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actually
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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"
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adjectivally
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adv 1: as an adjective; in an adjectival manner
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alee
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adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
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artfully
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adv 1: in an artful manner; "her foot pointed artfully toward
tapering toes"
2: in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked leading
questions abut his opponent's work" [syn: disingenuously,
artfully]
3: 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]
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artificially
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adv 1: not according to nature; not by natural means;
"artificially induced conditions" [syn: artificially,
unnaturally, by artificial means] [ant: naturally]
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asexually
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adv 1: in an asexual manner; "plants that reproduce asexually"
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balefully
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adv 1: in a baleful manner; "she looked at him balefully"
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bashfully
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adv 1: in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly"
[syn: shyly, timidly, bashfully]
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beneficially
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adv 1: in a beneficial manner; "this medicine will act
beneficially on you"
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blissfully
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adv 1: in a blissful manner; "he was blissfully unaware of the
danger"
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boastfully
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adv 1: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn:
boastfully, vauntingly, big, large]
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breezily
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adv 1: in a breezy manner; "he swings breezily into the title
song"
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brotherly
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adv 1: (archaic as adverb) in a brotherly manner
adj 1: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother;
"brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties" [syn:
brotherly, brotherlike, fraternal] [ant:
sisterlike, sisterly, sororal]
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busily
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adv 1: in a busy manner; "they were busily engaged in buying
souvenirs"
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cagily
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adv 1: in a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered
cagily" [syn: cagily, circumspectly]
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casually
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adv 1: not methodically or according to plan; "he dealt with his
course work casually"
2: in an unconcerned manner; "glanced casually at the headlines"
[syn: casually, nonchalantly]
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causally
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adv 1: in a causal fashion; "causally efficacious powers"
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circumstantially
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adv 1: according to circumstances; "he was convicted
circumstantially"
2: insofar as the circumstances are concerned; "the account was
circumstantially accurate"
3: in minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely
and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses"
[syn: minutely, circumstantially]
4: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: by
chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly]
[ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately,
designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely]
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civilly
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adv 1: in a civil manner; "he treats his former wife civilly"
[ant: uncivilly]
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cleverly
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adv 1: in a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a
smartly managed business" [syn: cleverly, smartly]
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clumsily
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adv 1: in a clumsy manner; "he snatched the bills clumsily"
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commensally
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adv 1: in a commensal manner
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commercially
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adv 1: in a commercial manner; "the product is commercially
available"
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conceptually
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adv 1: in a conceptual manner; "he can no longer think
conceptually"; "conceptually, the idea is quite simple"
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confidentially
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adv 1: in a confidential manner; "spoke to him intimately and
confidentially"
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consequentially
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adv 1: having consequence [ant: inconsequentially,
inconsequently]
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contextually
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adv 1: in a manner dependent on context
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contractually
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adv 1: by virtue of a contract; "they were contractually
responsible"
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controversially
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adv 1: involving controversy; "criticism too polemically stated"
[syn: controversially, polemically] [ant:
uncontroversially]
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cosily
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adv 1: in a cozy manner; "nestled cozily by the fire" [syn:
cozily, cosily]
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crazily
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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]
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crucially
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adv 1: to a crucial degree; "crucially important"; "crucially,
he must meet us at the airport"
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deceitfully
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adv 1: in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly
when he gave the contract to his best friend" [syn:
dishonestly, venally, deceitfully] [ant:
aboveboard, honestly]
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deferentially
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adv 1: in a servile manner; "he always acts so deferentially
around his supervisor" [syn: deferentially,
submissively]
2: in a respectfully deferential manner; "he listened
deferentially"
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delightfully
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adv 1: in a delightful manner; "the farm house, though in itself
a small one, is delightfully situated"
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despitefully
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adv 1: in a maliciously spiteful manner; "pray for them that
despitefully use us" [syn: despitefully, spitefully]
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differentially
0
adv 1: in a differential manner; "Hubel and Wiesel have found
cells that respond differentially according to the
direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina"
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dingily
