Words that rhyme with routinely

  • benignly
    adv 1: in a benign manner; "this drug is benignly soporific" [syn: benignly, benignantly]
  • brazenly
    adv 1: in a brazen manner; "he spoke brazenly"
  • certainly
    adv 1: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting]
  • cleanly
    adv 1: in an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall" [syn: flawlessly, cleanly] 2: in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution; "the motor burns cleanly" 3: without difficulty or distortion; "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly" adj 1: habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"
  • commonly
    adv 1: under normal conditions; "usually she was late" [syn: normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily] [ant: outstandingly, remarkably, unco, unusually]
  • curmudgeonly
    adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured]
  • divinely
    adv 1: by divine means; "the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence"
  • drunkenly
    adv 1: showing effects of much strong drink; "He sang drunkenly"
  • evenly
    adv 1: 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] 2: in a level and regular way [ant: unevenly]
  • finely
    adv 1: in tiny pieces; "the surfaces were finely granular" [ant: coarsely] 2: in an elegant manner; "finely costumed actors" 3: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely]
  • forlornly
    adv 1: in a forlorn manner; "a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard"
  • gentlemanly
    adj 1: befitting a man of good breeding; "gentlemanly behavior" [syn: gentlemanlike, gentlemanly]
  • greenly
    adv 1: with green color; "the countryside rolled greenly down into the valley"
  • heavenly
    adj 1: relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; "celestial beings"; "heavenly hosts" [syn: celestial, heavenly] 2: of or relating to the sky; "celestial map"; "a heavenly body" [syn: celestial, heavenly] 3: of or belonging to heaven or god [ant: earthly]
  • humanely
    adv 1: in a humane manner; "let's treat the prisoners of war humanely" [ant: inhumanely]
  • humanly
    adv 1: in the manner of human beings; "humanly possible"
  • inanely
    adv 1: vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish [syn: fatuously, inanely]
  • inhumanely
    adv 1: in an inhumane manner; "the prisoners of war were treated inhumanely" [ant: humanely]
  • insanely
    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] 2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly]
  • jejunely
    adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant: maturely]
  • keenly
    adv 1: in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings"
  • lonely
    adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 2: marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" [syn: lonely, lonesome] 3: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 4: devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" [syn: lonely, solitary, unfrequented]
  • maidenly
    adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush" [syn: maidenlike, maidenly]
  • mainly
    adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
  • malignly
    adv 1: in a malign and evil manner
  • manly
    adv 1: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home" [syn: manfully, manly] [ant: unmanfully, unmanly] adj 1: possessing qualities befitting a man [syn: manly, manful, manlike] [ant: unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly] 2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports" [syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile]
  • matronly
    adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman; "her matronly figure"
  • meanly
    adv 1: in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily" [syn: nastily, meanly] 2: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly, scurvily, basely] 3: poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped" 4: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation" [syn: meanly, humbly]
  • mistakenly
    adv 1: in a mistaken manner; "he mistakenly believed it" [syn: mistakenly, erroneously]
  • mundanely
    adv 1: in a worldly manner; "terrestrially changeable" [syn: mundanely, terrestrially] 2: in a mundane manner; "the young man spoke so mundanely of university life"
  • obscenely
    adv 1: to an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich" 2: in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely" [syn: lewdly, obscenely]
  • only
    adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but] 2: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only] 3: with nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round" 4: in the final outcome; "These news will only make you more upset" 5: except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came out better" 6: never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse" [syn: only, only if, only when] 7: as recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago" adj 1: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)] 2: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only" [syn: alone(p), only]
  • openly
    adv 1: in an open way; "he openly flaunted his affection for his sister"
  • opportunely
    adv 1: at an opportune time; "he arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler" [ant: inopportunely, malapropos]
  • outspokenly
    adv 1: in an outspoken manner; "he was outspokenly critical of the Government's new social policy"
  • plainly
    adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain] 2: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn: plainly, simply]
  • profanely
    adv 1: with curses; "muttering profanely" 2: in an irreverent or profane manner; "he kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him"
  • queenly
    adj 1: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" [syn: queenly, queenlike]
  • rottenly
    adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]
  • sanely
    adv 1: with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably" [syn: sanely, sensibly, reasonably] [ant: unreasonably] 2: in a sane or lucid manner; "she is behaving rather sanely these days even though we know she is schizophrenic" [ant: crazily, dementedly, insanely, madly]
  • serenely
    adv 1: in a peacefully serene manner; "I had the feeling that he was waiting, too--serenely patient"
  • slatternly
    adj 1: characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women [syn: blowsy, blowzy, slatternly, sluttish]
  • slovenly
    adj 1: negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance" [syn: frowsy, frowzy, slovenly]
  • sternly
    adv 1: with sternness; in a severe manner; "`No,' she said sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" [syn: sternly, severely]
  • stubbornly
    adv 1: in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" [syn: stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately, cussedly]
  • suddenly
    adv 1: happening unexpectedly; "suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side" [syn: suddenly, all of a sudden, of a sudden] 2: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead] 3: on impulse; without premeditation; "he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment"; "he made up his mind suddenly" [syn: on the spur of the moment, suddenly]
  • sullenly
    adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]
  • supinely
    adv 1: with the face upward; "she was stretched supinely on her back" 2: in an indifferently supine manner; "he called the tune to me and I supinely took it up"
  • thinly
    adv 1: without force or sincere effort; "smiled thinly" 2: without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly] 3: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: thinly, lightly] [ant: thickly] 4: in a widely distributed manner; "thinly overgrown mountainside" [ant: densely, thickly]
  • uncertainly
    adv 1: in an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs" [syn: unsteadily, falteringly, uncertainly] [ant: steadily, steady] 2: showing lack of certainty; "he paused uncertainly"
  • uncommonly
    adv 1: exceptionally; "a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find"
  • unevenly
    adv 1: in an uneven and irregular way [ant: evenly] 2: in a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly" [syn: raggedly, unevenly] 3: in an unequal or partial manner; "profits were distributed unevenly"; "angry at being dealt with so unequally" [syn: unevenly, unequally] [ant: equally, evenly]
  • ungainly
    adj 1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy] 2: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly]
  • unmanly
    adv 1: without qualities thought to befit a man [syn: unmanfully, unmanly] [ant: manfully, manly] adj 1: not possessing qualities befitting a man [syn: unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike] [ant: manful, manlike, manly] 2: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful [syn: pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly]
  • unwomanly
    adj 1: not womanly; "the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly" [ant: feminine, womanly]
  • urbanely
    adv 1: in an urbane manner; "`I had tea occasionally with the Duke,' said Mr. Eggers urbanely"
  • vainly
    adv 1: to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution" [syn: vainly, in vain]
  • wanly
    adv 1: in a weak or pale or languid manner; "she was smiling wanly"
  • wantonly
    adv 1: in a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport" 2: in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" [syn: licentiously, wantonly, promiscuously]
  • womanly
    adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly]
  • woodenly
    adv 1: without grace; rigidly; "they moved woodenly" [syn: ungraciously, ungracefully, gracelessly, woodenly] [ant: gracefully, graciously]
  • stanley
    n 1: United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918) [syn: Stanley, Francis Edgar Stanley] 2: Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904) [syn: Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands]
  • osmanli
    n 1: a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I) [syn: Ottoman, Ottoman Turk, Osmanli]
  • mckinley
    n 1: 25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901) [syn: McKinley, William McKinley, President McKinley] 2: a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high) [syn: McKinley, Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley, Denali]
  • uncleanly
    adj 1: habitually unclean
  • christianly
    adj 1: becoming to or like a Christian; "gentle christianly behavior"
  • brokenly
  • citizenly
  • clandestinely
  • condignly
  • cravenly
  • femininely
  • frozenly
  • goldenly
  • inhumanly
  • leadenly
  • leanly
  • sanguinely
  • superhumanly
  • yeomanly
  • pronely
  • greenlee
  • ernie
  • finlay
  • henley
  • germanely
  • cranley
  • hanley
  • manley
  • linley
  • burnley
  • conley
  • inly
  • unmaidenly

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