sly: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of sly
- obviously«Word Popularity Bar5/5
obviously
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
patently; plainly; plain; manifestly; apparently; evidently.
- 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
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
- seriously5/5
seriously
- adverb in a serious manner
in earnest; earnestly.
- talking earnestly with his son
- she started studying snakes in earnest
- a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
- adverb to a severe or serious degree
gravely; badly; severely.
- fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
- badly injured
- a severely impaired heart
- is gravely ill
- was seriously ill
- adverb in a serious manner
- previously5/5
previously
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
antecedently.
- she had previously lived in Chicago
- he was previously president of a bank
- better than anything previously proposed
- a previously unquestioned attitude
- antecedently arranged
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
- continuously5/5
continuously
- adverb at every point
- The function is continuously differentiable
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; ceaselessly; unceasingly; endlessly; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb at every point
- consciously5/5
consciously
- adverb with awareness
- she consciously played with the idea of inviting them
- adverb with awareness
- simultaneously5/5
simultaneously
- adverb at the same instant
at the same time.
- they spoke simultaneously
- adverb at the same instant
- carelessly4/5
carelessly
- adverb without care or concern
heedlessly.
- carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment
- adverb without caution or prudence
incautiously.
- one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
- adverb without care or concern
- cautiously4/5
cautiously
- adverb as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
carefully.
- she ventured cautiously downstairs
- they handled the incident with kid gloves
- adverb in a conservative manner
conservatively; guardedly.
- we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.
- adverb as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
- vigorously4/5
vigorously
- adverb with vigor; in a vigorous manner
smartly.
- he defended his ideas vigorously
- adverb with vigor; in a vigorous manner
- curiously4/5
curiously
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
peculiarly; oddly.
- had a curiously husky voice
- he's behaving rather peculiarly
- adverb with curiosity
inquisitively; interrogatively.
- the baby looked around curiously
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
- unconsciously4/5
unconsciously
- adverb without awareness
- she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room
- adverb without awareness
- anxiously4/5
anxiously
- adverb with anxiety or apprehension
apprehensively; uneasily.
- we watched anxiously
- adverb with anxiety or apprehension
- dangerously4/5
dangerously
- adverb in a dangerous manner
perilously; hazardously.
- he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge
- adverb in a dangerous manner
- endlessly4/5
endlessly
- adverb continuing forever without end
infinitely.
- there are infinitely many possibilities
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb continuing forever without end
- furiously4/5
furiously
- adverb (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
- winds were blowing furiously
- adverb in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy
- the boys fought furiously
- she went peddling furiously up the narrow street
- adverb (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
- famously4/5
famously
- adverb in a manner or to an extent that is well known
- in his famously anecdotal style
- adverb extremely well
excellently; splendidly; magnificently.
- he did splendidly in the exam
- we got along famously
- adverb in a manner or to an extent that is well known
- hopelessly4/5
hopelessly
- adverb in a hopeless manner
- the papers were hopelessly jumbled
- he is hopelessly romantic
- adverb in a dispirited manner without hope
dispiritedly.
- the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
- adverb in a hopeless manner
- religiously4/5
religiously
- adverb by religion
sacredly.
- religiously inspired art
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
conscientiously; scrupulously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb by religion
- graciously4/5
graciously
- adverb in a gracious or graceful manner
gracefully.
- he did not have a chance to grow up graciously
- adverb in a gracious or graceful manner
- miraculously4/5
miraculously
- adverb in a miraculous manner
- my hand grasped the gun that was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger tips
- adverb in a miraculous manner
- spontaneously4/5
spontaneously
- adverb in a spontaneous manner
- this shift occurs spontaneously
- adverb without advance preparation
ad libitum; ad lib; impromptu.
- he spoke ad lib
- adverb in a spontaneous manner
- enormously4/5
enormously
- adverb extremely
staggeringly; tremendously; hugely.
- he was enormously popular
- adverb extremely
- nervously4/5
nervously
- adverb in an anxiously nervous manner
- we watched the stock market nervously
- adverb with nervous excitement
- our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch
- adverb in an anxiously nervous manner
- variously4/5
variously
- adverb in diverse ways
diversely; multifariously.
- the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants
- the speakers treated the subject most diversely
- adverb in diverse ways
- generously4/5
generously
- adverb in a generous manner
munificently; liberally.
- he gave liberally to several charities
- adverb in a generous manner
- unanimously4/5
unanimously
- adverb of one mind; without dissent
nemine contradicente; nem con.
- the Senate unanimously approved the bill
- we voted unanimously
- adverb of one mind; without dissent
- grossly4/5
grossly
- adverb in a gross manner
- adverb in a gross manner
- tremendously4/5
tremendously
- adverb extremely
staggeringly; enormously; hugely.
- he was enormously popular
- adverb extremely
- expressly4/5
expressly
- adverb with specific intentions; for the express purpose
- she needs the money expressly for her patients
- adverb with specific intentions; for the express purpose
- notoriously4/5
notoriously
- adverb to a notorious degree
- European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets
- adverb to a notorious degree
- erroneously3/5
erroneously
- adverb in a mistaken manner
mistakenly.
- he mistakenly believed it
- adverb in a mistaken manner
- recklessly3/5
recklessly
- adverb in a reckless manner
- adverb in a reckless manner
- mercilessly3/5
mercilessly
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
pitilessly; remorselessly; unmercifully.
- he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
- ruthlessly3/5
ruthlessly
- adverb in a ruthless manner
- the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers
- adverb in a ruthless manner
- viciously3/5
viciously
- adverb in a vicious manner
savagely; brutally.
- he was viciously attacked
- adverb in a vicious manner
- shamelessly3/5
shamelessly
- adverb without shame
unashamedly; barefacedly.
- he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it
- adverb without shame
- rigorously3/5
rigorously
- adverb in a rigorous manner
strictly.
- he had been trained rigorously by the monks
- adverb in a rigorous manner
- conspicuously3/5
conspicuously
- adverb in a manner tending to attract attention
- there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place
- adverb in a prominent way
prominently.
- the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway
- adverb in a manner tending to attract attention
- mysteriously3/5
mysteriously
- adverb in a cryptic manner
enigmatically; cryptically.
- we will meet again," he said cryptically
- adverb in a cryptic manner
- helplessly3/5
helplessly
- adverb in a helpless manner
impotently; unable to help.
- the crowd watched him helplessly
- adverb in a helpless manner
- instantaneously3/5
instantaneously
- adverb without any delay
in a flash; outright; instantly.
- he was killed outright
- adverb without any delay
- effortlessly3/5
effortlessly
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- she danced gracefully and effortlessly
- swallows gliding effortlessly through the air
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- scrupulously3/5
scrupulously
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
conscientiously; religiously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
- surreptitiously3/5
surreptitiously
- adverb in a surreptitious manner
sneakily.
- he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby
- adverb in a surreptitious manner
- strenuously3/5
strenuously
- adverb in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously
- he objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking
- adverb in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously
- contemptuously3/5
contemptuously
- adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner
disdainfully; contumeliously; scornfully.
- she spoke of him contemptuously
- adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner
- conscientiously3/5
conscientiously
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
scrupulously; religiously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
- ominously3/5
ominously
- adverb in an ominous manner
- the sun darkened ominously
- adverb in an ominous manner
- ridiculously3/5
ridiculously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
preposterously; ludicrously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- tirelessly3/5
tirelessly
- adverb with indefatigable energy
inexhaustibly; indefatigably.
- she watched the show indefatigably
- adverb with indefatigable energy
- laboriously3/5
laboriously
- adverb in a laborious manner
- their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them
- adverb in a laborious manner
- incredulously3/5
incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
disbelievingly; unbelievingly.
- the woman looked up at her incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
- precariously3/5
precariously
- adverb in a precarious manner
- being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with
- adverb in a precarious manner
- courageously3/5
courageously
- adverb in a courageous manner
bravely.
- bravely he went into the burning house
- adverb in a courageous manner
- fearlessly3/5
fearlessly
- adverb without fear
dauntlessly; intrepidly.
- fearlessly, he led the troops into combat
- adverb without fear
- grievously3/5
grievously
- adverb in a grievous manner
- the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival
- adverb in a grievous manner
- studiously3/5
studiously
- adverb in a studious manner
- she examined the data studiously
- adverb in a studious manner
- outrageously3/5
outrageously
- adverb in a very offensive manner
- he behaved outrageously
- adverb to an extravagant or immoderate degree
atrociously.
- atrociously expensive
- adverb in a very offensive manner
- expeditiously3/5
expeditiously
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
efficiently.
- he functions efficiently
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
- humorously3/5
humorously
- adverb in a humorous manner
- Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral
- adverb in a humorous manner
- relentlessly3/5
relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
unrelentingly.
- he worked relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
- suspiciously3/5
suspiciously
- adverb with suspicion
- she regarded the food suspiciously
- adverb with suspicion
- meticulously3/5
meticulously
- adverb in a meticulous manner
- the set was meticulously authentic
- adverb in a meticulous manner
- unambiguously3/5
unambiguously
- adverb in an unambiguous manner
unequivocally.
- she stated her intentions unequivocally
- adverb so as to be unique
uniquely.
- he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound
- adverb in an unambiguous manner
- aimlessly3/5
aimlessly
- adverb without aim; in an aimless manner
- he wandered around aimlessly
- adverb without aim; in an aimless manner
- subconsciously3/5
subconsciously
- adverb from the subconscious mind
- the image came to him subconsciously
- adverb from the subconscious mind
- assiduously3/5
assiduously
- adverb with care and persistence
- she worked assiduously on the senior thesis
- adverb with care and persistence
- gloriously3/5
gloriously
- adverb with glory or in a glorious manner
- where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded
- adverb blessedly or wonderfully
- how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time
- adverb with glory or in a glorious manner
- jealously3/5
jealously
- adverb with jealousy
- he guarded his privacy jealously
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
enviously; covetously.
- he looked at his friend's new car jealously
- adverb with jealousy
- harmoniously3/5
harmoniously
- adverb in a harmonious manner
- the problem of absorbing immigrants harmoniously into British society is as important to the immigrants as to the British
- adverb in a harmonious manner
- grisly3/5
grisly
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
macabre; ghastly; sick; gruesome; grim.
- 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
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- ceaselessly3/5
ceaselessly
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; unceasingly; continuously; endlessly; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb with unflagging resolve
- courteously3/5
courteously
- adverb in a polite manner
politely.
- the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'
- adverb in a polite manner
- analogously3/5
analogously
- adverb in an analogous manner
- analogously, we have a variable
- adverb in an analogous manner
- maliciously3/5
maliciously
- adverb with malice; in a malicious manner
- she answered maliciously
- adverb with malice; in a malicious manner
- noiselessly3/5
noiselessly
- adverb without a sound
soundlessly.
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without a sound
- joyously3/5
joyously
- adverb in a joyous and gleeful manner
gleefully; joyfully.
- the old man had greeted her gleefully
- adverb in a joyous and gleeful manner
- unceremoniously3/5
unceremoniously
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
- he was dismissed unceremoniously
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
- deliciously3/5
deliciously
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
pleasurably.
- they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
scrumptiously; lusciously.
- I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
- tenaciously3/5
tenaciously
- adverb with obstinate determination
doggedly.
- he pursued her doggedly
- adverb with obstinate determination
- posthumously3/5
posthumously
- adverb after death
- these piano pieces were published posthumously
- he was honored posthumously
- adverb after death
- breathlessly3/5
breathlessly
- adverb in a breathless manner
- she spoke breathlessly
- adverb in a breathless manner
- needlessly3/5
needlessly
- adverb without need
- it would needlessly bring badness into the world
- adverb without need
- restlessly3/5
restlessly
- adverb in a restless manner
- he cracked his knuckles restlessly
- adverb in a restless manner
- vicariously3/5
vicariously
- adverb indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
- she enjoyed the wedding vicariously
- adverb indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
- zealously3/5
zealously
- adverb in a zealous manner
- she worked zealously to raise funds for the literacy project
- adverb in a zealous manner
- precipitously3/5
precipitously
- adverb very suddenly and to a great degree
sharply.
- conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate
- prices rose sharply
- adverb abruptly; in a precipitous manner
- the mountains rose precipitously from the shore
- adverb very suddenly and to a great degree
- anonymously3/5
anonymously
- adverb without giving a name
- she wrote these letters anonymously
- adverb without giving a name
- intravenously3/5
intravenously
- adverb in an intravenous manner
- the patient had to be fed intravenously
- adverb in an intravenous manner
- judiciously3/5
judiciously
- adverb in a judicious manner
- let's use these intelligence tests judiciously
- adverb in a judicious manner
- ingeniously3/5
ingeniously
- adverb in an ingenious manner
- a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the `white ones'
- adverb in an ingenious manner
- seamlessly3/5
seamless
- adjective not having or joined by a seam or seams
- seamless stockings
- adjective satellite smooth, especially of skin
unlined; unseamed.
- his cheeks were unlined
- his unseamed face
- adjective not having or joined by a seam or seams
- autonomously3/5
autonomous
- adjective satellite (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
self-governing; independent; sovereign.
- an autonomous judiciary
- a sovereign state
- adjective satellite existing as an independent entity
- the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies
- adjective satellite (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
- flawlessly2/5
flawlessly
- adverb in an adroit manner
cleanly.
- he bounced it cleanly off the wall
- adverb in an adroit manner
- dexterously2/5
dexterously
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
deftly; dextrously.
- dextrously he untied the knots
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
- disingenuously2/5
disingenuously
- adverb in a disingenuous manner
artfully.
- disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work
- adverb in a disingenuous manner
- fictitiously2/5
fictitiously
- adverb in a false manner intended to mislead
- adverb in a fictional manner (created by the imagination)
- adverb in a false manner intended to mislead
- heedlessly2/5
heedlessly
- adverb without care or concern
carelessly.
- carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment
- adverb without care or concern
- incautiously2/5
incautiously
- adverb without caution or prudence
carelessly.
- one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
- adverb without caution or prudence
- frivolously2/5
frivolously
- adverb in a frivolous manner
- she spends her time frivolously enjoying the easy life of a rich and spoiled girl
- adverb in a frivolous manner
- ostentatiously2/5
ostentatiously
- adverb with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
showily.
- Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly
- adverb with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner
- treacherously2/5
treacherously
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
faithlessly; false; treasonably; traitorously.
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
- ignominiously2/5
ignominiously
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
shamefully; ingloriously; disgracefully; discreditably; dishonorably; dishonourably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- remorselessly2/5
remorselessly
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
pitilessly; mercilessly; unmercifully.
- he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
- pompously2/5
pompously
- adverb in a pompous manner
- he pompously described his achievements
- adverb in a pompous manner
- audaciously2/5
audaciously
- adverb in an audacious manner
- an idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him
- adverb in an audacious manner
- pitilessly2/5
pitilessly
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
mercilessly; remorselessly; unmercifully.
- he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
- spuriously2/5
spuriously
- adverb in a false and spurious manner
- the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary
- adverb in a false and spurious manner
- precociously2/5
precociously
- adverb in a precocious manner
- her child behaves precociously
- adverb in a precocious manner
- ambiguously2/5
ambiguously
- adverb in an ambiguous manner
equivocally.
- this letter is worded ambiguously
- adverb in an ambiguous manner
- mindlessly2/5
mindlessly
- adverb without intellectual involvement
- all day long, he mindlessly filled out forms
- adverb in an unreasonably senseless manner
senselessly.
- these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards
- adverb without intellectual involvement
- impetuously2/5
impetuously
- adverb in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions
impulsively.
- he often acts impulsively and later regrets it
- adverb in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions
- promiscuously2/5
promiscuously
- adverb in an indiscriminate manner
indiscriminately.
- she reads promiscuously
- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
wantonly; licentiously.
- this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously
- adverb in an indiscriminate manner
- victoriously2/5
victoriously
- adverb in a victorious manner
- Virginia had defended her land victoriously
- adverb in a victorious manner
- monstrously2/5
monstrously
- adverb in a hideous manner
horridly; hideously.
- her face was hideously disfigured after the accident
- adverb in a terribly evil manner
heinously.
- the child was heinously murdered
- adverb in a hideous manner
- callously2/5
callously
- adverb in a callous way
unfeelingly.
- he callously exploited their feelings
- adverb in a callous way
- scandalously2/5
scandalously
- adverb in a scandalous manner
- you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting!
- adverb in a scandalous manner
- barbarously2/5
barbarously
- adverb in a barbarous manner
- they were barbarously murdered
- adverb in a barbarous manner
- unselfconsciously2/5
unselfconsciously
- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
- they were naked, unshy, and unselfconsciously beautiful
- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
- auspiciously2/5
auspiciously
- adverb in an auspicious manner
propitiously.
- he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday
- adverb in an auspicious manner
- perilously2/5
perilously
- adverb in a dangerous manner
hazardously; dangerously.
- he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge
- adverb in a dangerous manner
- ferociously2/5
ferociously
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
fiercely.
- silence broken by dogs barking ferociously
- they fought fiercely
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
- marvelously2/5
marvelously
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
wondrously; marvellously; terrifically; superbly; wondrous; toppingly; wonderfully.
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
- advantageously2/5
advantageously
- adverb in a manner affording benefit or advantage
well.
- she married well
- The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
- adverb in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- marvellously2/5
marvellously
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
wondrously; terrifically; superbly; wondrous; toppingly; wonderfully; marvelously.
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
- mischievously2/5
mischievously
- adverb in a disobedient or naughty way
naughtily; badly.
- he behaved badly in school
- he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister
- behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room
- adverb in a disobedient or naughty way
- disastrously2/5
disastrously
- adverb in a disastrous manner
- the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began
- adverb in a disastrous manner
- uselessly2/5
uselessly
- adverb in a useless manner
- the furniture was sitting around uselessly
- adverb in a useless manner
- hideously2/5
hideously
- adverb in a hideous manner
monstrously; horridly.
- her face was hideously disfigured after the accident
- adverb in a hideous manner
- righteously2/5
righteously
- adverb in a righteous manner
- righteously indignant
- adverb in a righteous manner
- piously2/5
piously
- adverb in a devout and pious manner
devoutly.
- she was devoutly Catholic
- adverb in a devout and pious manner
- piteously2/5
piteously
- adverb in a piteous manner
- adverb in a piteous manner
- insidiously2/5
insidiously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
perniciously.
- these drugs act insidiously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
- ceremoniously2/5
ceremoniously
- adverb in a ceremonious manner
ceremonially.
- my mother advised her children ceremoniously
- adverb in a ceremonious manner
- thoughtlessly2/5
thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
unthinkingly; unthinking.
- he stared thoughtlessly at the picture
- adverb showing thoughtlessness
- he treated his parents thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
- ludicrously2/5
ludicrously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
ridiculously; preposterously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- gorgeously2/5
gorgeously
- adverb in an impressively beautiful manner
splendidly; resplendently; magnificently.
- the Princess was gorgeously dressed
- adverb in an impressively beautiful manner
- measly2/5
measly
- adjective satellite contemptibly small in amount
miserable; paltry.
- a measly tip
- the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
- a paltry wage
- almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans
- adjective satellite contemptibly small in amount
- facetiously2/5
facetiously
- adverb not seriously
jokingly; tongue-in-cheek.
- I meant it facetiously
- adverb not seriously
- wondrously2/5
wondrously
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
marvellously; terrifically; superbly; wondrous; toppingly; wonderfully; marvelously.
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
- capriciously2/5
capriciously
- adverb unpredictably
freakishly.
- the weather has been freakishly variable
- adverb in a capricious manner
- there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea
- adverb unpredictably
- fruitlessly2/5
fruitlessly
- adverb in an unproductive manner
unproductively; unprofitably.
- adverb in an unproductive manner
- ambitiously2/5
ambitiously
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
determinedly.
- she pursued her goals ambitiously
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
- sensuously2/5
sensuously
- adverb with aesthetic gratification or delight
- sensuously delighting in the wine and food
- adverb with aesthetic gratification or delight
- anomalously2/5
anomalously
- adverb in an anomalous manner
- this man behaves anomalously
- adverb in an anomalous manner
- fastidiously2/5
fastidiously
- adverb in a fastidious and painstaking manner
painstakingly.
- it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling
- adverb in a fastidious manner
- he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative
- adverb in a fastidious and painstaking manner
- ingenuously2/5
ingenuously
- adverb in an ingenuous manner
artlessly.
- she answered the judge's questions artlessly
- adverb in an ingenuous manner
- preposterously2/5
preposterously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
ridiculously; ludicrously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- pointlessly2/5
pointlessly
- adverb in a pointless manner
- he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery
- adverb in a pointless manner
- senselessly2/5
senselessly
- adverb in a meaningless and purposeless manner
- these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed
- adverb in an unreasonably senseless manner
mindlessly.
- these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards
- adverb in a meaningless and purposeless manner
- tumultuously2/5
tumultuously
- adverb in a tumultuous and riotous manner
riotously.
- the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously
- adverb in a tumultuous and riotous manner
- murderously2/5
murderously
- adverb as if bent on murder
- the huge dog bore down on them with bared fangs and barking murderously
- adverb in a murderous frenzy
amok; amuck.
- rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones
- adverb as if bent on murder
- faultlessly2/5
faultlessly
- adverb without a fault; in a faultless manner
- he solved all the problems faultlessly
- adverb without a fault; in a faultless manner
- ungraciously2/5
ungraciously
- adverb without grace; rigidly
woodenly; ungracefully; gracelessly.
- they moved woodenly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
- obsequiously2/5
obsequiously
- adverb in an obsequious manner
servilely; subserviently.
- she acts obsequiously toward her boss
- adverb in an obsequious manner
- wordlessly2/5
wordlessly
- adverb without speaking
mutely; taciturnly; silently.
- he sat mutely next to her
- adverb without speaking
- copiously2/5
copiously
- adverb in an abundant manner
abundantly; profusely; extravagantly.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
- contemporaneously2/5
contemporaneously
- adverb during the same period of time
- contemporaneously, or possibly a little later, there developed a great Sumerian civilisation
- adverb during the same period of time
- dubiously2/5
dubiously
- adverb in a questionable and dubious manner
questionably.
- these were estates his father questionably acquired
- adverb in a doubtful manner
doubtfully.
- Gerald shook his head doubtfully
- adverb in a questionable and dubious manner
- luxuriously2/5
luxuriously
- adverb in an indulgently luxurious manner
- she sprawled out luxuriously on the sofa
- adverb in a rich manner
high; richly.
- he lives high
- adverb in an indulgently luxurious manner
- synchronously2/5
synchronously
- adverb in synchrony; in a synchronous manner
- in four-chambered hearts, the two auricles move synchronously
- adverb in synchrony; in a synchronous manner
- vociferously2/5
vociferously
- adverb in a vociferous manner
- he complained vociferously
- adverb in a vociferous manner
- industriously2/5
industriously
- adverb in an industrious manner
- they hoed up weeds industriously all morning
- adverb in an industrious manner
- homogeneously2/5
homogeneously
- adverb all similarly
- the students at this college are homogeneously middle-class
- adverb all similarly
- fortuitously2/5
fortuitously
- adverb by good fortune
fortunately; as luck would have it; luckily.
- fortunately the weather was good
- adverb by good fortune
- crossly2/5
crossly
- adverb in an ill-natured manner
grumpily; grouchily.
- she looked at her husband crossly
- adverb in an ill-natured manner
- imperiously2/5
imperiously
- adverb in an imperious manner
- imperiously he cut her short
- adverb in an imperious manner
- prodigiously2/5
prodigiously
- adverb to a prodigious degree
- the prices of farms rose prodigiously
- adverb to a prodigious degree
- soundlessly2/5
soundlessly
- adverb without a sound
noiselessly.
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without a sound
- sumptuously2/5
sumptuously
- adverb in a sumptuous and opulent manner
opulently.
- this government building is sumptuously appointed
- adverb in a sumptuous and opulent manner
- selflessly2/5
selflessly
- adverb in an altruistic manner
altruistically.
- he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress
- adverb in an altruistic manner
- deliriously2/5
deliriously
- adverb as if in a delirium
- he was talking deliriously
- adverb in a delirious manner
- her answer made him deliriously happy
- adverb as if in a delirium
- virtuously2/5
virtuously
- adverb in a moral manner
morally.
- he acted morally under the circumstances
- adverb in a chaste and virtuous manner
chastely.
- she lived chastely
- adverb in a moral manner
- sedulously2/5
sedulously
- adverb in a sedulous manner
- this illusion has been sedulously fostered
- adverb in a sedulous manner
- enviously2/5
enviously
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
jealously; covetously.
- he looked at his friend's new car jealously
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
- uproariously2/5
uproariously
- adverb in a hilarious manner
hilariously.
- hilariously funny
- adverb in a hilarious manner
- tremulously2/5
tremulously
- adverb in a tremulous manner
- the leaves rustled tremulously in the wind
- adverb in a tremulous manner
- inconspicuously2/5
inconspicuously
- adverb in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
- he had entered the room inconspicuously
- adverb in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
- magnanimously2/5
magnanimously
- adverb in a magnanimous manner
- magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him
- adverb in a magnanimous manner
- tenuously2/5
tenuously
- adverb in a tenuous manner
- his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars
- adverb in a tenuous manner
- hilariously2/5
hilariously
- adverb in a hilarious manner
uproariously.
- hilariously funny
- adverb in a hilarious manner
- ponderously2/5
ponderously
- adverb in an uninterestingly ponderous manner
- the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets
- adverb in a heavy ponderous manner
- he moves ponderously
- adverb in an uninterestingly ponderous manner
- tediously2/5
tediously
- adverb in a tedious manner
boringly; tiresomely.
- boringly slow work
- he plodded tediously forward
- adverb in a tedious manner
- boisterously2/5
boisterously
- adverb in a carefree manner
rollickingly.
- she was rollickingly happy
- adverb in a carefree manner
- injuriously2/5
injuriously
- adverb in an injurious manner
- adverb in an injurious manner
- indigenously2/5
indigenously
- adverb in an indigenous manner
- adverb in an indigenous manner
- presumptuously2/5
presumptuously
- adverb in a presumptuous manner
- he presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders
- adverb in a presumptuous manner
- sententiously2/5
sententiously
- adverb in a pithy sententious manner
pithily.
- she expressed herself pithily
- adverb in a pithy sententious manner
- subcutaneously2/5
subcutaneously
- adverb below the skin
- inject subcutaneously
- adverb below the skin
- harmlessly2/5
harmlessly
- adverb in a harmless manner
- this is a harmlessly childish game
- adverb in a harmless manner
- listlessly2/5
listlessly
- adverb in a listless manner
- they shook hands rather listlessly
- adverb in a listless manner
- endogenously2/5
endogenously
- adverb in an endogenous manner
- adverb in an endogenous manner
- synonymously2/5
synonymously
- adverb in a synonymous manner
- the two terms are used synonymously
- adverb in a synonymous manner
- incongruously2/5
incongruously
- adverb in an incongruous manner
- his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously
- adverb in an incongruous manner
- voraciously2/5
voraciously
- adverb in an eagerly voracious manner
- she reads voraciously
- adverb in an eagerly voracious manner
- rapturously2/5
rapturously
- adverb in an ecstatic manner
ecstatically; rhapsodically.
- he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa
- adverb in an ecstatic manner
- ravenously2/5
ravenously
- adverb in the manner of someone who is very hungry
hungrily.
- he pounced on the food hungrily
- adverb in the manner of someone who is very hungry
- solicitously2/5
solicitously
- adverb in a concerned and solicitous manner
- `Don't you feel well?' his mother asked solicitously
- adverb in a concerned and solicitous manner
- decorously2/5
decorously
- adverb in a proper and decorous manner
- he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously
- adverb in a proper and decorous manner
- spotlessly2/5
spotlessly
- adverb in a spotless manner
- spotlessly clean
- adverb in a spotless manner
- prosperously2/5
prosperously
- adverb in the manner of prosperous people
- adverb in the manner of prosperous people
- felicitously2/5
felicitously
- adverb in a felicitous manner
- a not felicitously chosen word
- adverb in a felicitous manner
- extemporaneously2/5
extemporaneously
- adverb without prior preparation
extemporarily; extempore.
- he spoke extemporaneously
- adverb without prior preparation
- painlessly2/5
painlessly
- adverb without pain
- after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly
- adverb without pain
- monotonously2/5
monotonously
- adverb in a monotonous manner
- the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful
- adverb in a monotonous manner
- gratuitously2/5
gratuitously
- adverb in an uncalled-for manner
- he insulted us gratuitously
- adverb in an uncalled-for manner
- fabulously2/5
fabulously
- adverb exceedingly; extremely
fantastically; incredibly.
- she plays fabulously well
- adverb exceedingly; extremely
- doubtlessly2/5
doubtlessly
- adverb without doubt; certainly
doubtless; undoubtedly.
- it's undoubtedly very beautiful
- adverb without doubt; certainly
- thusly2/5
thusly
- adverb in the way indicated; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
so; thus.
- hold the brush so
- set up the pieces thus
- adverb in the way indicated; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)
- exogenously2/5
exogenous
- adjective derived or originating externally
exogenic.
- adjective derived or originating externally
- asynchronously2/5
asynchronous
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- adjective not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- ubiquitously2/5
ubiquitous
- adjective satellite being present everywhere at once
omnipresent.
- adjective satellite being present everywhere at once
- egregiously2/5
egregious
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
gross; flagrant; rank; crying; glaring.
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- wirelessly2/5
wireless
- noun medium for communication
radio; radiocommunication.
- noun transmission by radio waves
- noun medium for communication
- infamously2/5
infamous
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
notorious; ill-famed.
- a notorious gangster
- the tenderloin district was notorious for vice
- the infamous Benedict Arnold
- adjective satellite known widely and usually unfavorably;
- percutaneously2/5
percutaneous
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
transdermic; transdermal; transcutaneous.
- transdermal estrogen
- percutaneous absorption
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
- serendipitously2/5
serendipitous
- adjective satellite lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
- adjective satellite lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
- heterogeneously2/5
heterogeneous
- adjective consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
heterogenous.
- the population of the United States is vast and heterogeneous
- adjective originating outside the body
heterogenous.
- adjective consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
- discontinuously2/5
discontinuous
- adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
noncontinuous.
- discontinuous applause
- the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
- he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling
- adjective of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- sagaciously1/5
sagaciously
- adverb in a shrewd manner
sapiently; astutely; shrewdly; acutely.
- he invested his fortune astutely
- he was acutely insightful
- adverb in a shrewd manner
- dextrously1/5
dextrously
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
deftly; dexterously.
- dextrously he untied the knots
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
- unscrupulously1/5
unscrupulously
- adverb without scruples
- she unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants
- adverb without scruples
- deviously1/5
deviously
- adverb in a devious manner
- he got the promotion by behaving deviously
- adverb in a devious manner
- pretentiously1/5
pretentiously
- adverb in a pretentious manner
- this author writes pretentiously
- adverb in a pretentious manner
- unrighteously1/5
unrighteously
- adverb in an unrighteous manner
- he acted unrighteously
- adverb in an unrighteous manner
- mendaciously1/5
mendaciously
- adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner
untruthfully.
- I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave
- adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner
- portentously1/5
portentously
- adverb in a portentous manner
- portentously, the engines began to roll
- adverb in a portentous manner
- ingloriously1/5
ingloriously
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
shamefully; ignominiously; disgracefully; discreditably; dishonorably; dishonourably.
- his grades were disgracefully low
- adverb in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree
- impiously1/5
impiously
- adverb in an impious manner
- the young members challenged their leader impiously
- adverb in an impious manner
- vacuously1/5
vacuously
- adverb in a vacuous manner
- adverb in a vacuous manner
- unctuously1/5
unctuously
- adverb in an unctuous manner
fulsomely; smarmily.
- adverb in an unctuous manner
- traitorously1/5
traitorously
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
faithlessly; false; treacherously; treasonably.
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
- speciously1/5
speciously
- adverb in a specious manner
- adverb in a specious manner
- perfidiously1/5
perfidiously
- adverb in a perfidious manner
- he was playing perfidiously one side against the other
- adverb in a perfidious manner
- tastelessly1/5
tastelessly
- adverb without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner
- the house was tastelessly decorated
- adverb without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner
- faithlessly1/5
faithlessly
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
false; treacherously; treasonably; traitorously.
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
- iniquitously1/5
iniquitously
- adverb in an iniquitous manner
- they really believed that the treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust
- adverb in an iniquitous manner
- atrociously1/5
atrociously
- adverb in a terrible manner
rottenly; abominably; awfully; terribly; abysmally.
- she sings terribly
- adverb to an extravagant or immoderate degree
outrageously.
- atrociously expensive
- adverb in a terrible manner
- flirtatiously1/5
flirtatiously
- adverb in a flirtatious manner
coquettishly.
- she smiled coquettishly
- adverb in a flirtatious manner
- lifelessly1/5
lifelessly
- adverb without animation or vitality
- lifelessly he performed the song
- adverb in a lifeless manner
- the girl lay in her arms lifelessly
- adverb without animation or vitality
- injudiciously1/5
injudiciously
- adverb in an injudicious manner
- these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years
- adverb in an injudicious manner
- motionlessly1/5
motionlessly
- adverb without moving; in a motionless manner
- he saw the black-haired man waiting motionlessly behind the opposite side of the platform
- adverb without moving; in a motionless manner
- perspicuously1/5
perspicuously
- adverb in a clear and lucid manner
limpidly; pellucidly; lucidly.
- this is a lucidly written book
- adverb in a clear and lucid manner
- covetously1/5
covetously
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
enviously; jealously.
- he looked at his friend's new car jealously
- adverb in a greedy manner
avariciously; greedily.
- adverb with jealousy; in an envious manner
- pugnaciously1/5
pugnaciously
- adverb in a pugnacious manner
- adverb in a pugnacious manner
- propitiously1/5
propitiously
- adverb in an auspicious manner
auspiciously.
- he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday
- adverb in an auspicious manner
- lawlessly1/5
lawlessly
- adverb in an illegal manner
illegally; illicitly.
- they dumped the waste illegally
- adverb in an illegal manner
- heinously1/5
heinously
- adverb in a terribly evil manner
monstrously.
- the child was heinously murdered
- adverb in a terribly evil manner
- powerlessly1/5
powerlessly
- adverb in a powerless manner
- adverb in a powerless manner
- licentiously1/5
licentiously
- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
wantonly; promiscuously.
- this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously
- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
- avariciously1/5
avariciously
- adverb in a greedy manner
covetously; greedily.
- adverb in a greedy manner
- nefariously1/5
nefariously
- adverb in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree
- nefariously involved in a conspiracy
- adverb in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree
- scurrilously1/5
scurrilously
- adverb in a scurrilously manner
- one paper scurrilously described how Edward was neglecting a bereaved mother to dance attendance on Wally
- adverb in a scurrilously manner
- efficaciously1/5
efficaciously
- adverb in an effective manner
effectively.
- these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion
- adverb in an effective manner
- arduously1/5
arduously
- adverb in an arduous manner
- they worked arduously
- adverb in an arduous manner
- riotously1/5
riotously
- adverb in a tumultuous and riotous manner
tumultuously.
- the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously
- adverb in an exuberant manner
exuberantly.
- the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church
- adverb in a tumultuous and riotous manner
- artlessly1/5
artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
inexpertly; crudely.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in an ingenuous manner
ingenuously.
- she answered the judge's questions artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
- querulously1/5
querulously
- adverb in a peevish manner
fractiously; peevishly.
- adverb in a peevish manner
- obnoxiously1/5
obnoxiously
- adverb in an obnoxious manner
offensively; objectionably.
- he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences
- adverb in an obnoxious manner
- boundlessly1/5
boundlessly
- adverb without bounds
immeasurably; infinitely.
- he is infinitely wealthy
- adverb without bounds
- fatuously1/5
fatuously
- adverb vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
inanely.
- adverb vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
- perniciously1/5
perniciously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
insidiously.
- these drugs act insidiously
- adverb in a noxiously baneful way
banefully.
- this banefully poisoned climate
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
- tactlessly1/5
tactlessly
- adverb without tact; in a tactless manner
- at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly
- adverb without tact; in a tactless manner
- superfluously1/5
superfluously
- adverb in a superfluous manner
- superfluously, he added his silly comments to the discussion
- adverb in a superfluous manner
- gracelessly1/5
gracelessly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
woodenly; ungraciously; ungracefully.
- they moved woodenly
- adverb in a graceless manner
- she moves rather gracelessly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
- sanctimoniously1/5
sanctimoniously
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
self-righteously.
- she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
- odiously1/5
odiously
- adverb in an offensive and hateful manner
repulsively; abominably; detestably.
- I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably
- adverb in an offensive and hateful manner
- discourteously1/5
discourteously
- adverb in an impolite manner
rudely; impolitely.
- he treated her impolitely
- adverb in an impolite manner
- credulously1/5
credulously
- adverb in a credulous manner
believingly.
- the children followed the teacher credulously
- adverb in a credulous manner
- gregariously1/5
gregariously
- adverb in a gregarious manner
sociably.
- adverb in a gregarious manner
- nebulously1/5
nebulously
- adverb in a nebulous and indefinite manner
- adverb in a nebulous and indefinite manner
- dauntlessly1/5
dauntlessly
- adverb without fear
intrepidly; fearlessly.
- fearlessly, he led the troops into combat
- adverb without fear
- indecorously1/5
indecorously
- adverb without decorousness
unbecomingly.
- adverb without decorousness
- slanderously1/5
slanderously
- adverb in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny
calumniously.
- adverb in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny
- purposelessly1/5
purposelessly
- adverb without a clear purpose
- let's not purposelessly dispense the aid
- adverb without a clear purpose
- hazardously1/5
hazardously
- adverb in a dangerous manner
perilously; dangerously.
- he came dangerously close to falling off the ledge
- adverb in a dangerous manner
- raucously1/5
raucously
- adverb with a raucous sound
- his voice rang raucously
- adverb in a rowdy manner
rowdily.
- the crowd got drunk and started to behave rowdily
- adverb with a raucous sound
- officiously1/5
officiously
- adverb in an officious manner
- nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty
- adverb in an officious manner
- superstitiously1/5
superstitiously
- adverb in a superstitious manner
- superstitiously he refused to travel on Friday the 13th
- adverb in a superstitious manner
- punctiliously1/5
punctiliously
- adverb in a punctilious manner
- he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels
- adverb in a punctilious manner
- venomously1/5
venomously
- adverb in a very malevolent manner
poisonously.
- adverb in a very malevolent manner
- heartlessly1/5
heartlessly
- adverb in a heartless manner
- she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers
- adverb in a heartless manner
- pertinaciously1/5
pertinaciously
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- he struggled pertinaciously for the new resolution
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- voluptuously1/5
voluptuously
- adverb in a shapely and voluptuous manner
- a voluptuously curved woman
- adverb in an indulgently voluptuous manner
- he sniffed the perfume voluptuously
- adverb in a shapely and voluptuous manner
- melodiously1/5
melodiously
- adverb in a melodious manner
tunefully.
- she sang melodiously
- adverb in a melodious manner
- rebelliously1/5
rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
defiantly; contumaciously.
- he rejected her words rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
- invidiously1/5
invidiously
- adverb in a manner arousing resentment
- adverb in a manner arousing resentment
- languorously1/5
languorously
- adverb in a languorous manner
- he was sprawling languorously on the sofa
- adverb in a languorous manner
- ruinously1/5
ruinously
- adverb in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree
- ruinously high wages
- adverb in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree
- lasciviously1/5
lasciviously
- adverb in a lascivious manner
salaciously.
- adverb in a lascivious manner
- timorously1/5
timorously
- adverb in a timorous and trepid manner
trepidly.
- adverb in a timorous and trepid manner
- stupendously1/5
stupendously
- adverb to a stupendous degree
- stupendously ignorant people
- adverb to a stupendous degree
- blasphemously1/5
blasphemously
- adverb in a blasphemous manner
- the sailors were cursing blasphemously
- adverb in a blasphemous manner
- sonorously1/5
sonorously
- adverb in a sonorous manner
rotundly.
- the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously
- adverb in a sonorous manner
- chivalrously1/5
chivalrously
- adverb in a gallant manner
gallantly.
- he gallantly offered to take her home
- adverb in a gallant manner
- clamorously1/5
clamorously
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
obstreperously; loudly.
- obstreperously, he demanded to get service
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
- tendentiously1/5
tendentiously
- adverb in a tendentious manner
- the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities
- adverb in a tendentious manner
- vivaciously1/5
vivaciously
- adverb with vivacity
- he describes his adventures vivaciously
- adverb with vivacity
- inauspiciously1/5
inauspiciously
- adverb in an inauspicious manner
unpropitiously.
- he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th
- adverb in an inauspicious manner
- vexatiously1/5
vexatiously
- adverb in a vexatious manner
- adverb in a vexatious manner
- lusciously1/5
lusciously
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
deliciously; scrumptiously.
- I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
- torturously1/5
torturously
- adverb in a very painful manner
excruciatingly; agonizingly.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- infectiously1/5
infectiously
- adverb in a contagious manner
contagiously.
- she was contagiously bubbly
- adverb in a contagious manner
- sacrilegiously1/5
sacrilegiously
- adverb in a sacrilegious manner
- adverb in a sacrilegious manner
- meritoriously1/5
meritoriously
- adverb in a meritorious manner
- he served his country meritoriously
- adverb in a meritorious manner
- plenteously1/5
plenteously
- adverb in a bountiful manner
bounteously; bountifully; plentifully.
- adverb in a bountiful manner
- unpretentiously1/5
unpretentiously
- adverb in an unpretentious manner
- she was unpretentiously dressed even though she was the guest of honor
- adverb in an unpretentious manner
- contagiously1/5
contagiously
- adverb in a contagious manner
infectiously.
- she was contagiously bubbly
- adverb in a contagious manner
- momentously1/5
momentously
- adverb in a momentous way
- adverb in a momentous way
- spaciously1/5
spaciously
- adverb with ample room
roomily.
- the furniture was spaciously spread out
- adverb with ample room
- disadvantageously1/5
disadvantageously
- adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
badly.
- the venture turned out badly for the investors
- angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them
- adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- sleeplessly1/5
sleeplessly
- adverb without sleep; in a sleepless manner
- he was lying in bed sleeplessly
- adverb without sleep; in a sleepless manner
- poisonously1/5
poisonously
- adverb in a very malevolent manner
venomously.
- adverb in a very malevolent manner
- salaciously1/5
salaciously
- adverb in a lascivious manner
lasciviously.
- adverb in a lascivious manner
- bounteously1/5
bounteously
- adverb in a bountiful manner
plenteously; bountifully; plentifully.
- adverb in a bountiful manner
- valorously1/5
valorously
- adverb with valor; in a valiant manner
valiantly.
- he fought valiantly until the end
- adverb with valor; in a valiant manner
- gluttonously1/5
gluttonously
- adverb in a gluttonous manner
- this man eats gluttonously!
- adverb in a gluttonous manner
- garrulously1/5
garrulously
- adverb in a chatty loquacious manner
loquaciously; talkatively; talkily.
- `When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'
- adverb in a chatty loquacious manner
- multifariously1/5
multifariously
- adverb in diverse ways
diversely; variously.
- the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants
- the speakers treated the subject most diversely
- adverb in diverse ways
- idolatrously1/5
idolatrously
- adverb in an idolatrous manner
- the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf
- adverb in an idolatrous manner
- contumaciously1/5
contumaciously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
defiantly; rebelliously.
- he rejected her words rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
- illustriously1/5
illustriously
- adverb in an illustrious manner
- Einstein, the illustriously famous physicist of the 20th century
- adverb in an illustrious manner
- obstreperously1/5
obstreperously
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
clamorously; loudly.
- obstreperously, he demanded to get service
- adverb in manner that attracts attention
- dichotomously1/5
dichotomously
- adverb in a dichotomous manner
- adverb in a dichotomous manner
- sinuously1/5
sinuously
- adverb in a sinuous manner
- adverb in a sinuous manner
- superciliously1/5
superciliously
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
sneeringly; snidely.
- `I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
- amorously1/5
amorously
- adverb in an amorous manner
- he looked at her amorously
- adverb in an amorous manner
- lugubriously1/5
lugubriously
- adverb in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
- his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion
- adverb in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
- speechlessly1/5
speechlessly
- adverb without speaking
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without speaking
- blamelessly1/5
blamelessly
- adverb in an irreproachable and blameless manner
irreproachably.
