tautly

tautly (comparative more tautly, superlative most tautly)

more tautly (comparative)
most tautly (superlative)

The wire was held tautly, until it was so taut it broke; then there were two wires held slackly.


tastily

en-adv

tastily (comparative more tastily, superlative most tastily)

more tastily (comparative)
most tastily (superlative)


tenderheartedly

tenderheartedly (comparative more tenderheartedly, superlative most tenderheartedly)

more tenderheartedly (comparative)
most tenderheartedly (superlative)

In a tenderhearted manner, with caring and compassion.


thanklessly

thanklessly (comparative more thanklessly, superlative most thanklessly)

more thanklessly (comparative)
most thanklessly (superlative)


thirstily

thirstily (comparative more thirstily, superlative most thirstily)

more thirstily (comparative)
most thirstily (superlative)

He drank the water thirstily; I've never seen anyone drink so fast.


thriftily

thriftily (comparative more thriftily, superlative most thriftily)

more thriftily (comparative)
most thriftily (superlative)

From Middle English thriftily, þriftiliche, equivalent to thrifty + -ly.


tenuously

tenuously (comparative more tenuously, superlative most tenuously)

more tenuously (comparative)
most tenuously (superlative)

It is a world where nothing is lost, where all is accounted for and yet the mystery of things is preserved; a world where they may live, however briefly, however tenuously, in the failing evening of the self, solitary and yet together somehow here in this place, dying as they may be and yet fixed forever in a luminous, unending instant.


tensely

tensely (comparative more tensely, superlative most tensely)

more tensely (comparative)
most tensely (superlative)

He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.

1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 61:


torpidly

torpidly (comparative more torpidly, superlative most torpidly)

more torpidly (comparative)
most torpidly (superlative)


thunderously

thunderously (comparative more thunderously, superlative most thunderously)

more thunderously (comparative)
most thunderously (superlative)

The line to Dunières consists of a series of breakneck descents almost invariably ended by a violent curve and followed immediately by a panting climb, on which the engine barked thunderously but failed unhappily to maintain its booked speed of 13 m.p.h.

1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:


threateningly

threateningly (comparative more threateningly, superlative most threateningly)

more threateningly (comparative)
most threateningly (superlative)

He tried to glare threateningly, but how much of a threat can you be when you are naked AND tied to a bed?


ungratefully

ungratefully (comparative more ungratefully, superlative most ungratefully)

more ungratefully (comparative)
most ungratefully (superlative)

From ungrateful + -ly or un- + gratefully.

Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]

1854, Robert Aitken, The teaching of the types, page 99:

In an ungrateful manner, done in a way lacking gratitude.


thrillingly

thrillingly (comparative more thrillingly, superlative most thrillingly)

more thrillingly (comparative)
most thrillingly (superlative)

She held up her hands, and gazing upon me, uttered various exclamations which I could not understand. I could only remark that her accents were thrillingly musical.

1799, Charles Brockden Brown, chapter 5, in Arthur Mervyn, Philadelphia: H. Maxwell, page 51:

She spoke again, but in a less excited tone, although it was thrillingly earnest.

1848, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 14, in Mary Barton:

Actually, Billy’s outward listlessness was a screen. The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly.

1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 9, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 243:

They had started so thrillingly but all their early momentum was lost once Salah went off. It never properly came back and the players in red took a long time – too long, probably – to adjust to being without the man who had scored 44 times over a record-breaking season.

2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):


therapeutically

therapeutically (comparative more therapeutically, superlative most therapeutically)

more therapeutically (comparative)
most therapeutically (superlative)

This drug cannot be used therapeutically except as a placebo.


tolerantly

tolerantly (comparative more tolerantly, superlative most tolerantly)

more tolerantly (comparative)
most tolerantly (superlative)

`Not a bad-looking wench at all,' said Robert tolerantly.

1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 47:


tidily

tidily (comparative more tidily, superlative most tidily)

more tidily (comparative)
most tidily (superlative)

From Middle English tidili, tidily, equivalent to tidy + -ly.


turgidly

turgidly (comparative more turgidly, superlative most turgidly)

more turgidly (comparative)
most turgidly (superlative)


terrifyingly

terrifyingly (comparative more terrifyingly, superlative most terrifyingly)

more terrifyingly (comparative)
most terrifyingly (superlative)

The special effects were terrifyingly realistic the first time I saw them.


plushly

plushly (comparative more plushly, superlative most plushly)

more plushly (comparative)
most plushly (superlative)

Within months, 2,000,000 copies of [Janet Mead's version of] "The Lord's Prayer"—which featured an earthy bass line, ominous fuzz-tone, plushly uplifting strings, and an ethereal lead vocal—were sold.

1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 308:


tipsily

tipsily (comparative more tipsily, superlative most tipsily)

more tipsily (comparative)
most tipsily (superlative)


timelessly

timelessly (comparative more timelessly, superlative most timelessly)

more timelessly (comparative)
most timelessly (superlative)


pluckily

pluckily (comparative more pluckily, superlative most pluckily)

more pluckily (comparative)
most pluckily (superlative)

He was loudly praised for sticking so pluckily to his self-imposed task, and to this day, though it is thirteen years ago, the diggers on the Australian coast talk of the voyage of the Springbok and speak gratefully of the man who helped to save her.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181:

Once, one of the Bats, having seized a large and powerful T. pronuba, brought its feet so far forward that it fell over on to its back, but pluckily held the moth in its pouch until it was secured.

1899, Charles Oldham, “The mode in which Bats secure their prey”, in The Zoologist, volume 3, number 700, page 472/473:

Herb was initially overcome by Jakarta ('The impressions of noise, chaos, tremendous crowdedness and I suppose whitelessness were perhaps the strongest, and I felt something of a stranger') and faced with the familiar conundrum ('again the sensation of the thousands of hungry people all around –happy looking often, pluckily cheerful but in fact hungry –is strange and upsetting'), but he quickly slipped into the volunteer lifestyle with relish, borrowing a bike from Soewarto, a friend from Kempen, and spending a lot of his time with volunteers, including Lance Castles and John Gare.

2011, Jemma Purdey, From Vienna to Yogyakarta:


upon't

For by the Boſſes and Plates upon’t, it ſeems to be Arm’d.

1699, Desiderius Erasmus, Twenty‐two Select Colloquies out of Erasmus Roterodamus, page 217:


terrifically

"The test was terrifically hard," said the tired student.

Upon examination it was found that a large breakage had been made, directly under their bows, and the sea was rushing in terrifically.

1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:


turbulently

turbulently (comparative more turbulently, superlative most turbulently)

more turbulently (comparative)
most turbulently (superlative)

And she had turbulently admitted to his wringing questions that her visit to Middleton had been undertaken less because of the invalid relative than in shamefaced fear of her own weakness if she remained near his home.

1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “chapter 29”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

The Hoptons, the greengrocer’s family over the way, were “rough” she thought; they were really turbulently jolly […]

1934, H. G. Wells, Experiment in Autobiography, Chapter I, section 4:

The 2,600-mile Mekong, the world's eleventh longest river and one of the least used, rises in the Himalayan plateau of China near Tibet, plunges turbulently through the mountain gorges of Yunnan, and emerges to divide and water the Indo-Chinese peninsula.

1969 December 26, “The Muddied Mekong”, in Time:

The shiny, very dark, and turbulently ornate woodwork […]

1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:


terrestrially

terrestrially (comparative more terrestrially, superlative most terrestrially)

more terrestrially (comparative)
most terrestrially (superlative)


titillatingly

titillatingly (comparative more titillatingly, superlative most titillatingly)

more titillatingly (comparative)
most titillatingly (superlative)


tonelessly

tonelessly (comparative more tonelessly, superlative most tonelessly)

more tonelessly (comparative)
most tonelessly (superlative)


factiously

factiously (comparative more factiously, superlative most factiously)

more factiously (comparative)
most factiously (superlative)


tidally

tidally (comparative more tidally, superlative most tidally)

more tidally (comparative)
most tidally (superlative)


thermostatically

[...] the electric fan drive and Drayton regulator temperature control employed on the prototypes have been superseded on the production version by Serck-Behr hydrostatic drive from an engine-driven pump with thermostatically controlled fan speed regulation.

1960 June, “The N.B. Loco. Co. diesel-hydraulic Type "2" locomotive”, in Trains Illustrated, page 345:


tonally

tonally (comparative more tonally, superlative most tonally)

more tonally (comparative)
most tonally (superlative)


toothily

toothily (comparative more toothily, superlative most toothily)

more toothily (comparative)
most toothily (superlative)

Also eyeing them is a pair of toothily circling predators, who seem set to add Haley and Dave to their noisome floating larder of previously chomped-on snacks.

