Words that rhyme with prickly

• abnormally 0
  adv 1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low"
• abysmally 0
  adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]
• academically 0
  adv 1: in regard to academic matters; "academically, this is a good school"
• accidentally 0
  adv 1: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely] 2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally] 3: without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally" [syn: unintentionally, accidentally] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely]
• acoustically 0
  adv 1: with respect to acoustics; "acoustically ill-equipped studios"
• aesthetically 0
  adv 1: in a tasteful way; "this building is aesthetically very pleasing" [syn: aesthetically, esthetically]
• algebraically 0
  adv 1: in an algebraic manner; "algebraically determined"
• allegorically 0
  adv 1: in an allegorical manner; "the play ended allegorically"
• alphabetically 0
  adv 1: in alphabetical order; "the list was arranged alphabetically"
• altruistically 0
  adv 1: in an altruistic manner; "he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress" [syn: altruistically, selflessly]
• analytically 0
  adv 1: by virtue of analysis; "assuming that the distinction is maintained one may ask which is to be analytically prior?"
• anatomically 0
  adv 1: with respect to anatomy; "anatomically correct"
• angelically 0
  adv 1: like an angel; "the child was sleeping angelically"
• anomaly 0
  n 1: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule [syn: anomaly, anomalousness] 2: a person who is unusual [syn: anomaly, unusual person] 3: (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
• antithetically 0
  adv 1: with antithesis; in an antithetical manner
• apathetically 0
  adv 1: in an apathetic manner; "she behaves apathetically these days"
• apologetically 0
  adv 1: in an apologetic manner; "he spoke apologetically about his past"
• aristocratically 0
  adv 1: in an aristocratic manner; "they behaved aristocratically"
• arithmetically 0
  adv 1: with respect to arithmetic; "this problem is arithmetically easy"
• artistically 0
  adv 1: in an artistic manner; "it was artistically decorated"
• ascetically 0
  adv 1: in an ascetic manner; "she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself"
• astronomically 0
  adv 1: enormously; "the bill was astronomically high"
• asymmetrically 0
  adv 1: in an asymmetrical manner; "they were asymmetrically arranged" [syn: asymmetrically, unsymmetrically] [ant: symmetrically]
• authentically 0
  adv 1: genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British" [syn: authentically, genuinely]
• autocratically 0
  adv 1: in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues" [syn: dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially] 2: in an autocratic manner; "the Czars ruled Russia autocratically"
• automatically 0
  adv 1: in a reflex manner; "he answered automatically" 2: in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens mechanically" [syn: mechanically, automatically]
• axiomatically 0
  adv 1: on the basis of axioms; "this is axiomatically given"
• balmily 0
  adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily]
• basically 0
  adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person" [syn: basically, fundamentally, essentially]
• bawdily 0
  adv 1: in a bawdy manner
• beggarly 0
  adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean] 2: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]
• biologically 0
  adv 1: with respect to biology; "biologically related"
• biweekly 0
  adv 1: twice a week; "he called home semiweekly" [syn: semiweekly, biweekly] 2: every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly" [syn: fortnightly, biweekly] adj 1: occurring every two weeks [syn: fortnightly, biweekly] 2: occurring twice a week [syn: semiweekly, biweekly] n 1: a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)
• bleakly 0
  adv 1: without hope; "he wondered bleakly"
• bloodily 0
  adv 1: involving a great bloodshed [ant: bloodlessly]
• bodily 0
  adv 1: in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven" adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions" 2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic] 3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence"
• bombastically 0
  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]
• broccoli 0
  n 1: plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds [syn: broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica] 2: branched green undeveloped flower heads
• bureaucratically 0
  adv 1: in a bureaucratic manner; "his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her" 2: with respect to bureaucracy; "it's bureaucratically complicated"
• catalytically 0
  adv 1: by catalytic action; in a catalytic manner; "catalytically stabilized combustion of propane"
• categorically 0
  adv 1: in an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges" [syn: flatly, categorically, unconditionally]
• caudally 0
  adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally, caudal]
• caustically 0
  adv 1: in a caustic vitriolic manner; "he addressed her caustically" [syn: caustically, vitriolically]
• characteristically 0
  adv 1: in characteristic manner; "he arrived characteristically late" [ant: uncharacteristically]
• cheekily 0
  adv 1: in a brash cheeky manner; "brashly, she asked for a rebate" [syn: cheekily, nervily, brashly]
• chronically 0
  adv 1: in a habitual and longstanding manner; "smoking chronically" [syn: chronically, inveterate] 2: in a slowly developing and long lasting manner; "chronically ill persons" [ant: acutely]
• chronologically 0
  adv 1: with respect to chronology; "he is chronologically older"
• clammily 0
  adv 1: in a clammy manner
• classically 0
  adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise develops a classically shaped body"
• coincidentally 0
  adv 1: happening at the same time [syn: coincidentally, coincidently]
• conjugally 0
  adv 1: in a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial]
• contumely 0
  n 1: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification]
• craftily 0
  adv 1: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully]
• creakily 0
  adv 1: in a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along creakily" [syn: creakily, creakingly, screakily]
• cryptically 0
  adv 1: in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said cryptically [syn: cryptically, enigmatically, mysteriously]
• cryptographically 0
  adv 1: in a cryptographic manner
• daintily 0
  adv 1: in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake" 2: in a delicate manner; "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold"
• darkly 0
  adv 1: without light; "the river was sliding darkly under the mist" [syn: darkly, in darkness] 2: in a dark glowering menacing manner; "he stared darkly at her"
• democratically 0
  adv 1: in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles; "it was decided democratically"; "democratically elected government" [ant: undemocratically]
• departmentally 0
  adv 1: dependent on a department
• detrimentally 0
  adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]
• developmentally 0
  adv 1: with respect to development; "developmentally retarded"
• diabolically 0
  adv 1: as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be diabolically satiric" [syn: diabolically, devilishly, fiendishly]
• diagrammatically 0
  adv 1: in a diagrammatic manner; "the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin" [syn: diagrammatically, graphically]
• diametrically 0
  adv 1: as from opposite ends of a diameter; "when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?"; "three of these brushes were approximately 120 feet apart and the fourth diametrically opposite to one of the three"
• diastole 0
  n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
• didactically 0
  adv 1: in a didactic manner; "this is a didactically sound method" [syn: didactically, pedagogically]
• diplomatically 0
  adv 1: with diplomacy; in a diplomatic manner; "he answered very diplomatically" [ant: undiplomatically]
• dismally 0
  adv 1: in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future" [syn: dismally, drearily] 2: in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed" [syn: dismally, dreadfully]
• disorderly 0
  adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct" [ant: orderly] 2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy] 3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn: chaotic, disorderly]
• distally 0
  adv 1: far from the center; "the bronchus is situated distally"
• domestically 0
  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"
• dramatically 0
  adv 1: in a very impressive manner; "your performance will improve dramatically" 2: in a dramatic manner; "he confessed dramatically" [ant: undramatically] 3: with respect to dramatic value; "the play was dramatically interesting, but the direction was bad"
• drastically 0
  adv 1: in a drastic manner
• dreamily 0
  adv 1: in a dreamy manner; "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily" [syn: dreamily, moonily, dreamfully]
• eagerly 0
  adv 1: with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited" [syn: eagerly, thirstily]
• easterly 0
  adv 1: from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant: westerly] adj 1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern] 2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern] n 1: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly]
• elderly 0
  adj 1: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly, older, senior] n 1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant: young, youth]
• environmentally 0
  adv 1: for the environment; "the new recycling policy is environmentally safe"
• exactly 0
  adv 1: indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt" [syn: precisely, exactly, just] 2: just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said" [syn: precisely, exactly, on the nose, on the dot, on the button] 3: in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely" [syn: precisely, incisively, exactly] [ant: imprecisely, inexactly]
• experimentally 0
  adv 1: in an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally determined" [syn: experimentally, by experimentation, through an experiment]
• facsimile 0
  n 1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: facsimile, autotype] 2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: facsimile, facsimile machine, fax] v 1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax, facsimile]
• family 0
  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]
• feudally 0
  adv 1: in a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
• fiscally 0
  adv 1: in financial matters; "fiscally irresponsible" [syn: fiscally, in fiscal matters]
• formally 0
  adv 1: with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized" [syn: formally, officially] 2: in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" [ant: informally]
• formerly 0
  adv 1: at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst]
• friskily 0
  adv 1: in a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age"
• frontally 0
  adv 1: in, at, or toward the front
• frostily 0
  adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly]
• frugally 0
  adv 1: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
• fundamentally 0
  adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person" [syn: basically, fundamentally, essentially]
• gaudily 0
  adv 1: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: garishly, tawdrily, gaudily]
• giddily 0
  adv 1: in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly]
• gloomily 0
  adv 1: with gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many"
• greedily 0
  adv 1: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously, greedily]
• guiltily 0
  adv 1: in the manner of someone who has committed an offense; "she blushed guiltily as she spoke"
• handily 0
  adv 1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: handily, conveniently] [ant: inconveniently] 2: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: handily, hands down]
• hastily 0
  adv 1: in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice" [syn: hurriedly, hastily, in haste] [ant: unhurriedly]
• hebdomadally 0
  adv 1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly" [syn: hebdomadally, weekly, every week, each week]

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