Words that rhyme with raptly

adv 1: in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly" [syn: abjectly, resignedly]

adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]

adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead]

adv 1: completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right" [syn: absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead] 2: totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"

adv 1: in abstract terms [ant: concretely]

adv 1: with few mistakes; "he works very accurately" [ant: inaccurately] 2: strictly correctly; "repeated the order accurately"

adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn: actually, really] 2: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous" [syn: actually, in reality] 3: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air" 4: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"

adv 1: in an acute manner; "she pitied her sister acutely"; "acutely aware" 2: having a rapid onset; "an acutely debilitating virus" [ant: chronically] 3: changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes" [syn: sharply, sharp, acutely] 4: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly, sagaciously, sapiently, acutely]

adv 1: in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree; "he was adequately prepared" [ant: inadequately]

adv 1: with adroitness; in an adroit manner; "he handled the situation adroitly" [ant: maladroitly]

adv 1: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear]

adv 1: in mentally perceptive and responsive way; "she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs"

adv 1: in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"

adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" [syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately, unsuitably]

adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so]

adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]

adv 1: with eloquence; "he expressed his ideas eloquently" [syn: eloquently, articulately] [ant: inarticulately, ineloquently] 2: in an articulate manner; "he argued articulately for his plan" [syn: articulately, eloquently] [ant: inarticulately]

adv 1: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly, sagaciously, sapiently, acutely]

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: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly, brightly, bright]

adv 1: in a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily" [syn: cagily, circumspectly]

adv 1: in a compact manner or state; "The children were packed compactly into the car" 2: with concise and precise brevity; to the point; "Please state your case as succinctly as possible"; "he wrote compactly but clearly" [syn: succinctly, compactly] 3: taking up no more space than necessary; "liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank"

adv 1: in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly" [syn: pityingly, compassionately]

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: so as to be complete; with everything necessary; "he had filled out the form completely"; "the apartment was completely furnished"

adv 1: in concrete terms; "concretely, this meant that he was broke" [ant: abstractly]

adv 1: in a considerate manner; "they considerately withdrew" [ant: inconsiderately]

adv 1: in a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully" [syn: ruefully, contritely, remorsefully]

adv 1: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly]

adv 1: in a corrupt manner [syn: corruptly, corruptedly]

adj 1: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal, stately]

adv 1: in a covert manner; "he did it covertly" [ant: overtly]

adv 1: in an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure" [syn: cunningly, cutely]

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: 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] 2: in a deliberate unhurried manner; "she was working deliberately" [syn: measuredly, deliberately]

adv 1: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely]

adv 1: in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects [syn: desolately, disconsolately]

adv 1: with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash" [syn: urgently, desperately] 2: in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother"

adv 1: in a devout and pious manner; "she was devoutly Catholic" [syn: devoutly, piously]

adv 1: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight, direct] 2: without anyone or anything intervening; "these two factors are directly related"; "he was directly responsible"; "measured the physical properties directly" 3: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] 4: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly]

adv 1: in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects [syn: desolately, disconsolately]

adv 1: with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint; "I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this" [ant: indiscreetly]

adv 1: in an impartially dispassionate manner; "although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately"

adv 1: out of proportion; "this wall is disproportionately long" [ant: proportionately] 2: to a disproportionate degree; "his benefits were disproportionately generous" [ant: proportionally, proportionately]

adv 1: in a dissolute way [syn: profligately, dissolutely]

adv 1: clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment; "it's distinctly possible"; "I could clearly see myself in his situation" [syn: distinctly, clearly] 2: in a distinct and distinguishable manner; "the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion" 3: to a distinct degree; "urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate"

adv 1: with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: elaborately, intricately, in an elaborate way]

adv 1: in a straight-backed manner; "the old man still walks erectly" [syn: erectly, straight-backed]

adv 1: with erudition; in an erudite manner; "he talked eruditely about Indian mythology" [syn: eruditely, learnedly]

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]

adv 1: in an expert manner; "he repaired the TV set expertly" [syn: expertly, like an expert] [ant: amateurishly]

adv 1: in an explicit manner; "in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly" [ant: implicitly]

adv 1: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely]

adv 1: to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital" [syn: exorbitantly, extortionately, usuriously]

adv 1: with a finite limit; "there are finitely many solutions to this problem" [ant: endlessly, infinitely]

adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" [syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately, unsuitably]

adv 1: in a swift manner; "she moved swiftly" [syn: swiftly, fleetly]

adv 1: directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point" [syn: squarely, forthrightly, forthright]

adv 1: every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly" [syn: fortnightly, biweekly] adj 1: occurring every two weeks [syn: fortnightly, biweekly]

