sely: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of sely
- closely«Word Popularity Bar5/5
closely
- adverb 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
- adverb in an attentive manner
close; tight.
- he remained close on his guard
- adverb in a close relation or position in time or space
- precisely5/5
precisely
- adverb indicating exactness or preciseness
exactly; just.
- 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
- adverb in a precise manner
incisively; exactly.
- she always expressed herself precisely
- adverb indicating exactness or preciseness
- conversely5/5
conversely
- adverb with the terms of the relation reversed
- conversely, not all women are mothers
- adverb with the terms of the relation reversed
- loosely4/5
loosely
- adverb in a relaxed manner; not rigid
slackly.
- his hands lay loosely
- adverb in a loose manner
- a union of loosely federated states
- adverb in a relaxed manner; not rigid
- intensely4/5
intensely
- adverb in an intense manner
- he worked intensely
- adverb in an intense manner
- wisely4/5
wisely
- adverb in a wise manner
sagely.
- she acted wisely when she invited her parents
- adverb in a wise manner
- adversely4/5
adversely
- adverb in an adverse manner
- she was adversely affected by the new regulations
- adverb in an adverse manner
- immensely4/5
immensely
- adverb to an exceedingly great extent or degree
vastly.
- He had vastly overestimated his resources
- was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator
- adverb to an exceedingly great extent or degree
- falsely4/5
falsely
- adverb 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
- adverb in an incorrect manner
incorrectly.
- to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
- adverb in an insincerely false manner
- densely4/5
densely
- adverb in a stupid manner
obtusely; dumbly.
- he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
- adverb in a concentrated manner
thickly.
- 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
- adverb in a stupid manner
- purposely4/5
purposely
- adverb with intention; in an intentional manner
designedly; advisedly; on purpose; by choice; intentionally; by design; deliberately.
- he used that word intentionally
- I did this by choice
- adverb with intention; in an intentional manner
- inversely4/5
inversely
- adverb in an inverse or contrary manner
reciprocally.
- inversely related
- wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard
- adverb in an inverse or contrary manner
- sparsely3/5
sparsely
- adverb in a sparse manner
- sparsely inhabited
- adverb in a sparse manner
- profusely3/5
profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
abundantly; copiously; extravagantly.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
- coarsely3/5
coarsely
- adverb in coarse pieces
- the surfaces were coarsely granular
- adverb in coarse pieces
- hoarsely3/5
hoarsely
- adverb in a hoarse or husky voice
huskily.
- `Excuse me,' he said hoarsely
- adverb in a hoarse or husky voice
- concisely3/5
concisely
- adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
in brief; shortly; briefly; in short.
- the history is summed up concisely in this book
- she replied briefly
- briefly, we have a problem
- to put it shortly
- adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
- perversely3/5
perversely
- adverb deliberately deviant
- his perversely erotic notions
- adverb in a contrary disobedient manner
contrarily; contrariwise.
- adverb deliberately deviant
- tersely2/5
tersely
- adverb in a short and concise manner
telegraphically.
- a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds
- adverb in a short and concise manner
- transversely2/5
transversely
- adverb in a transverse manner
transversally.
- they were cut transversely
- adverb in a transverse manner
- unwisely2/5
unwisely
- adverb without good sense or judgment
foolishly.
- He acted foolishly when he agreed to come
- adverb without good sense or judgment
- diffusely2/5
diffusely
- adverb in a diffuse manner
- the arteries were diffusely narrowed
- adverb in a diffuse manner
- tensely2/5
tensely
- adverb in a tense manner
- he sat down tensely
- adverb in a tense manner
- basely2/5
basely
- adverb in a despicable, ignoble manner
meanly; scurvily.
- this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society
- adverb in a despicable, ignoble manner
- morosely2/5
morosely
- adverb in a morose manner
- he fell morosely on the bed
- adverb in a morose manner
- diversely2/5
diversely
- adverb in diverse ways
multifariously; variously.
- the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants
- the speakers treated the subject most diversely
- adverb in diverse ways
- imprecisely2/5
imprecisely
- adverb in an imprecise manner
inexactly.
- he expressed himself imprecisely
- adverb in an imprecise manner
- jocosely1/5
jocosely
- adverb with humor
jocular.
- they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly
- adverb with humor
- reversely1/5
reversely
- adverb in an opposite way; so as to be reversed
- adverb in an opposite way; so as to be reversed
- obtusely1/5
obtusely
- adverb in a stupid manner
dumbly; densely.
- he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
- adverb in a stupid manner
- grandiosely1/5
grandiosely
- adverb in a grandiose manner
bombastically.
- the building was bombastically spacious
- adverb in a grandiose manner
- obversely1/5
obverse
- noun the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
- the obverse of this issue
- noun the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design
- noun the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
- horsely1/5
horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
- verbosely1/5
verbosely
- adverb in a verbose manner
long-windedly; wordily; windily.
- she explained her ideas verbosely
- adverb in a verbose manner
- weasely1/5
Derived words of sely
- proselytizing«Word Popularity Bar2/5
proselytize
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytise.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
- proselytes2/5
proselyte
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- proselyte2/5
proselyte
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- proselytism2/5
proselytism
- noun the practice of proselytizing
- noun the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel
- noun the practice of proselytizing
- proselytize2/5
proselytize
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytise.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
- proselytization2/5
- proselytising2/5
proselytise
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytize.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
- proselytized1/5
proselytize
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytise.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
- proselytizers1/5
proselytizer
One who proselytes.
- proselytizer1/5
proselytize
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytise.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
- proselyting1/5
proselyte
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
- proselytise1/5
proselytise
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytize.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
- proselytisation1/5
- proselytisers1/5
proselytisers
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- proselytised1/5
proselytise
- verb convert to another faith or religion
proselytize.
- verb convert to another faith or religion
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `sely`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `sely`, some are not.
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