Words that rhyme with retrogradely

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]

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

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

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

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: 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 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]

adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly] 2: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]

adv 1: with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly] 2: in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service" [syn: obstreperously, loudly, clamorously] 3: used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly [syn: forte, loudly] [ant: piano, softly]

adv 1: in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn: madly, frantically] 2: 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] 3: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly]

n 1: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources [syn: medley, potpourri, pastiche]

adv 1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: curiously, oddly, peculiarly] 2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily]

adv 1: with pride; in a proud manner; "he walked proudly into town"

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]

adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]

adj 1: slightly intoxicated [syn: potty, tiddly, tipsy]

adj 1: characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: iniquitous, sinful, ungodly]

adv 1: in a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly"

adv 1: displaying a red color; "the forge belched redly at the sky"-Adria Langley

n 1: United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) [syn: Bradley, Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradley] 2: United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981) [syn: Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley]