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barefacedly
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adv 1: without shame; "he unashamedly abandoned the project when
he realized he would not gain from it" [syn:
unashamedly, shamelessly, barefacedly] [ant:
ashamedly]
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beastly
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adv 1: in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her
mother-in-law"
adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful
racket" [syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful]
2: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull
and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn:
beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]
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belligerently
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adv 1: with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner; "he
pushed her against the wall belligerently" [syn:
belligerently, hostilely]
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benevolently
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adv 1: in a benevolent manner; "she looked on benevolently"
[ant: malevolently]
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chastely
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adv 1: in a chaste and virtuous manner; "she lived chastely"
[syn: chastely, virtuously]
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coherently
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adv 1: in a coherent manner; "she could not talk coherently
after the accident" [ant: incoherently]
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concurrently
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adv 1: overlapping in duration; "concurrently with the
conference an exhibition of things associated with
Rutherford was held"; "going to school and holding a job
at the same time" [syn: concurrently, at the same
time]
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consequently
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adv 1: (sentence connectors) because of the reason given;
"consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have
severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor"
[syn: consequently, accordingly]
2: as a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the
opportunities which they had made available to him and which
consequently led to the good position he now held" [syn:
consequently, therefore]
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costly
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adj 1: entailing great loss or sacrifice; "a dearly-won victory"
[syn: dearly-won, costly]
2: having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced
merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey
restaurant" [syn: costly, dear(p), high-priced,
pricey, pricy]
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daftly
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adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to
behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily,
balmily, nuttily, wackily]
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deftly
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adv 1: with dexterity; in a dexterous manner; "dextrously he
untied the knots" [syn: dexterously, dextrously,
deftly]
2: in a deft manner; "Lois deftly removed her scarf"
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deucedly
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adv 1: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love";
"deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever";
"insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly,
deucedly, devilishly]
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differently
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adv 1: in another and different manner; "very soon you will know
differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way
out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently,
otherwise, other than]
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dishonestly
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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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earnestly
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adv 1: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son";
"she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing
seriously with the question of divorce" [syn:
seriously, earnestly, in earnest]
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eloquently
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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]
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excellently
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adv 1: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got
along famously" [syn: excellently, magnificently,
splendidly, famously]
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exuberantly
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adv 1: in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque
decoration of the church" [syn: exuberantly,
riotously]
2: in an ebullient manner; "Khrushchev ebulliently promised to
supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American
aggression" [syn: ebulliently, exuberantly,
expansively]
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firstly
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adv 1: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
snake" [syn: first, firstly, foremost, first of
all, first off]
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flagrantly
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adv 1: in a flagrant manner; "he is flagrantly disregarding the
law"
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fluently
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adv 1: in a fluent manner; "she speaks French fluently"
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fraudulently
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adv 1: in a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was
fraudulently obtained"
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gallantly
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adv 1: in a gallant manner; "he gallantly offered to take her
home" [syn: gallantly, chivalrously] [ant:
unchivalrously]
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ghastly
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adj 1: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds";
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of
burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome
evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and
plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived
by madmen" [syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome,
macabre, sick]
2: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell
came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly
shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" [syn:
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
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ghostly
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adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly
face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room";
"spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
[syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly,
phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]
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grandiloquently
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adv 1: in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke
magniloquently" [syn: grandiloquently,
magniloquently]
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honestly
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adv 1: (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it
is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe
it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience";
"frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" [syn: honestly,
candidly, frankly]
2: in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is
willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in
everything" [syn: honestly, aboveboard] [ant:
deceitfully, dishonestly, venally]
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ignorantly
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adv 1: in ignorance; in an ignorant manner; "they lived
ignorantly in their own small world"
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importantly
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adv 1: in an important way or to an important degree; "more
importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning
attached to the event by the social scientist could alter
his definition of the concrete event itself" [syn:
importantly, significantly]
2: in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured
importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive
occasion"
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incessantly
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adv 1: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly
to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle
of perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn:
endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly,
unendingly, continuously]
2: without interruption; "the world is constantly changing"
[syn: constantly, always, forever, perpetually,
incessantly]
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incoherently
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adv 1: in an incoherent manner; "he talked incoherently when he
drank too much" [ant: coherently]
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inconsequently
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adv 1: lacking consequence; "`You're so beautifully dressed,'
she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay
the night?'" [syn: inconsequentially, inconsequently]
[ant: consequentially]
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indifferently
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adv 1: with indifference; in an indifferent manner; "she
shrugged indifferently"
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indolently
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adv 1: in an indolent manner; "he lives indolently with his
relatives"
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infrequently
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adv 1: not many times; "in your 1850 church you not infrequently
find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous
appointments of the building itself and the inhuman
barrack-like living conditions in the church room" [ant:
frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes]
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inherently
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adv 1: in an inherent manner; "the subject matter is sexual
activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as
inherently desirable and exciting"
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insolently
