Words that rhyme with puddly

adv 1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low"

adv 1: in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" [syn: absently, abstractedly, inattentively, absentmindedly]

adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]

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]

adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]

adv 1: with intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design] [ant: accidentally, by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally]

adv 1: according to what has been alleged; "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife"

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)

adv 1: with a feeling of shame [ant: barefacedly, shamelessly, unashamedly]

adv 1: without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone"

adv 1: in an avid manner; "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information"

adv 1: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders" [syn: avowedly, professedly] 2: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]

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: (`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] 3: evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" 4: in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room" [syn: badly, mischievously, naughtily] 5: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn: badly, bad] 6: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it" [syn: badly, bad] 7: without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" [ant: well] 8: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" [syn: badly, disadvantageously] [ant: advantageously, well] 9: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: ill, badly] [ant: well] 10: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake" [ant: well]

adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily]

adv 1: in a bawdy manner

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]

adv 1: later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday" [syn: late, belatedly, tardily] [ant: ahead of time, early, too soon]

adv 1: in a blessed manner

adv 1: involving a great bloodshed [ant: bloodlessly]

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"

n 1: plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds [syn: broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica] 2: branched green undeveloped flower heads

adv 1: (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" [syn: honestly, candidly, frankly]

adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally, caudal]

adv 1: in a brash cheeky manner; "brashly, she asked for a rebate" [syn: cheekily, nervily, brashly]

adv 1: in a clammy manner

adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise develops a classically shaped body"

adv 1: happening at the same time [syn: coincidentally, coincidently]

adv 1: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly" [syn: collectedly, composedly]

adj 1: heartily friendly and congenial [syn: comradely, hail- fellow, hail-fellow-well-met]

adv 1: with conceit; in a conceited manner; "he always acts so conceitedly!" [syn: conceitedly, self-conceitedly]

adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]

adv 1: in a perplexed manner; "he looked at his professor perplexedly" [syn: perplexedly, confoundedly]

adv 1: in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him"

adv 1: in a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial]

adv 1: with equanimity; "`I bought it,' she said contentedly"

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]

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]

adv 1: in a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along creakily" [syn: creakily, creakingly, screakily]

adv 1: in a crooked lopsided manner; "he smiled lopsidedly" [syn: lopsidedly, crookedly]

adj 1: inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear" [syn: cuddlesome, cuddly]

adv 1: in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" [syn: damned, damnably, cursedly]

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"

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

adv 1: without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win" [syn: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds]

adv 1: in a dejected manner; "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen" [syn: dejectedly, in low spirits]

adv 1: with delight; "delightedly, she accepted the invitation"

adv 1: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely]

adv 1: dependent on a department

adv 1: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant: undeservedly]

adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]

adv 1: with respect to development; "developmentally retarded"

adv 1: with devotion; "He served his master devotedly"

n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood

adv 1: in disappointment; in a disappointed manner; "she left the gambling table disappointedly"

adv 1: with discontent; in a discontented manner; "he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets"

adv 1: with disgust; "disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse"

adv 1: without bias; without selfish motives; "he decided the case disinterestedly"

adv 1: in a disjointed manner; "`We're not married, not really married,' she said, and slowly, reluctantly, disjointedly it came out"

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]

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]

adv 1: far from the center; "the bronchus is situated distally"

adv 1: in a distracted manner; "`Come in,' he said distractedly"

adv 1: with obstinate determination; "he pursued her doggedly" [syn: doggedly, tenaciously]

adv 1: in a dreamy manner; "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily" [syn: dreamily, moonily, dreamfully]

adv 1: with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly awaited" [syn: eagerly, thirstily]

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]

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]

adv 1: for the environment; "the new recycling policy is environmentally safe"

adv 1: in an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally determined" [syn: experimentally, by experimentation, through an experiment]

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]

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 feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"

adv 1: in financial matters; "fiscally irresponsible" [syn: fiscally, in fiscal matters]

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]

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]

adv 1: in a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age"

adv 1: in, at, or toward the front

adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly]

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"

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]

adv 1: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: garishly, tawdrily, gaudily]

adv 1: in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly]

adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain]

adv 1: with gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many"

adj 1: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful] 2: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review [syn: divine, godly]

adv 1: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously, greedily]

adv 1: in the manner of someone who has committed an offense; "she blushed guiltily as she spoke"

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]

adv 1: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [syn: barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce] 2: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator" [syn: hardly, scarcely]

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]

adv 1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly" [syn: hebdomadally, weekly, every week, each week]

n 1: a sermon on a moral or religious topic [syn: homily, preachment]

adv 1: in a horizontal direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"

adv 1: in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily]

adv 1: in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people" [syn: idly, lazily]

adv 1: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: illegally, illicitly, lawlessly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly]

adv 1: introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party" [syn: by the way, by the bye, incidentally, apropos] 2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally]

adv 1: without formality; "he visited us informally" [ant: formally] 2: with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn" [syn: colloquially, conversationally, informally]

adv 1: in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair"

adv 1: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner" [syn: spasmodically, jerkily] 2: with jerking motions; "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat"