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closely
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adv 1: in a close relation or position in time or space; "the
onsets were closely timed"; "houses set closely
together"; "was closely involved in monitoring daily
progress"
2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
[syn: close, closely, tight]
3: in a close manner; "the two phenomena are intimately
connected"; "the person most nearly concerned" [syn:
closely, intimately, nearly]
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densely
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adv 1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so
obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: dumbly,
densely, obtusely]
2: in a concentrated manner; "old houses are often so densely
packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for
every new one built"; "a thickly populated area" [syn:
densely, thickly] [ant: thinly]
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falsely
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adv 1: in an insincerely false manner; "a seduction on my part
would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and
dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into
the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened"
2: in an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first
formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be
to bestow credit falsely" [syn: falsely, incorrectly]
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grandiosely
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adv 1: in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically
spacious" [syn: bombastically, grandiosely]
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grisly
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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]
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grizzly
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adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-
haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
n 1: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western
North America [syn: grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip,
silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos
horribilis]
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grossly
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adv 1: in a gross manner
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laxly
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adv 1: in a permissively lenient manner; "he felt incensed that
Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his
crime" [syn: laxly, leniently]
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measly
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adj 1: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the
company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a
paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of
dried beans" [syn: measly, miserable, paltry]
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muesli
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n 1: mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
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paisley
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n 1: a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of
curved shapes
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parsley
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n 1: annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves [syn:
parsley, Petroselinum crispum]
2: aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely
and used to garnish food
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perilously
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adv 1: in a dangerous manner; "he came dangerously close to
falling off the ledge" [syn: perilously, hazardously,
dangerously]
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perversely
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adv 1: deliberately deviant; "his perversely erotic notions"
2: in a contrary disobedient manner [syn: perversely,
contrarily, contrariwise]
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princely
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adj 1: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand,
luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
2: having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely
bearing"; "princely manner"
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purposelessly
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adv 1: without a clear purpose; "let's not purposelessly
dispense the aid"
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shapelessly
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adv 1: in a shapeless manner; "the dress hung shapelessly on her
thin body"
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sleeplessly
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adv 1: without sleep; in a sleepless manner; "he was lying in
bed sleeplessly"
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soullessly
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adv 1: in a soulless manner; "they were soullessly grubbing for
profit"
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soundlessly
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adv 1: without a sound; "he stood up soundlessly and
speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a
door" [syn: noiselessly, soundlessly]
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speechlessly
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adv 1: without speaking; "he stood up soundlessly and
speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a
door"
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spotlessly
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adv 1: in a spotless manner; "spotlessly clean"
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tactlessly
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adv 1: without tact; in a tactless manner; "at the moment of the
murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and
talking tactlessly" [ant: tactfully]
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tastelessly
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adv 1: without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner;
"the house was tastelessly decorated" [ant: tastefully,
tastily]
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tensely
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adv 1: in a tense manner; "he sat down tensely"
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tersely
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adv 1: in a short and concise manner; "a particular bird,
exactly and tersely described in the book of birds" [syn:
telegraphically, tersely]
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unwisely
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adv 1: without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when
he agreed to come" [syn: foolishly, unwisely] [ant:
sagely, wisely]
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wisely
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adv 1: in a wise manner; "she acted wisely when she invited her
parents" [syn: wisely, sagely] [ant: foolishly,
unwisely]
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frizzly
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adj 1: (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp, frizzly,
frizzy, kinky, nappy]
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presley
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n 1: United States rock singer whose many hit records and
flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music
(1935-1977) [syn: Presley, Elvis Presley, Elvis Aron
Presley]
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wesley
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n 1: English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many
hymns (1707-1788) [syn: Wesley, Charles Wesley]
2: English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791) [syn:
Wesley, John Wesley]
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bellicosely
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lachrymosely
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spinelessly
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spiritlessly
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thanklessly
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worsley
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beardsley
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beasley
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sisley
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lesley
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leslie
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tinsley
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hensley
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moseley
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mosley
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comatosely
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