Words that rhyme with surprisedly
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absurdly
adv 1: in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly rich young woman" -
advisedly
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] -
allegedly
adv 1: according to what has been alleged; "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife" -
assuredly
adv 1: without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone" -
avidly
adv 1: in an avid manner; "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information" -
avowedly
adv 1: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders" [syn: avowedly, professedly] 2: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly] -
awkwardly
adv 1: in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly" -
baldly
adv 1: in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work." -
barefacedly
adv 1: without shame; "he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it" [syn: unashamedly, shamelessly, barefacedly] [ant: ashamedly] -
blandly
adv 1: in a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts" -
blessedly
adv 1: in a blessed manner -
blindly
adv 1: without seeing or looking; "he felt around his desk blindly" 2: without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis; "they bought the car blindly"; "he picked a wife blindly" -
boldly
adv 1: with boldness, in a bold manner; "we must tackle these tasks boldly" -
coldly
adv 1: in a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood" [syn: coldly, in cold blood] -
composedly
adv 1: in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly" [syn: collectedly, composedly] -
confessedly
adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly] -
confusedly
adv 1: in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him" -
cuddly
adj 1: inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear" [syn: cuddlesome, cuddly] -
cursedly
adv 1: in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!" [syn: damned, damnably, cursedly] -
cussedly
adv 1: in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" [syn: stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately, cussedly] -
deservedly
adv 1: as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season" [ant: undeservedly] -
deucedly
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] -
downwardly
adv 1: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" [syn: down, downwards, downward, downwardly] [ant: up, upward, upwardly, upwards] -
fervidly
adv 1: with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" [syn: fierily, fervently, fervidly] -
fixedly
adv 1: in a fixed manner; "he stared at me fixedly" -
floridly
adv 1: in a florid manner; "floridly figurative prose" -
fondly
adv 1: with fondness; with love; "she spoke to her children fondly" [syn: fondly, lovingly] -
frenziedly
adv 1: in a frenzied manner; "we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere" [syn: frenziedly, hectically] -
friendly
adj 1: characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" [ant: unfriendly] 2: inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement" [syn: friendly, favorable, well-disposed] 3: easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel" [ant: unfriendly] 4: of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire" [ant: hostile] n 1: troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces; "friendlies came to their rescue" [ant: hostile] -
frigidly
adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly] -
grandly
adv 1: in a grand manner; "the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards" -
haphazardly
adv 1: in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn: randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy- nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way] 2: without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard" [syn: haphazard, haphazardly] -
horridly
adv 1: in a hideous manner; "her face was hideously disfigured after the accident" [syn: hideously, horridly, monstrously] -
hurriedly
adv 1: in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice" [syn: hurriedly, hastily, in haste] [ant: unhurriedly] -
husbandly
adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a husband [ant: uxorial, wifelike, wifely] 2: related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn" -
inwardly
adv 1: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging" [syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly] -
kindly
adv 1: in a kind manner or out of kindness; "He spoke kindly to the boy"; "she kindly overlooked the mistake" [ant: unkindly] adj 1: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor" [syn: charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted] 2: pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze" -
languidly
adv 1: in a languid and lethargic manner; "the men languidly put on their jackets" -
lucidly
adv 1: in a clear and lucid manner; "this is a lucidly written book" [syn: lucidly, pellucidly, limpidly, perspicuously] -
luridly
adv 1: in a lurid manner; "it was luridly described in the book as the place where mystics took refuge" -
mildly
adv 1: to a moderate degree; "he was mildly interested" 2: in a gentle manner; "he talked gently to the injured animal" [syn: gently, mildly] -
outwardly
adv 1: with respect to the outside; "outwardly, the figure is smooth" [syn: outwardly, externally] 2: in outward appearance; "outwardly, she appeared composed" [ant: inside, inwardly] -
perplexedly
adv 1: in a perplexed manner; "he looked at his professor perplexedly" [syn: perplexedly, confoundedly] -
placidly
adv 1: in a quiet and tranquil manner; "the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes" 2: in a placid and good-natured manner; "I put the questions, and she answered them placidly" -
professedly
adv 1: with pretense or intention to deceive; "is only professedly poor" 2: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders" [syn: avowedly, professedly] -
profoundly
adv 1: to a great depth psychologically; "They felt the loss deeply" [syn: profoundly, deeply] -
reservedly
adv 1: with reserve; in a reserved manner -
rigidly
adv 1: in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: rigidly, stiffly, bolt] -
roundly
adv 1: in a round manner; "she was roundly slim" 2: in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly] -
sacredly
adv 1: by religion; "religiously inspired art" [syn: religiously, sacredly] -
secondly
adv 1: in the second place; "second, we must consider the economy" [syn: second, secondly] -
shamefacedly
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" -
solidly
adv 1: as an undiversified whole; "the unions voted solidly for Roosevelt" 2: with strength and soundness; "a solidly built house" -
soundly
adv 1: deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly" 2: completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good" [syn: thoroughly, soundly, good] -
spindly
adj 1: long and lean [syn: lank, spindly] -
squalidly
adv 1: in a sordid or squalid way [syn: sordidly, squalidly] -
stolidly
adv 1: in a stolid manner; "he said `no' stolidly" -
straightforwardly
adv 1: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues" [syn: squarely, foursquare, straightforwardly] -
supposedly
adv 1: believed or reputed to be the case [syn: purportedly, supposedly] -
thirdly
adv 1: in the third place; "third we must consider unemployment" [syn: third, thirdly] -
turgidly
adv 1: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories" [syn: turgidly, bombastically] -
unabashedly
adv 1: in an unabashed manner; "unabashedly, he asked for more" -
unadvisedly
adv 1: in an unadvised manner -
unfriendly
adj 1: not easy to understand or use; "user-unfriendly" [ant: friendly] 2: not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" [ant: friendly] 3: not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic" [syn: unfriendly, inimical] 4: very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly] -
unhurriedly
adv 1: without haste; "she proceeded unhurriedly" [ant: hastily, hurriedly, in haste] -
unkindly
adv 1: in an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher treats the children unkindly" [ant: kindly] adj 1: lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts" [syn: unkindly, unsympathetic] -
unreservedly
adv 1: without reservation; "I can unreservedly recommend this restaurant!" -
unworldly
adj 1: not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney [ant: secular, temporal, worldly] 2: not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien [syn: unsophisticated, unworldly] -
upwardly
adv 1: spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: up, upwards, upward, upwardly] [ant: down, downward, downwardly, downwards] -
validly
adv 1: with validity; in a valid manner; "this may not validly be done" -
vividly
adv 1: in a vivid manner; "he described his adventures vividly" -
wildly
adv 1: to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic" 2: in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly" 3: with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over" -
wizardly
adj 1: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly] -
worldly
adj 1: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" [syn: worldly, secular, temporal] [ant: unworldly] 2: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] -
worriedly
adv 1: in a worried manner; "`I wonder what to do,' she said worriedly"; "he paused worriedly before calling the bank" -
wretchedly
adv 1: in a wretched manner; "`I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly" -
dazedly
adv 1: in a daze; in a dazed manner; "he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much" [syn: dazedly, torpidly] -
accursedly
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acidly
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acridly
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aggrievedly
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backwardly
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bemusedly
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detachedly
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embarrassedly
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enforcedly
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flaccidly
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forwardly
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invalidly
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jocundly
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liquidly
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pronouncedly
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putridly
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torridly
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unaccustomedly
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unsoundly
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variedly
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waywardly
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puddly
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eardley
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