Words that rhyme with verbally

  • alley
    n 1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: alley, alleyway, back street] 2: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins [syn: bowling alley, alley, skittle alley]
  • ally
    n 1: a friendly nation 2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy, foe] v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"
  • bubbly
    adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy] 2: full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a bubbly personality" n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
  • cantabile
    adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
  • challis
    n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
  • chirpily
    adv 1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly" [syn: buoyantly, chirpily]
  • cruelly
    adv 1: excessively; "a cruelly bitter winter" 2: with cruelty; "he treated his students cruelly"
  • dally
    v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt] 2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally, dawdle] 3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash] 4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally, trifle, play]
  • demurely
    adv 1: in a demure manner; "the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her"
  • dillydally
    v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
  • dourly
    adv 1: in a sullen manner; "he sat in his chair dourly" [syn: dourly, sullenly, glumly]
  • entirely
    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: 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]
  • finale
    n 1: the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale, coda] 2: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis]
  • flabbily
    adv 1: in a flabby manner; "the old man's muscles were sagging flabbily"
  • galley
    n 1: a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading 2: (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars 3: the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner 4: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
  • globally
    adv 1: throughout the world; "this is globally significant"
  • grubbily
    adv 1: in a dingy manner [syn: dingily, grubbily, grungily]
  • grumpily
    adv 1: in an ill-natured manner; "she looked at her husband crossly" [syn: crossly, grouchily, grumpily]
  • happily
    adv 1: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly] [ant: unhappily] 2: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured" [ant: sadly, unhappily]
  • hourly
    adv 1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger" adj 1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay"
  • hyperbole
    n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole, exaggeration]
  • immaturely
    adv 1: in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely" [syn: immaturely, jejunely] [ant: maturely]
  • improperly
    adv 1: in an improper way; "he checked whether the wound had healed improperly" [ant: decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way]
  • insecurely
    adv 1: in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" [ant: securely] 2: in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money" [ant: securely]
  • loyally
    adv 1: with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically" [ant: disloyally]
  • lubberly
    adj 1: clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow" 2: inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly" [syn: lubberly, landlubberly]
  • maturely
    adv 1: in a mature manner; "she acts very maturely for her age" [ant: immaturely, jejunely]
  • monopoly
    n 1: (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" 2: exclusive control or possession of something; "They have no monopoly on intelligence" 3: a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
  • neighbourly
    adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
  • obscurely
    adv 1: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
  • pebbly
    adj 1: abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
  • poorly
    adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill- conceived plan" [syn: ill, badly, poorly] [ant: good, well] adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]
  • prematurely
    adv 1: (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; "the child was born prematurely" 2: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely" [syn: prematurely, untimely]
  • principally
    adv 1: for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main]
  • properly
    adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly] 2: with reason or justice [syn: by rights, properly]
  • purely
    adv 1: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business" [syn: strictly, purely]
  • rally
    n 1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm [syn: rally, mass meeting] 2: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" [syn: rally, rallying] 3: a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness 4: an automobile race run over public roads 5: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: rally, exchange] v 1: gather; "drum up support" [syn: beat up, drum up, rally] 2: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise, demobilize, inactivate] 3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up] 4: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn: rally, rebound] 5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]
  • royally
    adv 1: in a royal manner; "they were royally treated" [syn: royally, like kings, like royalty]
  • sally
    n 1: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] 2: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position [syn: sortie, sally] 3: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world beyond his home" [syn: sally, sallying forth]
  • securely
    adv 1: in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely" [syn: securely, firmly] 2: in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera" [ant: insecurely] 3: in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection" [ant: insecurely] 4: in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held"
  • shabbily
    adv 1: so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man" 2: in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room"
  • showily
    adv 1: with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner; "Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly" [syn: ostentatiously, showily] 2: in a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly" [syn: flamboyantly, showily, flashily]
  • skimpily
    adv 1: in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
  • sleepily
    adv 1: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car"
  • sloppily
    adv 1: in a sloppy manner; "this work was done rather sloppily"
  • soberly
    adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
  • sourly
    adv 1: in a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"
  • stably
    adv 1: in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon" 2: in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has been stably high"
  • stubbly
    adj 1: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn: bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
  • surely
    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]
  • tally
    n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run, tally] 2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally] 3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally] v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 2: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up] 3: keep score, as in games [syn: tally, chalk up] 4: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]
  • valley
    n 1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river [syn: valley, vale]
  • wobbly
    adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky] n 1: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
  • halle
    n 1: a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries [syn: Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale]
  • pally
    adj 1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals [syn: chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy]
  • cali
    n 1: city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
  • cybele
    n 1: great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops [syn: Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita]
  • halley
    n 1: English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742) [syn: Halley, Edmond Halley, Edmund Halley]
  • bally
    adj 1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)]
  • lally
    n 1: support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete [syn: lally, lally column]
  • tripoli
    n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone, tripoli] 2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya] 3: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]
  • kimberley
    n 1: city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
  • neighborly
    adj 1: exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor [syn: neighborly, neighbourly]
  • somberly
    adv 1: in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly" [syn: somberly, sombrely]
  • bumpily
  • choppily
  • dapperly
  • dimply
  • direly
  • dumpily
  • duopoly
  • floppily
  • impurely
  • snappily
  • tribally
  • rubbly
  • rumply
  • braley
  • bralley
  • devalle
  • graley
  • scally
  • stahley
  • stahly
  • straley
  • vallely
  • cavalli
  • delvalle
  • mccalley
  • mcgalley
  • mcnalley
  • mcnally
  • omalley
  • ranalli
  • alie
  • alli
  • allie
  • balli
  • calley
  • cally

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