2019 December 7, Jeannette Catsoulis, “‘Crawl’ Review: See You Later, Alligator”, in The New York Times:


textually

textually (comparative more textually, superlative most textually)

more textually (comparative)
most textually (superlative)


hawkishly

hawkishly (comparative more hawkishly, superlative most hawkishly)

more hawkishly (comparative)
most hawkishly (superlative)


tiptop

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troublesomely

troublesomely (comparative more troublesomely, superlative most troublesomely)

more troublesomely (comparative)
most troublesomely (superlative)


tritely

tritely (comparative more tritely, superlative most tritely)

more tritely (comparative)
most tritely (superlative)


thankfully

thankfully (comparative more thankfully, superlative most thankfully)

more thankfully (comparative)
most thankfully (superlative)

From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfullīċe, equivalent to thankful + -ly.

Gratiano:
[…]I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth
That which I owe is lost; but if you please
To shoot another arrow that self way
Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
As I will watch the aim, or to find both,
Or bring your latter hazard back again,
And thankfully rest debtor for the first.

c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

I immediately offered my assistance to the unhappy person, who thankfully accepted it, and, putting himself under my conduct, begged me to convey him to some tavern, where he might send for a surgeon […]

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.

(sometimes proscribed) fortunately, gratefully.


translucently

translucently (comparative more translucently, superlative most translucently)

more translucently (comparative)
most translucently (superlative)


tryingly

tryingly (comparative more tryingly, superlative most tryingly)

more tryingly (comparative)
most tryingly (superlative)


trendily

trendily (comparative more trendily, superlative most trendily)

more trendily (comparative)
most trendily (superlative)

In keeping with, or showing an awareness of, current trends.


transitionally

transitionally (comparative more transitionally, superlative most transitionally)

more transitionally (comparative)
most transitionally (superlative)


trustfully

trustfully (comparative more trustfully, superlative most trustfully)

more trustfully (comparative)
most trustfully (superlative)


tropically

tropically (comparative more tropically, superlative most tropically)

more tropically (comparative)
most tropically (superlative)

In a metaphorical or figurative manner; as a trope.


trustingly

trustingly (comparative more trustingly, superlative most trustingly)

more trustingly (comparative)
most trustingly (superlative)

From Middle English trustingly, equivalent to trusting + -ly.


traumatically

traumatically (comparative more traumatically, superlative most traumatically)

more traumatically (comparative)
most traumatically (superlative)


trenchantly

trenchantly (comparative more trenchantly, superlative most trenchantly)

more trenchantly (comparative)
most trenchantly (superlative)

By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?"

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 88:


tortuously

tortuously (comparative more tortuously, superlative most tortuously)

more tortuously (comparative)
most tortuously (superlative)


torridly

torridly (comparative more torridly, superlative most torridly)

more torridly (comparative)
most torridly (superlative)


tunefully

tunefully (comparative more tunefully, superlative most tunefully)

more tunefully (comparative)
most tunefully (superlative)

They sang very tunefully, too, for the girls had fresh voices and true ears.

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:


tunelessly

tunelessly (comparative more tunelessly, superlative most tunelessly)

more tunelessly (comparative)
most tunelessly (superlative)

He whistled tunelessly his one air, beating his own time with a stick on the toe of his blucher[.]

1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 13:

After a pause that he spent whistling tunelessly under his breath, he said: “Hello, Miss Henry? […]”

1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 8, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 159:

Night descends moonlessly / Cops are humming tunelessly / Walking in a straight line / Cold pistol in the inner coat pocket

2007, “Life After Sundown”, performed by Glass Candy:


tragically

tragically (comparative more tragically, superlative most tragically)

more tragically (comparative)
most tragically (superlative)


hierophantically

hierophantically (comparative more hierophantically, superlative most hierophantically)

more hierophantically (comparative)
most hierophantically (superlative)

In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.


touchingly

touchingly (comparative more touchingly, superlative most touchingly)

more touchingly (comparative)
most touchingly (superlative)

a touchingly pathetic plight

She felt a melancholy satisfaction in gazing for the last time on a scene so indelibly impressed with Madame de Mercœur's image. How many instances of her sweet and gentle temper rose so touchingly to memory!

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 89–90:


tremulously

tremulously (comparative more tremulously, superlative most tremulously)

more tremulously (comparative)
most tremulously (superlative)

In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner.

tremulamente

in a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner

"Are you—all—all right?" she asked, tremulously.

1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 20, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

`This time place really is falling down,' she cried tremulously.

1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 49:

In a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner; betraying fear in the voice.

tremulamente

in a timid, hesitant, or unconfident manner


triennially

Occurring at intervals three years apart.


tormentingly

tormentingly (comparative more tormentingly, superlative most tormentingly)

more tormentingly (comparative)
most tormentingly (superlative)


abusefully

abusefully (comparative more abusefully, superlative most abusefully)

more abusefully (comparative)
most abusefully (superlative)

In an abuseful manner; in a manner that abuses.


toughly

toughly (comparative more toughly, superlative most toughly)

more toughly (comparative)
most toughly (superlative)

From Middle English toughli, touȝly, equivalent to tough + -ly.


trickily

trickily (comparative more trickily, superlative most trickily)

more trickily (comparative)
most trickily (superlative)


unconvincingly

unconvincingly (comparative more unconvincingly, superlative most unconvincingly)

more unconvincingly (comparative)
most unconvincingly (superlative)

The speaker argued unconvincingly.


aboundingly

aboundingly (comparative more aboundingly, superlative most aboundingly)

more aboundingly (comparative)
most aboundingly (superlative)

Hereby you may perceive, although my future Wife were as unsatiable and gluttonous in her Voluptuousness, and the Delights of Venery, as ever was the Empress Messalina, or yet the Marchioness in England; and I desire thee to give Credit to it, that I lack not for what is requisite to overlay the Stomach of her Lust, but have wherewith aboundingly to please her.

1693, Richard Baldwin, chapter 27, in Thomas Urquhart, transl., The Third Book of the Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais […] containing the heroic deeds of Pantagruel the Son of Gargantua, London, page 223:

How it was that they [the crew] so aboundingly responded to the old man’s ire—by what evil magic their souls were possessed, that at times his hate seemed almost theirs […] all this to explain, would be to dive deeper than Ishmael can go.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “'”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 206:

[True temperance] flows logically from a wish not only to avoid the death dealt by indulgence, but to possess aboundingly the joys of life.

1967, Max Eastman, Seven Kinds of Goodness, New York: Horizon Press, pages 142–143:

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles

Oxford University Press
w:Oxford University Press

In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.

1859, John Ruskin, letter to Charles Eliot Norton dated 10 December, 1859, in Letters of John Ruskin and Charles Eliot Norton, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904, Volume 1, p. 91,
I have your kind letter with Lowell’s—both quite aboundingly helpful to me.

1908, Henry James, letter to Edith Wharton dated 13 October, 1908, in Percy Lubbock (ed.), The Letters of Henry James, London: Macmillan, 1920, Volume 2, p. 108,
Believe meanwhile and always in the aboundingly tender friendship […] of yours more than ever, Henry James.

But why on earth should he take the chance of tying himself up for life to the victim of obsessions and depressions? Particularly when a girl like Amanda Craig, rich and aboundingly healthy, had an obvious crush on him?

1997, Louis Auchincloss, “The Atonement”, in The Atonement and Other Stories,, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31:


tranquilly

tranquilly (comparative more tranquilly, superlative most tranquilly)

more tranquilly (comparative)
most tranquilly (superlative)

When we see a party looking tranquilly up to heaven, unconscious that his body is shot through and through with arrows, we know that that is St. Sebastian.

1869, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “LEARNING THE RUDIMENTS”, in The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. […], →OCLC, page 238:


trimly

trimly (comparative more trimly, superlative most trimly)

more trimly (comparative)
most trimly (superlative)

[…] when the fight was done,
When I was dry with rage and extreme toil,
Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword,
Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress’d,
Fresh as a bridegroom […]

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

[…] tell me why
With weeping Eyes so oft I spy
His Whiskers curl’d, and Shoo-strings ty’d,
A new Toledo by his Side,
In Shoulder-belt so trimly plac’d,
With Band so nicely smooth’d and lac’d.

1707, [Joseph Addison], Rosamond. An Opera. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene 2, page 17:

[…] in a few score yards I would come upon perfectly undisturbed spaces, houses with their blinds trimly drawn and doors closed, as if they had been left for a day by the owners, or as if their inhabitants slept within.

