Words that rhyme with strictly

  • basically
    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]
  • abjectly
    adv 1: in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly" [syn: abjectly, resignedly]
  • abruptly
    adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead]
  • absolutely
    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"
  • abstractly
    adv 1: in abstract terms [ant: concretely]
  • academically
    adv 1: in regard to academic matters; "academically, this is a good school"
  • accurately
    adv 1: with few mistakes; "he works very accurately" [ant: inaccurately] 2: strictly correctly; "repeated the order accurately"
  • acoustically
    adv 1: with respect to acoustics; "acoustically ill-equipped studios"
  • acutely
    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]
  • adequately
    adv 1: in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree; "he was adequately prepared" [ant: inadequately]
  • adroitly
    adv 1: with adroitness; in an adroit manner; "he handled the situation adroitly" [ant: maladroitly]
  • aesthetically
    adv 1: in a tasteful way; "this building is aesthetically very pleasing" [syn: aesthetically, esthetically]
  • affectionately
    adv 1: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear]
  • alertly
    adv 1: in mentally perceptive and responsive way; "she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs"
  • algebraically
    adv 1: in an algebraic manner; "algebraically determined"
  • allegorically
    adv 1: in an allegorical manner; "the play ended allegorically"
  • alphabetically
    adv 1: in alphabetical order; "the list was arranged alphabetically"
  • alternately
    adv 1: in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately"
  • altruistically
    adv 1: in an altruistic manner; "he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress" [syn: altruistically, selflessly]
  • analytically
    adv 1: by virtue of analysis; "assuming that the distinction is maintained one may ask which is to be analytically prior?"
  • anatomically
    adv 1: with respect to anatomy; "anatomically correct"
  • angelically
    adv 1: like an angel; "the child was sleeping angelically"
  • antithetically
    adv 1: with antithesis; in an antithetical manner
  • apathetically
    adv 1: in an apathetic manner; "she behaves apathetically these days"
  • apologetically
    adv 1: in an apologetic manner; "he spoke apologetically about his past"
  • appropriately
    adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" [syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately, unsuitably]
  • approximately
    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]
  • aptly
    adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
  • aristocratically
    adv 1: in an aristocratic manner; "they behaved aristocratically"
  • arithmetically
    adv 1: with respect to arithmetic; "this problem is arithmetically easy"
  • articulately
    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]
  • artistically
    adv 1: in an artistic manner; "it was artistically decorated"
  • ascetically
    adv 1: in an ascetic manner; "she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself"
  • astronomically
    adv 1: enormously; "the bill was astronomically high"
  • astutely
    adv 1: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly, sagaciously, sapiently, acutely]
  • asymmetrically
    adv 1: in an asymmetrical manner; "they were asymmetrically arranged" [syn: asymmetrically, unsymmetrically] [ant: symmetrically]
  • authentically
    adv 1: genuinely; with authority; "it is authentically British" [syn: authentically, genuinely]
  • autocratically
    adv 1: in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator; "this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues" [syn: dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially] 2: in an autocratic manner; "the Czars ruled Russia autocratically"
  • automatically
    adv 1: in a reflex manner; "he answered automatically" 2: in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens mechanically" [syn: mechanically, automatically]
  • axiomatically
    adv 1: on the basis of axioms; "this is axiomatically given"
  • biologically
    adv 1: with respect to biology; "biologically related"
  • bombastically
    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]
  • brightly
    adv 1: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly, brightly, bright]
  • bureaucratically
    adv 1: in a bureaucratic manner; "his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her" 2: with respect to bureaucracy; "it's bureaucratically complicated"
  • catalytically
    adv 1: by catalytic action; in a catalytic manner; "catalytically stabilized combustion of propane"
  • categorically
    adv 1: in an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges" [syn: flatly, categorically, unconditionally]
  • caustically
    adv 1: in a caustic vitriolic manner; "he addressed her caustically" [syn: caustically, vitriolically]
  • characteristically
    adv 1: in characteristic manner; "he arrived characteristically late" [ant: uncharacteristically]
  • chronically
    adv 1: in a habitual and longstanding manner; "smoking chronically" [syn: chronically, inveterate] 2: in a slowly developing and long lasting manner; "chronically ill persons" [ant: acutely]
  • chronologically
    adv 1: with respect to chronology; "he is chronologically older"
  • circumspectly