adv 1: by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn: fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would have it] [ant: alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily]

adv 1: in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the children were arguing hotly" [syn: heatedly, hotly]

adv 1: in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" [syn: illegitimately, illicitly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly] 2: of biological parents not married to each other; "this child was born illegitimately" [syn: illegitimately, out of wedlock] [ant: legitimately]

adv 1: in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" [syn: illegitimately, illicitly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly] 2: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: illegally, illicitly, lawlessly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly]

adv 1: in an immaculate manner; "gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored"

adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] 2: near or close by; "he passed immediately behind her" 3: bearing an immediate relation; "this immediately concerns your future"

adv 1: without moderation; in an immoderate manner; "he eats immoderately" [ant: moderately] 2: to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation; "his prices are unreasonably high" [syn: unreasonably, immoderately] [ant: fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat]

adv 1: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen [syn: imperfectly, amiss] [ant: perfectly]

adv 1: without doubting or questioning; "I implicitly trust him" 2: without ever expressing so clearly; "he implicitly assumes that you know the answer" [ant: explicitly]

adv 1: in an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely" [syn: impolitely, discourteously, rudely] [ant: courteously, politely]

adv 1: in a beseeching manner; "`You must help me,' she said imploringly" [syn: beseechingly, importunately, imploringly, pleadingly, entreatingly]

adv 1: in an inaccurate manner; "this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily" [ant: accurately]

adv 1: in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree; "the temporary camps were inadequately equipped" [ant: adequately]

adv 1: in an inappropriate manner; "he was inappropriately dressed" [syn: inappropriately, unsuitably] [ant: appropriately, befittingly, fitly, fittingly, suitably]

adv 1: without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner; "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately" [syn: ineloquently, inarticulately] [ant: articulately, eloquently] 2: in an inarticulate manner; "he talked inarticulately about the accident that had just taken his wife's life" [ant: articulately, eloquently]

adv 1: not to a full degree or extent; "words incompletely understood"; "a form filled out incompletely"

adv 1: without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner; "inconsiderately, he asked to be invited for dinner" [ant: considerately]

adv 1: in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely" [syn: falsely, incorrectly] 2: in an inaccurate manner; "he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly"; "she guessed wrong" [syn: incorrectly, wrongly, wrong] [ant: aright, correctly, right]

adv 1: to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time; "this could go on indefinitely"

adv 1: not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly" [ant: directly, flat, straight]

adv 1: without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint; "she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health" [ant: discreetly]

adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn: randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy- nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way] 2: in an indiscriminate manner; "she reads promiscuously" [syn: promiscuously, indiscriminately]

adv 1: in a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly" [syn: dimly, indistinctly]

adv 1: with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner; "he performed his functions ineptly" [syn: ineptly, fecklessly] 2: in an infelicitous manner; "this function is ineptly left to a small voice"

adv 1: in an imprecise manner; "he expressed himself imprecisely" [syn: imprecisely, inexactly] [ant: exactly, incisively, precisely]

adv 1: in a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed lean-to" [syn: artlessly, crudely, inexpertly]

adv 1: without bounds; "he is infinitely wealthy" [syn: boundlessly, immeasurably, infinitely] 2: continuing forever without end; "there are infinitely many possibilities" [syn: infinitely, endlessly] [ant: finitely]

adv 1: in an innate manner; "the child is said to be innately disposed to learn language"

adv 1: extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate" [syn: inordinately, extraordinarily]

adv 1: in an insensate manner

adv 1: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn: heavily, intemperately, hard] [ant: lightly]

adv 1: to an intermediate degree; "intermediately hot"

adv 1: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn: closely, intimately, nearly] 2: with great or especially intimate knowledge; "we knew them well" [syn: well, intimately]

adv 1: with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: elaborately, intricately, in an elaborate way]

adv 1: in an irate manner; "`Get out,' he shouted irately"

adv 1: lacking determination or decisiveness [ant: resolutely]

adj 1: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn: chivalric, knightly, medieval] 2: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly]

adv 1: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly]

adv 1: in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!" [syn: legitimately, lawfully, licitly] [ant: illegally, illegitimately, illicitly, lawlessly] 2: in a lawfully recognized manner; "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately" [ant: illegitimately, out of wedlock]

adv 1: without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly" 2: with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" [syn: lightly, light] 3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: lightly, softly, gently] 4: indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning" [ant: hard, heavily, intemperately] 5: with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly" 6: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: thinly, lightly] [ant: thickly] 7: to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"

adv 1: in minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses" [syn: minutely, circumstantially]

adv 1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably] 2: with moderation; in a moderate manner; "he drinks moderately" [ant: immoderately]