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adv 1: in an insolent manner; "he had replied insolently to his
superiors"
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intolerantly
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adv 1: in an intolerant manner [ant: tolerantly]
2: in a narrow-minded manner; "his illiberally biased way of
thinking" [syn: intolerantly, illiberally]
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irreverently
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adv 1: without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the
teacher in his presence" [ant: reverentially,
reverently]
2: in an irreverent manner; "in the seventeenth century England
had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war;
clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches
irreverently used"
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jubilantly
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adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn:
happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely,
jubilantly] [ant: unhappily]
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justly
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adv 1: with honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest
singer of his time" [syn: rightly, justly,
justifiedly] [ant: unjustly]
2: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves
him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right]
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lastly
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adv 1: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
[syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally]
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malevolently
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adv 1: in a malevolent manner; "she gossips malevolently" [ant:
benevolently]
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manifestly
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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]
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modestly
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adv 1: with modesty; in a modest manner; "the dissertation was
entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by
Shakespeare'" [ant: immodestly]
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moistly
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adv 1: in a damp manner; "a scarf was tied round her head but
the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her
left eye" [syn: damply, moistly]
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mostly
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adv 1: in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are
largely inactive" [syn: largely, mostly, for the
most part]
2: usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
[syn: by and large, generally, more often than not,
mostly]
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nonchalantly
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adv 1: in a composed and unconcerned manner; "without more ado
Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed
it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher" [syn:
coolly, nervelessly, nonchalantly]
2: in an unconcerned manner; "glanced casually at the headlines"
[syn: casually, nonchalantly]
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opulently
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adv 1: in a sumptuous and opulent manner; "this government
building is sumptuously appointed" [syn: sumptuously,
opulently]
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petulantly
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adv 1: in a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'" [syn:
testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly]
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poignantly
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adv 1: in a poignant or touching manner; "she spoke poignantly"
[syn: affectingly, poignantly, touchingly]
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preponderantly
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adv 1: much greater in number or influence; "the patients are
predominantly indigenous" [syn: predominantly,
preponderantly]
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priestly
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adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:
priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
2: befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood;
"priestly dedication to the people of his parish" [syn:
priestly, priestlike] [ant: unpriestly]
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recurrently
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adv 1: in a recurrent manner
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repellently
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adv 1: in a repellent manner; "repellently fat" [syn:
repellently, repellingly]
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reverently
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adv 1: with reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed
reverently at the handiwork" [syn: reverentially,
reverently] [ant: irreverently]
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shamefacedly
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adv 1: in a shamefaced manner; "quarrels and dissensions ensued
among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly
handed over their parts to understudies"
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silently
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adv 1: without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn:
mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly]
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softly
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adv 1: with low volume; "speak softly but carry a big stick";
"she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing
softly" [syn: softly, quietly] [ant: aloud, loud,
loudly]
2: in a manner that is pleasing to the senses; "she smiled
softly"
3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
forehead" [syn: lightly, softly, gently]
4: used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
[syn: piano, softly] [ant: forte, loudly]
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somnolently
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adv 1: in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily"
[syn: drowsily, somnolently]
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steadfastly
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adv 1: with resolute determination; "we firmly believed it";
"you must stand firm" [syn: firm, firmly,
steadfastly, unwaveringly]
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subsequently
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adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he
apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but
he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until
afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently,
later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on]
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swiftly
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adv 1: in a swift manner; "she moved swiftly" [syn: swiftly,
fleetly]
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tolerantly
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adv 1: in a tolerant manner; "he reacts rather tolerantly toward
his son's juvenile behavior" [ant: intolerantly]
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truculently
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adv 1: in an aggressively truculent manner; "they strive for
security by truculently asserting their own interests"
2: in a defiantly truculent manner; "the boy looked up
truculently at his teacher"
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turbulently
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adv 1: in a turbulent manner; with turbulence; "the river rolls
turbulently boiling"
2: in a stormy or violent manner [syn: stormily,
turbulently, passionately]
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unjustly
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adv 1: in an unjust manner; "he was unjustly singled out for
punishment" [ant: justifiedly, justly, rightly]
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vastly
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adv 1: to an exceedingly great extent or degree; "He had vastly
overestimated his resources"; "was immensely more
important to the project as a scientist than as an
administrator" [syn: vastly, immensely]
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vehemently
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adv 1: in a vehement manner; "he vehemently denied the
accusations against him"
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vigilantly
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adv 1: in a watchful manner [syn: vigilantly, watchfully]
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violently
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adv 1: in a violent manner; "they attacked violently" [ant:
nonviolently]
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virulently
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adv 1: in a virulent manner; "an old woman advanced a few paces
to shake her fist virulently in my face"
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christly
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adj 1: resembling or showing the spirit of Christ [syn:
christlike, christly]
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priestley
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n 1: English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered
oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804) [syn:
Priestley, Joseph Priestley]
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ambivalently
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arrantly
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augustly
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covalently
0
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delinquently
0
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difficultly
0
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embarrassedly
0
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equivalently
0
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errantly
0
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flatulently
0
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fragrantly
0
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istle
0
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prevalently
0
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redolently
0
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unchastely
0
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ungallantly
0
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vagrantly
0
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vibrantly
0
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astley
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