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adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily,
grungily]
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disdainfully
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adv 1: in a proud and domineering manner; "he treated his staff
cavalierly" [syn: disdainfully, cavalierly]
2: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him
contemptuously" [syn: contemptuously, disdainfully,
scornfully, contumeliously]
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disgracefully
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adv 1: in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree;
"his grades were disgracefully low" [syn:
disgracefully, ingloriously, ignominiously,
discreditably, shamefully, dishonorably,
dishonourably]
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disrespectfully
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adv 1: in a disrespectful manner; "he treats his parents rather
disrespectfully" [ant: respectfully]
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distastefully
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adv 1: in an offensively distasteful manner; "a distastefully
explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life"
2: in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; "the beggar
was disgustingly filthy" [syn: disgustingly,
distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly]
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distressfully
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adv 1: with distress; "`Doctor Rother says it's his only
chance,' she added distressfully"
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distrustfully
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adv 1: with distrust; "she looked at him distrustfully" [syn:
distrustfully, mistrustfully] [ant: confidingly,
trustfully, trustingly]
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dizzily
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adv 1: in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around
dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly]
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dolefully
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adv 1: with sadness; in a sorrowful manner; "his mother looked
at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army"
[syn: dolefully, sorrowfully]
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dorsally
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adv 1: in a dorsal location or direction
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doubtfully
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adv 1: in a doubtful manner; "Gerald shook his head doubtfully"
[syn: doubtfully, dubiously]
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dreadfully
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adv 1: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody
accident on the road this morning" [syn: dreadfully,
awfully, horribly]
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]
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drowsily
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adv 1: in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily"
[syn: drowsily, somnolently]
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easily
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adv 1: with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for
`easily'); "she was easily excited"; "was easily
confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very
easily"; "success came too easy" [syn: easily, easy]
2: without question; "easily the best book she's written"
3: indicating high probability; in all likelihood; "I might well
do it"; "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster";
"you may well need your umbrella"; "he could equally well be
trying to deceive us" [syn: well, easily]
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effectually
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adv 1: in an effectual manner; "Bismarck was constantly
criticised by the more liberal newspapers, and he
retaliated by passing an emergency decree that
effectually muzzled the press" [ant: ineffectually]
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enlistee
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n 1: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn:
recruit, enlistee]
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equally
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adv 1: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were
equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child
sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he
is every bit as mean as she is" [syn: equally, as,
every bit]
2: in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way;
"a class evenly divided between girls and boys"; "they split
their winnings equally"; "deal equally with rich and poor"
[syn: evenly, equally] [ant: unequally, unevenly]
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escapee
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n 1: someone who escapes
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especially
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adv 1: to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common;
"he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a
particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic
circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious
approach to the danger" [syn: particularly,
peculiarly, especially, specially]
2: in a special manner; "a specially arranged dinner" [syn:
specially, especially]
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esprit
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n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit
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essentially
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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]
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eventually
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adv 1: after an unspecified period of time or an especially long
delay [syn: finally, eventually]
-
evilly
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adv 1: in a wicked evil manner; "act wickedly"; "grin evilly"
[syn: wickedly, evilly]
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exponentially
0
adv 1: in an exponential manner; "inflation is growing
exponentially"
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facially
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adv 1: with respect to the face
-
factually
0
adv 1: as a fact or based on fact; "they learn much, factually,
about the problems of retirement and provision for old
age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their
thoughts on retirement"
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faithfully
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adv 1: in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully,
like the radio" [syn: faithfully, dependably,
reliably] [ant: undependably, unfaithfully,
unreliably]
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fatefully
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adv 1: in a prophetically fateful manner; "the nurse whispered
fatefully to call the priest"
-
fatherly
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adj 1: like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and
protective [syn: fatherly, fatherlike]
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filthily
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adv 1: in a filthy unclean manner; "a dirtily dressed camel
driver" [syn: dirtily, filthily]
-
financially
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adv 1: from a financial point of view; "this was financially
unattractive"
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fitfully
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adv 1: in a fitful manner; "he slept fitfully"
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flashily
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adv 1: in a meretricious manner; "the boat is meretriciously
decorated" [syn: meretriciously, flashily]
2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
[syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
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flimsily
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adv 1: in a weak and flimsy manner; "this car is so flimsily
constructed!"