    adv 1: in a cagey manner; "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily" [syn: cagily, circumspectly]
  • classically
    adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise develops a classically shaped body"
  • compactly
    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"
  • compassionately
    adv 1: in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly" [syn: pityingly, compassionately]
  • completely
    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"
  • concretely
    adv 1: in concrete terms; "concretely, this meant that he was broke" [ant: abstractly]
  • considerately
    adv 1: in a considerate manner; "they considerately withdrew" [ant: inconsiderately]
  • contritely
    adv 1: in a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully" [syn: ruefully, contritely, remorsefully]
  • correctly
    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]
  • corruptly
    adv 1: in a corrupt manner [syn: corruptly, corruptedly]
  • courtly
    adj 1: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal, stately]
  • covertly
    adv 1: in a covert manner; "he did it covertly" [ant: overtly]
  • cryptically
    adv 1: in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said cryptically [syn: cryptically, enigmatically, mysteriously]
  • cryptographically
    adv 1: in a cryptographic manner
  • cutely
    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]
  • definitely
    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]
  • deliberately
    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]
  • delicately
    adv 1: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely]
  • democratically
    adv 1: in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles; "it was decided democratically"; "democratically elected government" [ant: undemocratically]
  • desolately
    adv 1: in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects [syn: desolately, disconsolately]
  • desperately
    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"
  • devoutly
    adv 1: in a devout and pious manner; "she was devoutly Catholic" [syn: devoutly, piously]
  • diabolically
    adv 1: as a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be diabolically satiric" [syn: diabolically, devilishly, fiendishly]
  • diagrammatically
    adv 1: in a diagrammatic manner; "the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin" [syn: diagrammatically, graphically]
  • diametrically
    adv 1: as from opposite ends of a diameter; "when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?"; "three of these brushes were approximately 120 feet apart and the fourth diametrically opposite to one of the three"
  • didactically
    adv 1: in a didactic manner; "this is a didactically sound method" [syn: didactically, pedagogically]
  • diplomatically
    adv 1: with diplomacy; in a diplomatic manner; "he answered very diplomatically" [ant: undiplomatically]
  • directly
    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]
  • disconsolately
    adv 1: in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects [syn: desolately, disconsolately]
  • discreetly
    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]
  • dispassionately
    adv 1: in an impartially dispassionate manner; "although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately"
  • disproportionately
    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]
  • dissolutely
    adv 1: in a dissolute way [syn: profligately, dissolutely]
  • distinctly
    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"
  • domestically
    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"
  • dramatically
    adv 1: in a very impressive manner; "your performance will improve dramatically" 2: in a dramatic manner; "he confessed dramatically" [ant: undramatically] 3: with respect to dramatic value; "the play was dramatically interesting, but the direction was bad"
  • drastically
    adv 1: in a drastic manner
  • elaborately
    adv 1: with elaboration; "it was elaborately spelled out" [syn: elaborately, intricately, in an elaborate way]
  • erectly
    adv 1: in a straight-backed manner; "the old man still walks erectly" [syn: erectly, straight-backed]
  • eruditely
    adv 1: with erudition; in an erudite manner; "he talked eruditely about Indian mythology" [syn: eruditely, learnedly]
  • exactly
    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]
  • expertly
    adv 1: in an expert manner; "he repaired the TV set expertly" [syn: expertly, like an expert] [ant: amateurishly]
  • explicitly
    adv 1: in an explicit manner; "in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly" [ant: implicitly]
  • exquisitely
    adv 1: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely]
  • extortionately
    adv 1: to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital" [syn: exorbitantly, extortionately, usuriously]
  • finitely
    adv 1: with a finite limit; "there are finitely many solutions to this problem" [ant: endlessly, infinitely]
  • fitly
    adv 1: in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" [syn: appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately, unsuitably]
  • fleetly
    adv 1: in a swift manner; "she moved swiftly" [syn: swiftly, fleetly]
  • forthrightly
    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]
  • fortnightly
    adv 1: every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly" [syn: fortnightly, biweekly] adj 1: occurring every two weeks [syn: fortnightly, biweekly]

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