- she had lived blamelessly until she met this man
- adverb in an irreproachable and blameless manner
- rapaciously1/5
rapaciously
- adverb in a rapacious manner
- adverb in a rapacious manner
- joylessly1/5
joylessly
- adverb in a joyless manner; without joy
- she greeted her guests joylessly
- adverb in a joyless manner; without joy
- stertorously1/5
stertorously
- adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner
- he was breathing stertorously
- adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner
- infelicitously1/5
infelicitously
- adverb in an infelicitous manner
- he chose his words rather infelicitously
- adverb in an infelicitous manner
- shapelessly1/5
shapelessly
- adverb in a shapeless manner
- the dress hung shapelessly on her thin body
- adverb in a shapeless manner
- incestuously1/5
incestuously
- adverb by incest
- incestuously conceived
- adverb by incest
- bloodlessly1/5
bloodlessly
- adverb without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood
- the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly
- adverb without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood
- tonelessly1/5
tonelessly
- adverb in a monotone
- `Come in,' she said tonelessly
- adverb in a monotone
- preciously1/5
preciously
- adverb extremely
precious.
- there is precious little time left
- adverb extremely
- tortuously1/5
tortuously
- adverb with twists and turns
- adverb in a tortuous manner
- tortuously haggling over the price
- adverb with twists and turns
- tunelessly1/5
tunelessly
- adverb in a tuneless fashion
- he whistled tunelessly
- adverb in a tuneless fashion
- humorlessly1/5
humorlessly
- adverb in a humorless manner
humourlessly.
- he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors
- adverb in a humorless manner
- cheerlessly1/5
cheerlessly
- adverb in an unhappy manner
- he cheerlessly set out to do the task
- adverb in an unhappy manner
- horrendously1/5
horrendous
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
- timelessly1/5
timeless
- adjective satellite unaffected by time
dateless.
- few characters are so dateless as Hamlet
- Helen's timeless beauty
- adjective satellite unaffected by time
- luminously1/5
luminous
- adjective satellite softly bright or radiant
lucent; lambent; aglow.
- a house aglow with lights
- glowing embers
- lambent tongues of flame
- the lucent moon
- a sky luminous with stars
- adjective satellite softly bright or radiant
- numerously1/5
numerous
- adjective satellite amounting to a large indefinite number
legion.
- numerous times
- the family was numerous
- Palomar's fans are legion
- adjective satellite amounting to a large indefinite number
- feloniously1/5
felonious
- adjective satellite involving or being or having the nature of a crime
criminal.
- a criminal offense
- criminal abuse
- felonious intent
- adjective satellite involving or being or having the nature of a crime
- crassly1/5
crass
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- contiguously1/5
contiguous
- adjective satellite very close or connected in space or time
immediate.
- contiguous events
- immediate contact
- the immediate vicinity
- the immediate past
- adjective satellite connecting without a break; within a common boundary
conterminous.
- the 48 conterminous states
- the contiguous 48 states
- adjective satellite very close or connected in space or time
- innocuously1/5
innocuous
- adjective not injurious to physical or mental health
- adjective satellite not causing disapproval
unobjectionable.
- it was an innocuous remark
- confined himself to innocuous generalities
- unobjectionable behavior
- adjective not injurious to physical or mental health
- voluminously1/5
voluminous
- adjective satellite large in volume or bulk
- a voluminous skirt
- adjective satellite marked by repeated turns and bends
twisty; tortuous; twisting; winding.
- a tortuous road up the mountain
- winding roads are full of surprises
- had to steer the car down a twisty track
- adjective satellite large in volume or bulk
- thunderously1/5
thunderous
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
earsplitting; thundery; deafening.
- adjective satellite extremely ominous
- world events of thunderous import
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
- circuitously1/5
circuitous
- adjective satellite marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
roundabout.
- the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
- a roundabout paragraph
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
- adjective satellite deviating from a straight course
devious; roundabout.
- a scenic but devious route
- a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
- adjective satellite marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- parsimoniously1/5
parsimonious
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
penurious.
- parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
- lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
- adjective satellite excessively unwilling to spend
- contentiously1/5
contentious
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
disputatious; combative; litigious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective satellite involving or likely to cause controversy
- a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- costlessly1/5
costless
- adjective satellite costing nothing
complimentary; gratis; free; gratuitous.
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
- adjective satellite costing nothing
- unostentatiously1/5
unostentatious
- adjective not ostentatious
unpretentious; unpretending.
- his unostentatious office
- unostentatious elegance
- adjective satellite exhibiting restrained good taste
unpretentious; understated.
- the room is pleasant and understated
- adjective not ostentatious
- sightlessly1/5
sightless
- adjective satellite lacking sight
unseeing; eyeless.
- blind as an eyeless beggar
- adjective satellite lacking sight
- meaninglessly1/5
meaningless
- adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose
nonmeaningful.
- a meaningless endeavor
- a meaningless life
- a verbose but meaningless explanation
- adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose
- obliviously1/5
oblivious
- adjective satellite (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
unmindful.
- oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform
- oblivious to the risks she ran
- not unmindful of the heavy responsibility
- adjective satellite failing to keep in mind
forgetful.
- forgetful of her responsibilities
- oblivious old age
- adjective satellite (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
- mirthlessly1/5
mirthless
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- inhomogeneously1/5
inhomogeneous
- adjective satellite not homogeneous
nonuniform.
- adjective satellite not homogeneous
- pseudonymously1/5
pseudonymous
- adjective satellite bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
- the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous
- adjective satellite bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
- adventurously1/5
adventurous
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventuresome.
- adventurous pioneers
- the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy
- adjective willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
- pressly1/5
press
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
pressure; insistency; imperativeness; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
public press.
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
- expressionlessly1/5
expressionless
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
deadpan; unexpressive; impassive; poker-faced.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- limitlessly1/5
limitless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
measureless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective having no limits in range or scope
unlimited.
- to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv
- the limitless reaches of outer space
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- acrimoniously1/5
acrimonious
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
bitter.
- an acrimonious dispute
- bitter about the divorce
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- guilelessly1/5
guileless
- adjective satellite free of deceit
transparent.
- adjective satellite free of deceit
- fallaciously1/5
fallacious
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
unsound.
- fallacious reasoning
- an unsound argument
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fraudulent; deceitful.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
- haplessly1/5
hapless
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; miserable; pitiful.
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
- ungenerously1/5
ungenerous
- adjective lacking in magnanimity
meanspirited.
- it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.
- a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive
- adjective unwilling to spend
stingy.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective lacking in magnanimity
- commodiously1/5
commodious
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
convenient.
- a commodious harbor
- a commodious building suitable for conventions
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
- glamorously1/5
glamorous
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
glamourous.
- glamorous movie stars
- adjective satellite having an air of allure, romance and excitement
- weightlessly1/5
weightless
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- floating freely in a weightless condition
- a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth
- jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- adventitiously1/5
adventitious
- adjective satellite associated by chance and not an integral part
- poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson
- they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
- adjective satellite associated by chance and not an integral part
- mutinously1/5
mutinous
- adjective satellite disposed to or in a state of mutiny
- the men became mutinous and insubordinate
- adjective satellite consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny
- mutinous acts
- mutinous thoughts
- a mutinous speech
- adjective satellite disposed to or in a state of mutiny
- deleteriously1/5
deleterious
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
hurtful; injurious.
- deleterious chemical additives
- adjective satellite harmful to living things
- tortiously1/5
tortious
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- tortious acts
- adjective of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
- villainously1/5
villainous
- adjective satellite extremely wicked
nefarious.