1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 2, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians), page 6:

In one of these trimly built cars was a party of four young men whose spirits seemed to be at present well above the level of successful Gallicism […]

1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 49:

Cora was standing trimly there with her bewildered stare still on him, and memory restored to Bradly the sweet full lines of her naked body under that skimpy frock.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 209:

Borg has graying black hair and is trimly built, fit from a lifetime of hard work maintaining gas pipelines while trapping on the side.

December 2020, Tim Folger, “North America’s most valuable resource is at risk”, in National Geographic:

And it is sayde both moste trimly and truly in the Epistle to the Hebreues, as we heard afore: If ye be not vnder correction, (wherof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes.

1566, Thomas Becon, “The third Sonday after Easter, The Gospell. Ihon. xvi.”, in A New Postil Conteinyng Most Godly and Learned Sermons upon all the Sonday Gospelles, London, page 235:

1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 104-106,
[…] a merry winters tale would drive away the time trimly, come I am sure you are not without a score.

1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge: John Williams, Book Four, Chapter 16: The Embassadour, p. 319,
Lewis the eleventh King of France is sufficiently condemn’d by Posterity for sending Oliver his Barber in an Embassage to a Princesse, who so trimly dispatch’d his businesse, that he left it in the suddes, and had been well wash’d in the river at Gant for his pains, if his feet had not been the more nimble.

(obsolete) Effectively, handily, nicely, thoroughly, soundly, well.


connotatively

connotatively (comparative more connotatively, superlative most connotatively)

more connotatively (comparative)
most connotatively (superlative)

We use words either denotatively or connotatively; denotatively when a word is used as a mere mark or sign to point out which thing of all possible things we mean to speak of, and connotatively when it is used to point out a supposed characteristic of the thing denoted.

1878, Shadworth Hollway Hodgson, The philosophy of reflection, volume 1, page 9:

In a way that connotes; concerning connotation.


multiculturally

multiculturally (comparative more multiculturally, superlative most multiculturally)

more multiculturally (comparative)
most multiculturally (superlative)


unashamedly

unashamedly (comparative more unashamedly, superlative most unashamedly)

more unashamedly (comparative)
most unashamedly (superlative)


unassumingly

unassumingly (comparative more unassumingly, superlative most unassumingly)

more unassumingly (comparative)
most unassumingly (superlative)


uncharitably

uncharitably (comparative more uncharitably, superlative most uncharitably)

more uncharitably (comparative)
most uncharitably (superlative)


uncannily

uncannily (comparative more uncannily, superlative most uncannily)

more uncannily (comparative)
most uncannily (superlative)


unbecomingly

unbecomingly (comparative more unbecomingly, superlative most unbecomingly)

more unbecomingly (comparative)
most unbecomingly (superlative)


irreclaimably

irreclaimably (comparative more irreclaimably, superlative most irreclaimably)

more irreclaimably (comparative)
most irreclaimably (superlative)


unattractively

unattractively (comparative more unattractively, superlative most unattractively)

more unattractively (comparative)
most unattractively (superlative)


unaffectedly

unaffectedly (comparative more unaffectedly, superlative most unaffectedly)

more unaffectedly (comparative)
most unaffectedly (superlative)

Quite innocent, this prolonged inspection, so unaffectedly rude it was.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 19:

2007 Nov. 7. Alfred Hickling review of The Adoption Papers in The Guardian.
Lisa Livingstone as Molly gives the kind of unaffectedly natural performance you would happily watch until the cows come home.

In an unaffected manner; sincerely and genuinely.


unadvisedly

unadvisedly (comparative more unadvisedly, superlative most unadvisedly)

more unadvisedly (comparative)
most unadvisedly (superlative)

From unadvised + -ly or un- + advised + -ly.


uncomplainingly

uncomplainingly (comparative more uncomplainingly, superlative most uncomplainingly)

more uncomplainingly (comparative)
most uncomplainingly (superlative)

Then she would walk for hours, and though she had often to do so, Palmer would uncomplainingly draw rein, and slacken the horses' speed to her pace.

1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 255:


unblushingly

unblushingly (comparative more unblushingly, superlative most unblushingly)

more unblushingly (comparative)
most unblushingly (superlative)

Recording contracts were unblushingly slanted in the company's favor.

1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page vi:

In an unblushing manner, without shame, or shamelessly


unavailingly

unavailingly (comparative more unavailingly, superlative most unavailingly)

more unavailingly (comparative)
most unavailingly (superlative)

The Shepperton guns spoke this time unavailingly.

1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 104:

With her own dried tongue, she bent to moisten into relaxation its indrawn blue lips, and breathing on the clenched, congested hands, tried as unavailingly to lessen their terrible tension.

1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 281:

diplomatic efforts to secure his release continued through the good offices of the Turks and others, albeit unavailingly.

1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 208:

In an unavailing manner; without successful results; to no avail.


uncertainly

uncertainly (comparative more uncertainly, superlative most uncertainly)

more uncertainly (comparative)
most uncertainly (superlative)

From Middle English uncerteynliche, uncertanlye; equivalent to uncertain + -ly.

"No — don't you get it?" said Rimmer.
"Get what?" said Kryten, uncertainly.


unavoidably

unavoidably (comparative more unavoidably, superlative most unavoidably)

more unavoidably (comparative)
most unavoidably (superlative)


undemonstratively

undemonstratively (comparative more undemonstratively, superlative most undemonstratively)

more undemonstratively (comparative)
most undemonstratively (superlative)


uncomprehendingly

uncomprehendingly (comparative more uncomprehendingly, superlative most uncomprehendingly)

more uncomprehendingly (comparative)
most uncomprehendingly (superlative)


uneventfully

uneventfully (comparative more uneventfully, superlative most uneventfully)

more uneventfully (comparative)
most uneventfully (superlative)


undauntedly

undauntedly (comparative more undauntedly, superlative most undauntedly)

more undauntedly (comparative)
most undauntedly (superlative)


unethically

unethically (comparative more unethically, superlative most unethically)

more unethically (comparative)
most unethically (superlative)


undesirably

undesirably (comparative more undesirably, superlative most undesirably)

more undesirably (comparative)
most undesirably (superlative)


unflappably

unflappably (comparative more unflappably, superlative most unflappably)

more unflappably (comparative)
most unflappably (superlative)


undeservedly

undeservedly (comparative more undeservedly, superlative most undeservedly)

more undeservedly (comparative)
most undeservedly (superlative)


ungracefully

ungracefully (comparative more ungracefully, superlative most ungracefully)

more ungracefully (comparative)
most ungracefully (superlative)


unfashionably

unfashionably (comparative more unfashionably, superlative most unfashionably)

more unfashionably (comparative)
most unfashionably (superlative)


unforgivably

unforgivably (comparative more unforgivably, superlative most unforgivably)

more unforgivably (comparative)
most unforgivably (superlative)


unfaithfully

unfaithfully (comparative more unfaithfully, superlative most unfaithfully)

more unfaithfully (comparative)
most unfaithfully (superlative)


unfailingly

unfailingly (comparative more unfailingly, superlative most unfailingly)

more unfailingly (comparative)
most unfailingly (superlative)


uninhibitedly

uninhibitedly (comparative more uninhibitedly, superlative most uninhibitedly)

more uninhibitedly (comparative)
most uninhibitedly (superlative)


unhelpfully

unhelpfully (comparative more unhelpfully, superlative most unhelpfully)

more unhelpfully (comparative)
most unhelpfully (superlative)


unremittingly

unremittingly (comparative more unremittingly, superlative most unremittingly)

more unremittingly (comparative)
most unremittingly (superlative)


unresponsively

unresponsively (comparative more unresponsively, superlative most unresponsively)

more unresponsively (comparative)
most unresponsively (superlative)


underhandedly

underhandedly (comparative more underhandedly, superlative most underhandedly)

more underhandedly (comparative)
most underhandedly (superlative)

Because that democratic process did not initially support one of Hutchinson's choices of candidates, he points the finger at "leadership" and implies that things were underhandedly rigged from the start.

1983 December 24, Eric E. Rofes, “On Growing Pains”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 5:


uncouthly

uncouthly (comparative more uncouthly, superlative most uncouthly)

more uncouthly (comparative)
most uncouthly (superlative)


unseeingly

unseeingly (comparative more unseeingly, superlative most unseeingly)

more unseeingly (comparative)
most unseeingly (superlative)


unprofitably

unprofitably (comparative more unprofitably, superlative most unprofitably)

more unprofitably (comparative)
most unprofitably (superlative)


unsoundly

unsoundly (comparative more unsoundly, superlative most unsoundly)

more unsoundly (comparative)
most unsoundly (superlative)


ungraciously

ungraciously (comparative more ungraciously, superlative most ungraciously)

more ungraciously (comparative)
most ungraciously (superlative)

They came ungraciously, but after his dark, bodeful hints as to the necessity of their attending service at the grazier's homestead next day, he was invited inside and a place was cleared for him at the table.

1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 66:


uncompromisingly

uncompromisingly (comparative more uncompromisingly, superlative most uncompromisingly)

more uncompromisingly (comparative)
most uncompromisingly (superlative)

But the tall tower, with its four- faced clock, rose as majestically and uncompromisingly as though the land had never been subjugated.

1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in 'The House Behind the Cedars:


unsuspectingly

unsuspectingly (comparative more unsuspectingly, superlative most unsuspectingly)

more unsuspectingly (comparative)
most unsuspectingly (superlative)


unstintingly

unstintingly (comparative more unstintingly, superlative most unstintingly)

more unstintingly (comparative)
most unstintingly (superlative)


unshakably

unshakably (comparative more unshakably, superlative most unshakably)

more unshakably (comparative)
most unshakably (superlative)


unconstitutionally

unconstitutionally (comparative more unconstitutionally, superlative most unconstitutionally)

more unconstitutionally (comparative)
most unconstitutionally (superlative)

In a manner or to an extent that is unconstitutional.


unthinkably

unthinkably (comparative more unthinkably, superlative most unthinkably)

more unthinkably (comparative)
most unthinkably (superlative)


unspeakably

unspeakably (comparative more unspeakably, superlative most unspeakably)

more unspeakably (comparative)
most unspeakably (superlative)


untiringly

untiringly (comparative more untiringly, superlative most untiringly)

more untiringly (comparative)
most untiringly (superlative)


unjustifiably

unjustifiably (comparative more unjustifiably, superlative most unjustifiably)

more unjustifiably (comparative)
most unjustifiably (superlative)


unitedly

unitedly (comparative more unitedly, superlative most unitedly)

more unitedly (comparative)
most unitedly (superlative)

The chickens burst unitedly into a hungry clamour, as Mrs. Stein, with the full dish in her hands, leant over the yard to count them.

1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 238:

In a united manner; together; in unison.


unintelligibly

unintelligibly (comparative more unintelligibly, superlative most unintelligibly)

more unintelligibly (comparative)
most unintelligibly (superlative)


unhurriedly

unhurriedly (comparative more unhurriedly, superlative most unhurriedly)

more unhurriedly (comparative)
most unhurriedly (superlative)


unpardonably

unpardonably (comparative more unpardonably, superlative most unpardonably)

more unpardonably (comparative)
most unpardonably (superlative)

The assertion that homosexuality threatens the lives and well-being of the public because it leads to AIDS is unpardonably remote from the facts. Indeed, the far more devastating AIDS epidemic in East and Central Africa is being spread almost exclusively through "normal" heterosexual intercourse.

1986 December 21, F. Jay Deacon, “Emotionally-Laden Prejudice”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 4:


unconscionably

unconscionably (comparative more unconscionably, superlative most unconscionably)

more unconscionably (comparative)
most unconscionably (superlative)

Unconscionably, they and their outliers in the hard Brexit media have attempted to stifle debate and question those who demand proper scrutiny of the most significant political and economic challenge to Britain in decades.

2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer:

“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:


ungrammatically

ungrammatically (comparative more ungrammatically, superlative most ungrammatically)

more ungrammatically (comparative)
most ungrammatically (superlative)

d’une manière grammaticalement incorrecte


unmercifully

unmercifully (comparative more unmercifully, superlative most unmercifully)

more unmercifully (comparative)
most unmercifully (superlative)

They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.

These men lashed themselves and each other unmercifully with knotted leather scourges until the blood ran, two or three times daily.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:


unsympathetically

unsympathetically (comparative more unsympathetically, superlative most unsympathetically)

more unsympathetically (comparative)
most unsympathetically (superlative)


unsparingly

unsparingly (comparative more unsparingly, superlative most unsparingly)

more unsparingly (comparative)
most unsparingly (superlative)

But when Boshy's ill-spelt, hopeful letters came, her heart charged her unsparingly, though her carefully school-dictated replies to him were destined to contain no hint of failure.

1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 205:


unprecedentedly

unprecedentedly (comparative more unprecedentedly, superlative most unprecedentedly)

more unprecedentedly (comparative)
most unprecedentedly (superlative)


unworthily

unworthily (comparative more unworthily, superlative most unworthily)

more unworthily (comparative)
most unworthily (superlative)

There are deadly sins from which God's people may recover. A man may even communicate unworthily, and yet, so be it he sin not against the Holy Ghost, he may find forgiveness.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:


unscientifically

unscientifically (comparative more unscientifically, superlative most unscientifically)

more unscientifically (comparative)
most unscientifically (superlative)

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.

1904 July 9 and 16, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady”, in The Club of Queer Trades, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, published April 1905, →OCLC, page 241:


unexceptionally

unexceptionally (comparative more unexceptionally, superlative most unexceptionally)

more unexceptionally (comparative)
most unexceptionally (superlative)


unutterably

unutterably (comparative more unutterably, superlative most unutterably)

more unutterably (comparative)
most unutterably (superlative)

We both of us went on our knees, and, feeling unutterably sad, a whispered prayer went up from our lips as the poor fellow's soul flitted away to a happier and brighter world, and all was over.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 167:

The rapid reconquest of the capital, Kabul, by the Taliban after two decades of a staggeringly expensive, bloody effort to establish a secular government with functioning security forces in Afghanistan is, above all, unutterably tragic.

2021 August 15, “The Tragedy of Afghanistan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

In an unutterable manner; inexpressibly.


unproductively

unproductively (comparative more unproductively, superlative most unproductively)

more unproductively (comparative)
most unproductively (superlative)

He did not come however. Anne sometimes fancied she discerned him at a distance, but he never came. The anxious interval wore away unproductively.

1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XX, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:


unscrupulously

unscrupulously (comparative more unscrupulously, superlative most unscrupulously)

more unscrupulously (comparative)
most unscrupulously (superlative)

His acquaintances were passed without greeting; while, as for his confidential friends, them he pointedly, unscrupulously, and with a kind of fierceness, cut dead.

1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXXIV, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:


unselfishly

unselfishly (comparative more unselfishly, superlative most unselfishly)

more unselfishly (comparative)
most unselfishly (superlative)

The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly.

2018 May 28, Claire Messud, “Turning Circe Into a Good Witch”, in The New York Times:


unsatisfactorily

unsatisfactorily (comparative more unsatisfactorily, superlative most unsatisfactorily)

more unsatisfactorily (comparative)
most unsatisfactorily (superlative)


untruly

untruly (comparative more untruly, superlative most untruly)

more untruly (comparative)
most untruly (superlative)

From Middle English untrewly; equivalent to un- + truly or untrue + -ly; compare Old English untrēowlīce.


unconventionally

unconventionally (comparative more unconventionally, superlative most unconventionally)

more unconventionally (comparative)
most unconventionally (superlative)


unflaggingly

unflaggingly (comparative more unflaggingly, superlative most unflaggingly)

more unflaggingly (comparative)
most unflaggingly (superlative)

In an unflagging manner; without becoming tired.


unthinkingly

unthinkingly (comparative more unthinkingly, superlative most unthinkingly)

more unthinkingly (comparative)
most unthinkingly (superlative)


unpleasantly

unpleasantly (comparative more unpleasantly, superlative most unpleasantly)

more unpleasantly (comparative)
most unpleasantly (superlative)


unhesitatingly

I am city-bred myself, and though at my age I prefer the quiet of the country, yet for a young girl I well know the charm of a city life. Of course, we would all regret the loss of our Patty, who has grown to be a part of our daily life, but, nevertheless, were I to vote on this matter, I should unhesitatingly cast my ballot in favour of New York.

1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Decision”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, pages 16–17:


unprofessionally

unprofessionally (comparative more unprofessionally, superlative most unprofessionally)

more unprofessionally (comparative)
most unprofessionally (superlative)

From unprofessional + -ly or un- + professionally.

Bouteillan, the old bald butler who unprofessionally now wore a mustache (dyed a rich gravy brown), met him with gested delight [...].

1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 27:


unconcernedly

unconcernedly (comparative more unconcernedly, superlative most unconcernedly)

more unconcernedly (comparative)
most unconcernedly (superlative)

Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows for the most part feeding unconcernedly, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton”, in “The War of the Worlds”, in Pearson’s, London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, published 1897, pages 41–42:

Willie flits up, catches another insect, drops unconcernedly to his perch again, runs along the bullock's back in his bounding-jockey act, swallows his meal and announces he's a 'sweet-pretty-little-creature'.