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forcefully
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adv 1: with full force; "we are seeing this film too late to
feel its original impact forcefully"
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foresee
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v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse,
foreknow, foresee]
2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him
as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
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forgetfully
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adv 1: in a forgetful manner; "she is getting old and acts
forgetfully"
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foxily
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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]
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free
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adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
[syn: loose, free]
adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion
or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free
country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of
racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free
choice" [ant: unfree]
2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not
fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free
expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound]
3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free]
6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
man" [ant: unfree]
7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free]
8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free,
loose, liberal]
n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
[syn: free, free people]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free,
liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose]
[ant: confine, detain]
2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free,
disembarrass]
3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was
buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant:
deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve,
free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
5: make (information) available for publication; "release the
list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free,
release]
6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge]
7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block,
close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate,
occlude]
8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
[syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault]
9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the
throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free,
give up]
10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction
or physical decomposition [syn: release, free,
liberate]
11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze,
free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise,
immobilize]
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fretfully
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adv 1: in a fretful manner; "fretfully, the baby tossed in his
crib"
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frightfully
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adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful
sorry" [syn: terribly, awfully, awful,
frightfully]
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frothily
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adv 1: in a frothy manner; "the champagne poured frothily into
the glasses"
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fruitfully
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adv 1: in a productive way; "they worked together productively
for two years" [syn: productively, fruitfully,
profitably] [ant: fruitlessly, unproductively,
unprofitably]
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fussily
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adv 1: in a fussy manner; "he spoke to her fussily"
-
gainfully
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adv 1: in a gainful way; "are you gainfully employed now?"
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gee
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n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used
to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it
is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force]
v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed"
2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side
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ghee
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n 1: clarified butter used in Indian cookery
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gingerly
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adv 1: in a gingerly manner; "gingerly I raised the edge of the
blanket"
adj 1: with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with
gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was
handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White
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glacially
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adv 1: by a glacier; "glacially deposited material"
-
glossily
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adv 1: in a glossy manner; "the magazine was glossily printed"
-
goatee
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n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its
resemblance to a goat's beard
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gracefully
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adv 1: in a graceful manner; "she swooped gracefully" [ant:
gracelessly]
2: in a gracious or graceful manner; "he did not have a chance
to grow up graciously" [syn: graciously, gracefully]
[ant: gracelessly, ungracefully, ungraciously,
woodenly]
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gratefully
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adv 1: with appreciation; in a grateful manner; "he accepted my
offer appreciatively" [syn: appreciatively,
gratefully] [ant: unappreciatively, ungratefully]
2: in a thankful manner; with thanks; "he accepted thankfully my
apologies" [syn: thankfully, gratefully]
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greasily
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adv 1: in a greasy manner; "the food was greasily unappetizing"
-
gristly
0
adj 1: difficult to chew [syn: cartilaginous, gristly,
rubbery]
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grouchily
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adv 1: in an ill-natured manner; "she looked at her husband
crossly" [syn: crossly, grouchily, grumpily]
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guarantee
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n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be
provided or will meet certain specifications [syn:
guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]
2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or
that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are
not lying"
3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in
case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the
quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch]
2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement
for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn:
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure]
3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the
prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee]
4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or
condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I
warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]
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guaranty
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n 1: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in
case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
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gutsy
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adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant:
gutless]
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harmfully
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adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally,
harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]
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hatefully
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adv 1: in a hateful manner
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hazily
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adv 1: through a haze; "we saw the distant hills hazily"
2: in an indistinct way; "he remembered her only hazily"
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he
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n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in
economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases
(as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He,
atomic number 2]
2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet