Words that rhyme with pebbly

  • ably
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • agreeably
    adv 1: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyably] [ant: disagreeably, unpleasantly]
  • allowably
    adv 1: in a permissible manner [syn: permissibly, allowably] [ant: impermissibly]
  • amiably
    adv 1: in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said amiably" [syn: affably, amiably, genially]
  • appreciably
    adv 1: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably colder"
  • arguably
    adv 1: as can be shown by argument; "she is arguably the best"
  • bubbly
    adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy] 2: full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a bubbly personality" n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
  • cantabile
    adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
  • capably
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • chirpily
    adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
  • cruelly
    adv 1: excessively; "a cruelly bitter winter" 2: with cruelty; "he treated his students cruelly"
  • culpably
    adv 1: in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure [syn: reprehensibly, culpably]
  • deadly
    adv 1: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly] 2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly] adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly, deathly, mortal] 2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: deadly, lethal] 3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)] 5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent] 6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
  • demurely
    adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
  • disagreeably
    adv 1: in a disagreeable manner; "`I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably" [ant: agreeably, enjoyably, pleasantly]
  • doubly
    adv 1: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" [syn: doubly, double, twice] 2: in a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong" [syn: doubly, in two ways]
  • dourly
    adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]
  • drably
    adv 1: in a drab manner; "she dresses drably"
  • enjoyably
    adv 1: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" [syn: pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyably] [ant: disagreeably, unpleasantly]
  • entirely
    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]
  • enviably
    adv 1: in an enviable manner; "she was enviably fluent in French"
  • feebly
    adv 1: in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway" 2: in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
  • flabbily
    adv 1: in a flabby manner; "the old man's muscles were sagging flabbily"
  • glibly
    adv 1: with superficial plausibility; "he talked glibly" [syn: glibly, slickly]
  • globally
    adv 1: throughout the world; "this is globally significant"
  • grubbily
    adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily, grungily]
  • grumpily
    adv 1: in an ill-natured manner; "she looked at her husband crossly" [syn: crossly, grouchily, grumpily]
  • happily
    adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily] 2: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured" [ant: sadly, unhappily]
  • hourly
    adv 1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger" adj 1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay"
  • hyperbole
    n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole, exaggeration]
  • identifiably
    adv 1: in an identifiable manner; "they were identifiably different"
  • immaturely
    adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant: maturely]
  • impalpably
    adv 1: not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness [syn: insubstantially, impalpably]
  • improbably
    adv 1: not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains" [syn: incredibly, improbably, implausibly, unbelievably] [ant: believably, credibly, plausibly, probably]
  • improperly
    adv 1: in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way]
  • indescribably
    adv 1: to an inexpressible degree; "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton" [syn: ineffably, indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably]
  • inescapably
    adv 1: by necessity; "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster " [syn: inescapably, ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably]
  • insatiably
    adv 1: to an insatiable degree; "she was insatiably hungry" [syn: insatiably, unsatiably] 2: in an insatiable manner; with persistence but without satisfaction; "he clawed insatiably at the traditional precepts" [syn: insatiably, unsatiably]
  • insecurely
    adv 1: in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" [ant: securely] 2: in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money" [ant: securely]
  • invariably
    adv 1: without variation or change, in every case; "constantly kind and gracious"; "he always arrives on time" [syn: constantly, invariably, always]
  • justifiably
    adv 1: with good reason; "he is justifiably bitter" [ant: inexcusably, unjustifiably]
  • loyally
    adv 1: with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically" [ant: disloyally]
  • lubberly
    adj 1: clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow" 2: inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly" [syn: lubberly, landlubberly]
  • maturely
    adv 1: in a mature manner; "she acts very maturely for her age" [ant: immaturely, jejunely]
  • monopoly
    n 1: (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" 2: exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence" 3: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
  • neighbourly
    adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
  • obscurely
    adv 1: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
  • palpably
    adv 1: so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"
  • pitiably
    adv 1: in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically" [syn: pathetically, pitiably]
  • poorly
    adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] adj 1: 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]
  • prematurely
    adv 1: (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; "the child was born prematurely" 2: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn: prematurely, untimely]
  • principally
    adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
  • probably
    adv 1: with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war" [syn: probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike] 2: easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" [syn: credibly, believably, plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably]
  • properly
    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]
  • purely
    adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" [syn: strictly, purely]
  • royally
    adv 1: in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn: royally, like kings, like royalty]
  • sadly
    adv 1: in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" [syn: sadly, unhappily] [ant: happily] 2: with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly" 3: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully]
  • scraggly
    adj 1: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"
  • securely
    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"
  • shabbily
    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"
  • shapely
    adj 1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]
  • showily
    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]
  • skimpily
    adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
  • sleepily
    adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car"
  • sloppily
    adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"
  • soberly
    adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
  • sourly
    adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"
  • stably
    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"
  • staidly
    adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
  • stately
    adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" [syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately] 2: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: stately, statuesque] 3: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal, stately]
  • straggly
    adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly] 2: growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy"
  • stubbly
    adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn: bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
  • surely
    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]
  • unarguably
    adv 1: in an unarguable and undisputed manner; "you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any company" [syn: unarguably, undisputedly]
  • undeniably
    adv 1: to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner; "she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"
  • unreliably
    adv 1: in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner [syn: unfaithfully, undependably, unreliably] [ant: dependably, faithfully, reliably]
  • variably
    adv 1: with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree; "it will be variably cloudy"
  • verbally
    adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally" 2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
  • wobbly
    adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky] n 1: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
  • cybele
    n 1: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops [syn: Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita]
  • nubbly
    adj 1: of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns" [syn: homespun(p), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy]
  • tripoli
    n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone, tripoli] 2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya] 3: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]
  • kimberley
    n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
  • neighborly
    adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
  • somberly
    adv 1: in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly" [syn: somberly, sombrely]
  • bumpily
  • certifiably
  • choppily
  • dapperly
  • dimply
  • direly
  • dumpily
  • duopoly
  • floppily
  • impermeably
  • impurely
  • inappreciably
  • inarguably
  • incapably
  • inexpiably

See also pebbly definition and pebbly synonyms