1934, Henry G[eorge] Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson Limited, →OCLC, page 16:


unreservedly

unreservedly (comparative more unreservedly, superlative most unreservedly)

more unreservedly (comparative)
most unreservedly (superlative)

In an unreserved manner; showing emotion or lack of restraint.


unreservedly

I apologize unreservedly.

Without reservation or shyness; readily.


unreliably

unreliably (comparative more unreliably, superlative most unreliably)

more unreliably (comparative)
most unreliably (superlative)

From unreliable + -ly, blending to + -ably.


unexceptionably

unexceptionably (comparative more unexceptionably, superlative most unexceptionably)

more unexceptionably (comparative)
most unexceptionably (superlative)

I told him my dislike of all men—of him—of matrimony—still he persisted. I used him with tyranny—led, indeed, partly by my temper, partly by design; hoping thereby to get rid of him; till the poor man (his character unexceptionably uniform) still persisting, made himself a merit with me by his patience.

1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:

The sentiments, as expressive of manners, or appropriated to characters, are, for the greater part, unexceptionably just.

1781, Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Milton:

Some faults of temper John Knightley had; but Isabella had connected herself unexceptionably. She had given them neither men, nor names, nor places, that could raise a blush.

1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 6, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:

His things were all severely, unexceptionably masculine and patrician—his cologne from Panhelicon, his shoes from Church’s, his suits, shirts, and ties from Brooks, his black lisle stockings knee-high and held up by garters, his hat from Lock’s in London: exactly the wardrobe lots of money and no confidence would have selected in London or New York […]

1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:


unwarily

unwarily (comparative more unwarily, superlative most unwarily)

more unwarily (comparative)
most unwarily (superlative)

One day as I vnvvarily did gaze / on thoſe fayre eyes my loues immortall light: / the vvhiles my ſtoniſht hart ſtood in amaze, / through ſvveet illuſion of her lookes delight.

1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso:

For in a night the best part of my power, / As I upon advantage did remove, / Were in the Washes all unwarily / Devoured by the unexpected flood.

c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii]:

Not that licence and levity and unconsented breach of faith should herein be countnanc’t, but that some conscionable, and tender pitty might be had of those who have unwarily in a thing they never practiz’d before, made themselves the bondmen of a luckles and helples matrimony.

1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

Th’ Ambitious Youth, too Covetous of Fame, / Too full of Angels Metal in his Frame, / Unwarily was led from Vertues ways, / Made Drunk with Honour, and debauch’d with Praise.

1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 3rd edition, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], published 1682, →OCLC:

[…] the rest of the morning was easily whiled away, […] in dawdling through the green-house, where the loss of her favourite plants, unwarily exposed, and nipped by the lingering frost, raised the laughter of Charlotte […]

1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:


stringendo

(music) Played with gradually increasing tempo.


phenotypically

These cells that result from genome transplantation are phenotypically identical to the M. mycoides LC donor strain as judged by several criteria.

2007 August 3, Carole Lartigue et al., "Genome Transplantation in Bacteria: Changing One Species to Another," doi:10.1126/science.1144622, Science, ISSN 0036-8075, volume 317, number 5838, page 632


elsewhence

Else, “other” + whence, “from which (place or source)”, on the pattern of elsewhere.

From elsewhere; from some other place or source.


paternalistically

paternalistically (comparative more paternalistically, superlative most paternalistically)

more paternalistically (comparative)
most paternalistically (superlative)


collegially

collegially (comparative more collegially, superlative most collegially)

more collegially (comparative)
most collegially (superlative)


ad loc.

Borrowed from Latin ad locum (“at the place”).


the dickens

Why the dickens did he do that?

It is cold as the dickens out here!

I cannot tell what the dickens his name / is that my husband had him of. What do you call your / knight's name, sirrah?

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 49, column 1:

"That's it," I exclaimed, "--that's just the taste exactly, though I haven't experienced it since boyhood; but how can water from a flowing stream, taste thus, and what the dickens makes it so warm? It must be at least 70 or 80 Fahrenheit, possibly higher."

1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter IV, in The Land That Time Forgot:


pacient

pacient (comparative more pacient, superlative most pacient)

more pacient (comparative)
most pacient (superlative)


perkily

perkily (comparative more perkily, superlative most perkily)

more perkily (comparative)
most perkily (superlative)

By now even I am tiring of seeing Oprah's face as it is impossible to go anywhere on her site without encountering her perkily peeking out of a closet or spinning around in a sequinned dress.

2011 May 3, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian:


pickaback

piggyback

For, as our modern wits behold, / Mounted a pick-back on the old, / Much further off; much further he / Rais'd on his aged beast, could see

1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2:

The young men then decided that they would carry him pickaback at turns, and so they did.


bar none

Possibly a shortened form of "to bar none" or "barring none".

They were all invited bar none.

Mexican horses are the finest in the world, bar none.

1913, Zane Grey, chapter 4, in Desert Gold:

. . . Ireland, or something of that sort, which he described in his lengthy dissertation as the richest country bar none on the face of God's earth.

1922, James Joyce, chapter 16, in Ulysses:

(idiomatic) Without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind.


net net

Net net, we're losing money.

(business) After all subtractions and allowances.

Net net, what do we have to do today?

(management) Without lengthy explanation.


simpliciter

From the Latin simpliciter (“simply”, “plainly”), from simplex (“simple”).

The charge was reduced from aggravated assault to assault simpliciter.

Paragraph 68, Public Prosecutor v CJH ([2022] SGHC 303)
Leaving aside this report, I make the general observation firstly that the CA has pointed out in PP v UI [2008] 4 SLR(R) 500 […] that rape simpliciter "is already ‘an inherently odious and reprehensible act’… that exacts ‘irretrievable physical, emotional and psychological scars on [the] victim’”[…]

(philosophy, law, originally chiefly Scots law, Canadian law) Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.


unbearably

unbearably (comparative more unbearably, superlative most unbearably)

more unbearably (comparative)
most unbearably (superlative)

In an unbearable manner, not bearably, in a way unable to be borne


heftily

heftily (comparative more heftily, superlative most heftily)

more heftily (comparative)
most heftily (superlative)


pit-a-pat

“Only a scraping of shoes on the mat? / “Anything like the sound of a rat / “Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!”

1842–1845, Robert Browning, “[Dramatic Romances and Lyrics.] The Pied Piper of Hamelin; a Child’s Story. […].”, in Poems […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1849, →OCLC, stanza IV, page 308:


prolixly

prolixly (comparative more prolixly, superlative most prolixly)

more prolixly (comparative)
most prolixly (superlative)


prosaically

prosaically (comparative more prosaically, superlative most prosaically)

more prosaically (comparative)
most prosaically (superlative)


heavenwards

Nabby Adams had nearly fallen, but six feet eight inches of integrity had reared itself heavenwards just in time.

1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 127:

'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.

1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62:

Upwards, in the direction of the sky or heavens.


all-fire

If she's so all-fire lonely, why doesn't she ever leave her dorm room and actually meet people?


contrastingly

contrastingly (comparative more contrastingly, superlative most contrastingly)

more contrastingly (comparative)
most contrastingly (superlative)

In a contrasting manner; by way of contrast.


as all hell

I'd make her calm down, and then I'd go over to the other side of the living room and take out this cigarette case and light a cigarette, cool as all hell.

1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 265:

Her husband puts both hands on her shoulders, and she rubs her face against first one hand, then the other, sensuous as all hell.

2004, Kate Cann, Spanish Holiday: Or, How I Transformed the Worst Vacation Ever Into the Best Summer of My Life, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 72:

(simile) To a great extent or degree; very.


precipitant

precipitant (comparative more precipitant, superlative most precipitant)

more precipitant (comparative)
most precipitant (superlative)

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting hastily, hasty, rash; acting, happening, or moving rapidly; pressing”) (modern French précipitant), and from their etymon Late Latin praecipitans (“hasty, rash”), an adjective use of Latin praecipitāns, the present participle of praecipitō (“to cast down; to throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head first, headlong; (figurative) hasty, rash”) (from prae (“before; in front”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + -ceps (suffix meaning ‘having a head with specified characteristics’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“a head”))).
The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.

der

The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.

1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 68:

(archaic) Synonym of precipitantly (“in a precipitant or headlong manner; with foolish or rash haste”)


sidling

I stepped over the great western gate, and passed very gently, and sidling, through the two principal streets, only in my short waistcoat, for fear of damaging the roofs and eaves of the houses with the skirts of my coat.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):


honourably

en-adv

honourably (comparative more honourably, superlative most honourably)

more honourably (comparative)
most honourably (superlative)

Inevitably the present extent and variety of the Belgian railways will diminish, and within the space of the ten-year plan we can expect to see a modern system concentrated on the main traffic routes like its neighbour in the Netherlands, and with its last steam locomotives and wooden coaches honourably retired to the museum.

