 0
• myrlie 0
• brierley 0
• brierly 0
• cheerly 0

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