- nefarious schemes
- a villainous plot
- a villainous band of thieves
- adjective satellite extremely wicked
- repetitiously1/5
repetitious
- adjective characterized by repetition
repetitive.
- repetitive movement
- adjective characterized by repetition
- tempestuously1/5
tempestuous
- adjective satellite characterized by violent emotions or behavior
stormy.
- a stormy argument
- a stormy marriage
- adjective satellite (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
furious; raging; angry; wild.
- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
- adjective satellite characterized by violent emotions or behavior
- vertiginously1/5
vertiginous
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; dizzy; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- polymorphously1/5
polymorphous
- adjective relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
polymorphic.
- polymorphous crystallization
- adjective relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
polymorphic.
- a polymorphic species
- adjective relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
- dreamlessly1/5
dreamless
- adjective satellite untroubled by dreams
- a sound and dreamless sleep
- adjective satellite untroubled by dreams
- compendiously1/5
compendious
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
compact; summary; succinct.
- a short and compendious book
- a compact style is brief and pithy
- succinct comparisons
- a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
- causelessly1/5
causeless
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
reasonless.
- a senseless, causeless murder
- a causeless war that never had an aim
- an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
fortuitous; uncaused.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
- timeously1/5
timeous
Timely; seasonable. R. or Scot. --Time"ous*ly , adv. R. or Scot.
- nutritiously1/5
nutritious
- adjective satellite of or providing nourishment
alimentary; alimental; nourishing; nutrient; nutritive.
- good nourishing stew
- adjective satellite of or providing nourishment
- heterologously1/5
heterologous
- adjective not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
heterologic; heterological.
- adjective derived from organisms of a different but related species
- a heterologous graft
- adjective not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin
- resistlessly1/5
resistless
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
irresistible.
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; unresisting.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
- groundlessly1/5
groundless
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
baseless; unwarranted; idle; wild; unfounded.
- baseless gossip
- the allegations proved groundless
- idle fears
- unfounded suspicions
- unwarranted jealousy
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
- nonconsciously1/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- dolorously1/5
dolorous
- adjective satellite showing sorrow
tearful; dolourous; weeping; lachrymose.
- adjective satellite showing sorrow
- incuriously1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- viscously1/5
viscous
- adjective satellite having a relatively high resistance to flow
syrupy.
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
pasty; gluey; gummy; glutinous; sticky; mucilaginous; viscid.
- adjective satellite having a relatively high resistance to flow
- emotionlessly1/5
emotionless
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
passionless.
- he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served
- this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
- tenselessly1/5
- lecherously1/5
lecherous
- adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
- a lecherous gleam in his eye
- a lecherous good-for-nothing
- adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
- amorphously1/5
amorphous
- adjective satellite having no definite form or distinct shape
shapeless; formless.
- amorphous clouds of insects
- an aggregate of formless particles
- a shapeless mass of protoplasm
- adjective satellite lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
unstructured.
- adjective satellite having no definite form or distinct shape
- bonelessly1/5
boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- jellyfish are boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- guiltlessly1/5
guiltless
- adjective free from evil or guilt
clean-handed; innocent.
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
- adjective free from evil or guilt
- vaingloriously1/5
vainglorious
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
big; swelled.
- too big for his britches
- had a swelled head
- he was swelled with pride
- adjective satellite feeling self-importance
- monogamously1/5
monogamous
- adjective (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate
- monogamous marriage
- monogamous for life
- adjective (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate
- censoriously1/5
censorious
- adjective satellite harshly critical or expressing censure
- was censorious of petty failings
- adjective satellite harshly critical or expressing censure
- overzealously1/5
overzealous
- adjective satellite marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
rabid; fanatical; fanatic.
- rabid isolationist
- adjective satellite marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
- perspicaciously1/5
perspicacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
sagacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
clear-eyed; clear-sighted.
- too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
- chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- preconsciously1/5
preconscious
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
- unsuspiciously1/5
unsuspicious
- adjective satellite not suspicious
unsuspecting.
- deceiving the unsuspecting public
- adjective satellite not suspicious
- seditiously1/5
seditious
- adjective satellite arousing to action or rebellion
rabble-rousing; inflammatory; incitive; incendiary; instigative.
- adjective satellite in opposition to a civil authority or government
subversive; insurgent.
- adjective satellite arousing to action or rebellion
- toothlessly1/5
toothless
- adjective lacking teeth
- most birds are toothless
- a toothless old crone
- adjective satellite lacking necessary force for effectiveness
- a toothless piece of legislation
- adjective lacking teeth
- calamitously1/5
calamitous
- adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
fatal; disastrous; black; fateful.
- the stock market crashed on Black Friday
- a calamitous defeat
- the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
- such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- a fateful error
- adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- humourously1/5
humourous
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
humorous.
- humorous stories
- humorous cartoons
- in a humorous vein
- adjective full of or characterized by humor
- witlessly1/5
witless
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
senseless; soft-witted; nitwitted.
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- duplicitously1/5
duplicitous
- adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
double-dealing; two-faced; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
- adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
- mellifluously1/5
mellifluous
- adjective satellite pleasing to the ear
sweet; mellisonant; honeyed; dulcet.
- the dulcet tones of the cello
- adjective satellite pleasing to the ear
- voicelessly1/5
voiceless
- adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
surd; unvoiced; hard.
- unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
disenfranchised; disfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- rancorously1/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- omnivorously1/5
omnivorous
- adjective feeding on both plants and animals
- adjective feeding on both plants and animals
- lustrously1/5
lustrous
- adjective satellite made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
bright; burnished; shiny; shining.
- bright silver candlesticks
- a burnished brass knocker
- she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves
- rows of shining glasses
- shiny black patents
- adjective satellite brilliant
- set a lustrous example for others to follow
- lustrous actors of the time
- adjective satellite made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- miscellaneously1/5
miscellaneous
- adjective satellite consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
mixed; motley; sundry; assorted.
- an arrangement of assorted spring flowers
- assorted sizes
- miscellaneous accessories
- a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
- a motley crew
- sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
- adjective satellite having many aspects
many-sided; multifarious; multifaceted.
- a many-sided subject
- a multifaceted undertaking
- multifarious interests
- the multifarious noise of a great city
- a miscellaneous crowd
- adjective satellite consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- heteronomously1/5
heteronomous
Subject to the law of another. Krauth-Fleming.
- extraneously1/5
extraneous
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
impertinent; orthogonal; immaterial.
- an issue extraneous to the debate
- the price was immaterial
- mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
- adjective satellite not essential
- the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play
- adjective satellite not pertinent to the matter under consideration
- multitudinously1/5
multitudinous
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
unnumbered; numberless; unnumerable; innumerable; unnumberable; uncounted; myriad; infinite; innumerous; countless.
- incalculable riches
- countless hours
- an infinite number of reasons
- innumerable difficulties
- the multitudinous seas
- myriad stars
- untold thousands
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
Suffixes of sly
- slyly«Word Popularity Bar3/5
slyly
- adverb in an artful manner
artfully; knavishly; craftily; trickily; cunningly; foxily.
- he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced
- had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?
- adverb in an artful manner
- slyness1/5
slyness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- slyboots1/5
slyboots
- noun a shifty deceptive person
dodger; fox.
- noun a shifty deceptive person
- slyest1/5
sly
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- slype1/5
slype
(Arch.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. Eng.
Derived words of sly
- roslyn«Word Popularity Bar2/5
roslyn
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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 `sly`. 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 `sly`, some are not.
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