1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:


mouthwateringly

mouthwateringly (comparative more mouthwateringly, superlative most mouthwateringly)

more mouthwateringly (comparative)
most mouthwateringly (superlative)


happenstantially

From happenstance (a blend of happening and circumstance), by analogy with circumstantially.

1975 January, Andrejs Plakans, "Peasant Farmsteads and Households in the Baltic Littoral, 1797", in Raymond Grew et al (eds.), Comparative Studies in Society and History: An International Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, volume 17, number 1, page 19,
The work force norm imposed on adults the need to join in a common effort aimed at survival, which was a condition qualitatively different from a group of coresident individuals having similar or identical occupations happenstantially.

(rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.


neutrally

neutrally (comparative more neutrally, superlative most neutrally)

more neutrally (comparative)
most neutrally (superlative)

The terms of the contract were arbitrated neutrally by a third party.

In a neutral manner; evenhandedly or fairly.


sycophantically

sycophantically (comparative more sycophantically, superlative most sycophantically)

more sycophantically (comparative)
most sycophantically (superlative)


purty

They treated us purty good but we had to work hard.

2004, Randall Williams, Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama, John F. Blair, Publisher, →ISBN, page 114:

Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.

1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press, →ISBN, page 97:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


murkily

murkily (comparative more murkily, superlative most murkily)

more murkily (comparative)
most murkily (superlative)

That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.

1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 16:


in medias res

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Borrowed from Latin in mediās rēs (literally “into the middle of things”).

bor

This novel begins in medias res.

As in a good epic, Ulysses begins in medias res and fills us in on Stephen's life since the end of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by flashback; and by the flashback of memory we are given the story of Molly's and Bloom's lives.

2008, Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman, Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 2:

Homer begins in medias res. Then, well into the poem, he takes us back to tell us about the events that make up the beginning of the story. The Odyssey, for example, begins in the tenth year of Odysseus's wanderings; […]

2012, H. David Brumble, Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance […] , Routledge, →ISBN:


ungentlemanly

en-adv

ungentlemanly (comparative more ungentlemanly, superlative most ungentlemanly)

more ungentlemanly (comparative)
most ungentlemanly (superlative)


mirthfully

mirthfully (comparative more mirthfully, superlative most mirthfully)

more mirthfully (comparative)
most mirthfully (superlative)


marvelously

marvelously (comparative more marvelously, superlative most marvelously)

more marvelously (comparative)
most marvelously (superlative)


alway

From Middle English allwaye, alle wey, from Old English ealneġ, ealneweġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”). More at all, way.

And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde.

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxviij, folio xliii, recto:

Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 7:6, column 1:

Tired flower! upon my breast,
I would wear thee alway

1900, Ernest Dowson, Villanelle of Sunset, lines 16–17:


maritally

Concerning marriage or a connubial relationship.


majorly

Campus police break up parties routinely, but nobody really gets majorly busted.

1984, Joseph Westlund, Shakespeare's Reparative Comedies: A Psychoanalytic View of the Middle Plays, University of Chicago Press, Page 92

The thing is I am majorly stressing because I have no prom date set up.

2000, Scholastic, Inc. Staff (eds), Diary of a Junior Year, Scholastic Paperbacks, Page 135

2004, John Ringo & Julie Cochrane, Cally's War, Baen Books
The Taco Hell was okay the last time I tried it, but that was a few months ago when I was majorly low on cash.

“Mimi, here’s the thing. When somebody in that crowd goes and does something majorly out of control like that, it’s only a matter of days before the rest of the girls in school make sure they've caught up. …”

2005, Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, The Rise and Fall of a 10th-grade Social Climber, Graphia Books, Page 173

(informal) significantly; very, very much

Significant contrasts can be drawn between the course of personality development in which children are majorly reared by grandparents who have …

1930, American Orthopsychiatric Association, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Page 634

This is due not solely, or even majorly, to the fact the above type of analysis concerns itself primarily with what will happen in the long run.

1963, Royal Economic Society (Great Britain) and British Economic Association, The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journey of the British Economic Association, Macmillan, Page 686

This chapter is majorly devoted to the primary immunodeficiencies that have been documented in domestic animals.

2000, Bernard F. Feldman, Joseph G. Zinkl, Nemi C. Jain (eds), Schalm's Veterinary Hematology, Blackwell Publishing, Page 260


matronly

matronly (comparative more matronly, superlative most matronly)

more matronly (comparative)
most matronly (superlative)

The mother dressed matronly, in a bonnet and in black, always sat between her two big daughters, firm, directing, and repressed.

1906, Gertrude Stein, Three Lives, page 166:

She was the same height and weight as Mother and had the same hairdo and dressed matronly like her. It was scary. She looked so much like Mother.

2004, Irene Kai, The golden mountain: beyond the American dream, →ISBN, page 214:

“I had to dress matronly to get the position. I've had trouble with that before. I have actually been turned away for a position as stewardess because I was too pretty.”

2011 May 25, Kellianne Sweeny, The One That Got Away, →ISBN, page 106:


the heck

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What the heck are you doing?

(euphemistic) Used for emphasis after an interrogative word.

Elevators make me throw the heck up.

(euphemistic) Intensifies a phrasal verb; goes between the base verb and its modifier.


hornily

hornily (comparative more hornily, superlative most hornily)

more hornily (comparative)
most hornily (superlative)

Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offence, I am now becoming hornily hard and indifferent to it.

1878, Rhoda Broughton, Nancy, 6th edition, Richard Bentley and Son, published 1873, page 140:

2009, Lee Montgomery, Tony Perez (editors), The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House, Tin House Books, page 18,
She had an affinity for world music and one day she sashayed hornily into her neighborhood recorded-music store […] .

The officers look over at her hornily, before realising that she has a bazooka (and that is not a euphemism), which she utilises to fire a giant missile at them (after 'reading the instructions').

2021, John Rain, Explodobook, unnumbered page:


tremblingly

tremblingly (comparative more tremblingly, superlative most tremblingly)

more tremblingly (comparative)
most tremblingly (superlative)

From trembling (present participle of tremble) + -ly.

suf

present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">tremble</i>

[T]he sailors tremblingly / Call on the Twins of Jove with prayer and vow, / Gathered in fear upon the lofty prow, / And sacrifice with snow-white lambs, […]

1818 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “To Castor and Pollux”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], new edition, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 338, column 1:

Andrew, he said, was coming soon. Tremblingly she wondered when, and went to reread Palmer's letter, but though she had hidden it with her father's unread will, both were gone.

1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 279:


midstream

But it was in the middle of this process that he had met Ms. Lukoji, and he opted not to change his application midstream to take his marriage into account.

2018 January 19, Matt Katz, “Leaving Africa, and Living in Limbo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Unlike film, theater and TV, the book world didn’t get interrupted midstream.

2020 November 19, Natasha Frost, “Covid-19, Boris Johnson, U.S. Troops: Your Thursday Briefing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


in-house

"We've also invested £500,000 in new machinery in the last two years, including the engraving machine, so that we can bring £250,000 worth of work in-house that we previously sub-contracted. That's great news for us as it means we have upskilled people and can offer more security of employment."

2020 May 6, Paul Stephen, “Britain's bravest thinks big”, in RAIL, page 61:


downrange

en-adv

downrange (not generally comparable, comparative farther downrange, superlative farthest downrange)

farther downrange (comparative)
farthest downrange (superlative)

Luckily, the sheer rate of fire that the 5-inch guns allowed for was fast enough that a few salvos of regular shells were sent downrange quickly as a followup before the two racing ships passed by each other and vanished into the murk.

2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 14:21 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-10-17:

In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.


rearwards

rearwards (comparative more rearwards, superlative most rearwards)

more rearwards (comparative)
most rearwards (superlative)

"Never look rearwards, but always to our glorious goal."

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:


hardily

hardily (comparative more hardily, superlative most hardily)

more hardily (comparative)
most hardily (superlative)

The natives of Scotland are accustomed to live more hardily in general than those of England.

1828, Walter Scott, “How Scotland and England Came to be Separate Kingdoms”, in Tales of a Grandfather; being Stories Taken from Scottish History. […] , volume I, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall; Dublin: John Cumming, →OCLC, page 8:


nosily

nosily (comparative more nosily, superlative most nosily)

more nosily (comparative)
most nosily (superlative)


in effect

2007, The Guardian, Aug 21 2007, George Monbiot.
Separated from the rest of Heathrow, this would, in effect, be a second airport.

For all practical purposes
for all practical purposes

For all practical purposes; in practice; actually; essentially; basically.


execution-style

(idiomatic, of murdering) In a manner resembling that of an execution.


most Rikki-Tik

Probably derived from the Rudyard Kipling character Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fast-moving and quick-witted mongoose in the story of the same name.

Get that done most rikki-tik.

(slang, US, chiefly military) quickly, immediately


computationally

computationally (comparative more computationally, superlative most computationally)

more computationally (comparative)
most computationally (superlative)


hippity-hop

Compound of *hippity + hop, in turn from hip (a regional variant of hop) + -ety. Attested since the middle nineteenth century, with hippity-hoppity appearing somewhat earlier.

So he mounted the horse, which went hippity-hop, hippity-hop.

1857, John Edward Taylor, “The Wild Man”, in The Fairy Ring: A Collection of Tales and Traditions, Translated from the German of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, page 101:

Which show how the tortoise moved? hopped / waddled / scampered / scurried / plodded / ran hippity-hop / took one slow step after another

1938, Elizabeth Baker, Language Journeys with our Friends, page 109:

(childish) Unevenly, with a hopping gait.


belike

It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike.

c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

For that reason, belike, Homer feigns the three Graces to be linked and tied hand in hand, because the hearts of men are so firmly united with such graces.

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 1, member 2, subsection iii:

Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land."

1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 558”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

And when the pedants bade us mark / What cold mechanic happenings / Must come; our souls said in the dark, / "Belike; but there are likelier things."

1904, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “To Hilaire Belloc”, in The Napoleon of Notting Hill, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane, The Bodley Head, →OCLC, book I, page 7:

Some night-bird, belike, or a sea-gull squalling below the headland.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 39:

Princess Scarlet fanned herself with the Chinese fan that Supply had provided and, turning to Achmed Ali, said in formal tones, "Belike, sir, I've not seen thy match for overall all-in dancing eftsoons.

1991, Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley, Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, page 205:

(archaic or dialectal, especially Northern England) Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.


zymotically

Whether this mass of filth [wet house-refuse] be, zymotically, the cause of cholera, or whether it be (as cannot be questioned) a means of agricultural fertility, and therefore of national wealth, it must be removed.

1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 2, London: G. Newbold, page 385:

(pathology, obsolete) In a zymotic manner, infectiously.


nextdoor

(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of next-door


come hell or high water

In reference to the dangers of hell and stormy seas.

The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.

Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.

1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:

(idiomatic) Regardless of the hardships.


one hundred percent

This drink is one hundred percent organic.

“NO!” shouted Auntie Flip. “NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Absolutely one hundred per cent no.”

2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:


evolutionarily

evolutionarily (comparative more evolutionarily, superlative most evolutionarily)

more evolutionarily (comparative)
most evolutionarily (superlative)

In a manner relating to evolution or slow development.

The basic tool for work in evolutionary game theory is the notion of an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS).

1998, Larry Samuelson, Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection:

It is a commonplace in psychology that higher animals are evolutionarily equipped to recognize various facial expressions, postures, gestures, and voice tones as indicative of future behavior.

2003, Gilles Fauconnier, Mark Turner, The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities:

Third, more intelligent individuals stay healthier and live longer than less intelligent individuals possibly because they are better able to recognize and deal effectively with evolutionarily novel threats and dangers to health in modern society.

2008, Anthony Walsh, Kevin M.Beaver, editors, Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research:

(domain, evolutionary theory) From the perspective of evolution.

domain; evolutionary theory; domain; evolutionary theory


nonfatally

In a nonfatal manner; in a manner which does not result in death.


spiccato

spiccato (comparative more spiccato, superlative most spiccato)

more spiccato (comparative)
most spiccato (superlative)

Borrowed from Italian spiccato, past participle of spiccare (“to detach, to separate”).


short handed

short handed (comparative more short handed, superlative most short handed)

more short handed (comparative)
most short handed (superlative)


dozily

dozily (comparative more dozily, superlative most dozily)

more dozily (comparative)
most dozily (superlative)


onesie-twosie

Why don't you prepare a whole stack of handouts in advance rather than getting out the supplies each time, onesie-twosie?

(idiomatic) Individually or in very small groups, rather in larger batches.


chances are

If you leave before 7, chances are you'll miss the traffic.

2 August 2018', Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Disney goes back to the Hundred Acre Wood in the wistful Christopher Robin
There are the inevitable life lessons about family and making time, plus a big speech in which Pooh serves as an unlikely guru of the importance of paid vacation days. Chances are you’ve seen seen this all before. But at least this time, you’re seeing it with Pooh.

(idiomatic) It is likely that, it is probable that


even so

His ideas are all wrong. Even so, I want to agree with him.

"Why not? What's wrong with rabbits? Are they any worse than a neurotic, revolutionary humanity, full of nervous hate?"
"But we're not rabbits, even so," said Hammond.

1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 2020-11-11:

[T]he American Airlines pilots union softened its stand and offered to accept lower wages for flying smaller "regional jets." Even so, airline management rejected the offer.

1997 February 13, Scot Woods, “The Not-So Friendly Skies”, in Time, retrieved 2015-10-27:

But reform legislation enacted in 2010 . . . created a system of subsidies to help families pay for coverage. Even so, insurance doesn’t come cheap.

2009 December 25, Paul Krugman, “Tidings of Comfort”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-10-27:

In spite of preceding a remark (or fact) within a given discourse.

tot i així

in spite of the preceding remark or facts

Pistol: Trail'st thou the puissant pike?
King Henry V: Even so. What are you?

1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

"I am thankful that […] no syllable of rude verse has ever profaned my lips."
"You have, then, limited your efforts to sacred song?"
"Even so. As the psalms of David exceed all other language, so does the psalmody that has been fitted to them by the divines and sages of the land, surpass all vain poetry. Happily, I may say, that I utter nothing but the thoughts and the wishes of the King of Israel himself […]"

1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter 2, in The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page 25:

"Hester! Hester Prynne!", said he; "is it thou? Art thou in life?"
"Even so," she answered.

1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 17, in The Scarlet Letter:

He may be thought inconsistent, and even so he is.

1857, Herman Melville, chapter 14, in The Confidence Man:

What a strange thing, I mused, was this smoking, that takes a man suddenly, be he in the court, the camp, or the grove, grips him like an Afreet, and whirls him off to do its imperious behests! Would it be even so with myself, I wondered, in those unknown grown-up years to come?

1895, Kenneth Grahame, chapter 13, in The Golden Age:

(archaic) Exactly thus: in exactly such a manner (as said or surmised); of precisely such a nature.


faute de mieux

faute de mieux (comparative more faute de mieux, superlative most faute de mieux)

more faute de mieux (comparative)
most faute de mieux (superlative)

Unadapted borrowing from French faute de mieux.

ubor

Then, Alas! any body was company for every body and the first lord of the land did not think it shame, faute de mieux, to take up with the conversation of his butler, or his game-keeper, over a tankard; while the young ladies, faute de tout, danced "Bobbing Joan," with the rest of the domestics in the servants' hall.

1823, "Select Society, With Observations on the Modern Art of Matchmaking", in The New Monthly Magazine,by C. M., pub. E. W. Allen,, volume 8 pages 91-92

Among the explanations commonly advanced are: (1) Greek males were driven to seek romance and sexual gratification with other males, faute de mieux, by the seclusion and enforced intellectual impoverishment of *women; (2) […]

1998, “homosexuality”, in Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, editors, The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilisation, Oxford, published 2004, →ISBN, page 353:

For want of something better; for lack of an alternative; as a makeshift.


unselfconsciously

en-adv

unselfconsciously (comparative more unselfconsciously, superlative most unselfconsciously)

more unselfconsciously (comparative)
most unselfconsciously (superlative)

At the waterfall she quickly strips and washes, then stands and talks to me unselfconsciously naked, as, feeling very pale and clothed, I swim in my black bathing suit.

1983 December 24, Andrea Loewenstein, “"What's Freedom Without Food In Your Stomach?" — A Trip to Haiti”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 8:

In a manner which is not self-conscious.


on thin ice

Suggesting a person skating or walking on a frozen-over body of water, at risk of breaking through and falling into the water.

(idiomatic) Dangerously, hazardously, delicately.


unsayably

unsayably (comparative more unsayably, superlative most unsayably)

more unsayably (comparative)
most unsayably (superlative)

The aim of TLP is not get us to recognize something that is unsayably true of reality, but rather to cure us of any attempt to represent to ourselves something about reality that cannot be said.

1999, Marie McGinn, “Between Metaphysics and Nonsense: Elucidation in Wittgenstein's Tractatus”, in The Philosophical Quarterly, volume 49, number 197, page 493:

It is only because we can embrace imperatives that cohere with a force beyond being and beyond the world that we can, exceptionally, act as absolutely and "unsayably" free.

