Words that rhyme with sadistically

adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"

adv 1: in an altruistic manner; "he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress" [syn: altruistically, selflessly]

adv 1: in an anachronistic manner; "let's look at this phenomenon anachronistically"

adv 1: in an antagonistic manner; "he behaves antagonistically toward his colleagues"

adv 1: in an artistic manner; "it was artistically decorated"

adv 1: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories" [syn: turgidly, bombastically] 2: in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically spacious" [syn: bombastically, grandiosely]

adv 1: in a caustic vitriolic manner; "he addressed her caustically" [syn: caustically, vitriolically]

adv 1: in characteristic manner; "he arrived characteristically late" [ant: uncharacteristically]

adv 1: with respect to the internal affairs of a government; "domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy" 2: with respect to home or family; "the housewife bored us with her domestically limited conversation"

adv 1: in a drastic manner

adv 1: in an ecclesiastic manner; "the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed"

adv 1: in an egotistical manner; "he behaved egotistically" [syn: egotistically, selfishly] [ant: unselfishly]

adv 1: with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner; "they discussed the question enthusiastically" [ant: unenthusiastically] 2: in a lavish or enthusiastic manner; "he extolled her virtues sky-high" [syn: sky-high, enthusiastically]

adv 1: in a euphemistic manner; "his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away"

adv 1: exceedingly; extremely; "she plays fabulously well" [syn: fabulously, fantastically, incredibly]

adv 1: by journalists; "he is being journalistically crucified in his own country"

adv 1: with respect to the science of linguistics; "linguistically interesting data" 2: with respect to language; "linguistically impaired children"; "a lingually diverse population" [syn: linguistically, lingually]

adv 1: in a majestic manner; "flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes"

adv 1: in a masochistic manner; "masochistically he insisted on an even greater workload"

adv 1: in a materialistic manner; "one should not approach life materialistically"

adv 1: in a mechanistic manner; "Handel achieves a huge breadth of musical thought when composing almost mechanistically in the least weighty of styles"

adv 1: with optimism; in an optimistic manner; "`We have a good chance of winning,' he exclaimed optimistically" [ant: pessimistically]

adv 1: with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner; "he evaluated his chances for survival rather pessimistically" [ant: optimistically]

adv 1: in accord with physical laws; "it is physically impossible"

adv 1: in a plastic manner; "he used the clay plastically"

adv 1: with regard to social relationships involving authority; "politically correct clothing" 2: with regard to government; "politically organized units"

adv 1: almost; nearly; "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at the party"; "there was practically no garden at all" 2: in a practical manner; "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely" 3: (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" [syn: much, practically]

adj 1: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn: devilish, rascally, roguish] 2: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" [syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly]

adv 1: in a realistic manner; "let's look at the situation realistically" [ant: unrealistically] 2: in a realistic manner; "the figure was realistically painted"

adv 1: in a romantic manner; "she fantasized romantically about eloping with her boyfriend" [ant: unromantically] 2: in a romantic manner; "they were romantically linked"

adv 1: in a sarcastic manner; "`Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically" [syn: sarcastically, sardonically]

adv 1: in a sarcastic manner; "`Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically" [syn: sarcastically, sardonically]

adv 1: with respect to scholastic activities; "scholastically apt"

adv 1: with respect to statistics; "this is statistically impossible"

adv 1: by stochastic means; "we estimated the answer stochastically"

adv 1: in a rhetorically stylistic manner; "stylistically complex"

n 1: United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872) [syn: Sully, Thomas Sully] 2: French statesman (1560-1641) [syn: Sully, Duc de Sully, Maxmilien de Bethune] v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud] 2: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile] 3: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

adv 1: in a surgical manner; by means of surgery; "surgically removed"

adv 1: in a symbolic manner; "symbolically accepted goals" 2: by means of symbols; "symbolically expressed"

adv 1: (of group) in a synergistic or cooperative manner 2: (of drugs or muscles) in a synergistic or interactive manner

adv 1: with regard to tactics; "the tactically useful province is still firmly in the rebels' hands"

adv 1: with regard to technique; "technically lagging behind the Japanese"; "a technically brilliant boxer" 2: with regard to technical skill and the technology available; "a technically brilliant solution" 3: according to the exact meaning; according to the facts; "technically, a bank's reserves belong to the stockholders"; "technically, the term is no longer used by experts"

adv 1: in a stagy and theatrical manner; "`I cannot show my face at her house,' he declared theatrically" [syn: stagily, theatrically] 2: in a theatrical manner; "theatrically dressed"

adv 1: in a typical manner; "Tom was typically hostile" [ant: atypically, untypically]

adv 1: in uncharacteristic manner; "he was uncharacteristically cool" [ant: characteristically]

adv 1: in an uncritical manner; "he accepted her decisions uncritically" [ant: critically]

adv 1: without enthusiasm; showing no enthusiasm; "the children opened the presents unenthusiastically" [ant: enthusiastically]

adv 1: in an unrealistic manner; "his expectations were unrealistically high" [ant: realistically]

adv 1: in a vocal manner; "she defended herself vocally"

n 1: a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) [syn: Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully]

adv 1: in a lawless rebellious manner

adv 1: with respect to geology; "geologically speaking, this area is extremely interesting"