2003, Peter Halward, “The one or the other: French philosophy today”, in Angelaki, volume 8, number 2, page 13:

(philosophy, rare) In a manner which is inexpressible or is not describable.

Although Lynch fails to examine what is unsayably taboo in the Arab forum, he does show how few programmes feature the environment, unemployment, health, child abuse or anything else that affects everyday life—except politics.

2006 March 6, Jean Seaton, "The talking cure" (review of Voices of the New Arab Public by Marc Lynch), New Statesman, p. 54

(rare) In a manner which is not permitted or is inappropriate for expression.


spang

And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.

1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 22:


just in case

I'll take an umbrella, just in case. [or: ...just in case it rains.]

1629, Roger Williams et al., The Correspondence of Roger Williams, Brown University Press (reprinted 1988, →ISBN, page 204,
Dudley and his council "gave no credit to these suspicions" but decided to strengthen the colony's defenses just in case the rumors turned out to be true.

1981, John H. G. Pell, "General George Washington's Visit to Fort Ticonderoga in July 1783", Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Volume XIV, Number 1, Summer 1981, Fort Ticonderoga Museum, page 260,
Throughout 1782 and most of 1783 there was a mixture of defacto [sic] peace but preparedness for war just in case it should be resumed, a sort of cold war.

(idiomatic) To provide for the possible event that; as in case but with the possibility of the occurrence being more remote.


ripely

ripely (comparative more ripely, superlative most ripely)

more ripely (comparative)
most ripely (superlative)

It fits us therefore ripely / Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness:

1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:


better late than never

Perhaps a calque of Latin potius sero quam numquam from the 4th book of Ab Urbe condita (History of Rome) by Titus Livius, around 27 BC.

clq

c. 27 BCE, Livy, Ab Urbe Condita [From the Founding of the City], published 1996:

Their insolence and recklessness must be opposed, and better late than never.

[after seeing the ghost of the Titanic arrive in New York Harbor] Well, better late than never.

1989 June 16, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, directed by Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters II, spoken by Dock Supervisor (Cheech Marin):

It is better to do something late, than to never do it at all.

më mirë vonë se kurrë

it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all

ʔan yaʔtī mutaʔaḵḵiran ḵayr min ʔallā yaʔtī ʔabadan

أَن يَأْتِي مُتَأَخِّرًا خَيْر مِن أَلَّا يَأْتِي أَبَدًا

遅くてもやらないよりまし

おそくてもやらないよりまし


reverentially

en-adv

reverentially (comparative more reverentially, superlative most reverentially)

more reverentially (comparative)
most reverentially (superlative)


unclearly

unclearly (comparative more unclearly, superlative most unclearly)

more unclearly (comparative)
most unclearly (superlative)

In such circumstances the liquor, the haste, or the gauze may make me see the woman's face unclearly, her features unclearly, or her skin unclearly; but they do not make me see her fineness of features unclearly, the clearness of her skin unclearly, or the freshness of her face unclearly, when what is meant is that her features are not very fine, her face not very fresh, or her skin not very clear. What these circumstances do is to give me something like illusions, not unclear perceptions.

2015, Guy Sircello ·, New Theory of Beauty, page 133:


whereunder

The real bottom cause of the change was the "gentlemen's agreement" between the two party machines whereunder both entered the service of the same master.

1911, David Graham Phillips, chapter 8, in The Conflict:


par excellence

/ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑːns/

/ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɑːns/

/ˌpɑːɹ ˌɛksəˈlɒ̃s/

/ˌpɑːɹ ˈɛksəlɒ̃s/

/ˌpɑɹ ˌɛksəˈlɑns/

Unadapted borrowing from French par excellence (“excellently, in an especially representative way; above all”), a calque of Latin per excellentiam, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κατ' ἐξοχήν (kat' exokhḗn).

der

The name of Venus is in deede but bautye,
And men me fayrest call, per excellencye.

1584, George Peele, The Araygnement of Paris, ii, i:

Because or on account of one's excellence.

He was par excellence a theologian.

2009, John Murray, “Introduction”, in John Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian Religion:

Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.).

She was par excellence the vigilant member of the house-hold.

1877, William Worthington Fowler, Woman on the American Frontier, page 99:

In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner.


gnomically

en-adv

gnomically (comparative more gnomically, superlative most gnomically)

more gnomically (comparative)
most gnomically (superlative)

"The only thing he could say, rather gnomically, was, 'It'll do very well in Japan.'" - Loach's love of misery, The Week, 1 September 2007, 629, 10.


disproportionally

disproportionally (comparative more disproportionally, superlative most disproportionally)

more disproportionally (comparative)
most disproportionally (superlative)

In a disproportional manner, or to a disproportional extent; disproportionately


bag and baggage

I could go from valley to valley and from hill to hill; I could “bring up” when it was necessary; and when my labours were finished in one place, I could go on, bag and baggage, to another.

1857, Robert Fortune, A Residence Among the Chinese, Digital Print, published 2012, page 94:

The summer camp was being dismantled, and the tribe, bag and baggage, was preparing to go off to the fall hunting.

1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter IV, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 3 (The Gods of the Wild):

In early February the North China Marines arrived, bag and baggage, decked out with full uniforms, overcoats and fur-lined hats.

2011, Stanford D. Carman, Wake And Reunion, page 125:

(chiefly UK) With all one's possessions.


crushingly

crushingly (comparative more crushingly, superlative most crushingly)

more crushingly (comparative)
most crushingly (superlative)


caringly

caringly (comparative more caringly, superlative most caringly)

more caringly (comparative)
most caringly (superlative)


cheesily

cheesily (comparative more cheesily, superlative most cheesily)

more cheesily (comparative)
most cheesily (superlative)


psychrometrically

psychrometrically (comparative more psychrometrically, superlative most psychrometrically)

more psychrometrically (comparative)
most psychrometrically (superlative)


reversely

In a reverse manner; in the opposite sequence or direction.


lankily

lankily (comparative more lankily, superlative most lankily)

more lankily (comparative)
most lankily (superlative)

He got lankily into motion and presently passed in through the windows.

1918, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 23, in The False Faces:

In a lanky manner; in the manner of a lanky person.


undoubtably

From Middle English undoutably, equivalent to undoubtable + -ly.

I leave it to all the Protestant Princes of Europe to judge if their safety can be solidly established in their Leagues and Confederations with the Princes of the Roman Communion, as it may be undoubtably effected by their Leagues and Confederations amongst themselves.

1679, Edmund Everard, Discourses on the present state of the Protestant princes of Europe, London: Dorman Newman, page 20:

This method would undoubtably strike a wholesome terror into the hearts of the working classes.

Maugham suggests that storytelling began when primeval hunters told tales around their fires and turbaned raconteurs held forth in what Sinclair Lewis called the clattering bright bazaars. He's undoubtably right.

1963 October 5, Charles Poore, “Books of The Times: The Curtain Speeches of Somerset Maugham”, in New York Times, page 18:

Thus, by analogy, philosophical propositions will involve primitive terms, to be arrived at, undoubtably, by a kind of conceptual analysis.

2003, M. Van Atten, J. Kennedy, “On the Philosophical Development of Kurt Gödel”, in The Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, volume 9, number 4, page 431:

(sometimes considered nonstandard) Without doubt; indubitably, undoubtedly.


ygo

For his eye sight him failed long ygo,[…]

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:


not yet

That which is blackish is not yet black. He who is being enriched is not yet rich. The preparation for a supper is not yet supping.

1858, Joseph Augustus Seiss, The Baptist System Examined, the Church Vindicated, and Sectarianism Rebuked, page 46:

Guy is French, and in the context that Arthur is operating, he is not yet white.

1980, Revista/review Interamericana - Volume 10, Issues 1-3, page 328:

The rubric in Exhibit 3.2 provides criteria for exemplary, acceptable, and not yet acceptable work.

2011, Margery B. Ginsberg, Transformative Professional Learning, page 43:

[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

Not for the moment, though expected later.

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not for the moment, though expected later

всё ещё не́т

or replace "нет" with "не" with a following verb

These things, to me, are some evidences that England is not yet utterly forsaken of the Lord its God, though the land be full of sin.

1851, John Owen, William H. Goold, The Works of John Owen, D.D., page 136:

Below the figure Dutch verses are engraved, which are thus translated: “No better dress than this; I am warm and not yet miserable; come on all those who have anything against me; I do not want any one's help;

1873, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, page 522:

Although the principle of moral freedom of choice is not impotent to perform legal acts , individual good acts are not yet decisive of the total worth of man, because conversely only a good fundamental disposition imparts true worth to acts.

1896, Isaak August Dorner, A System of Christian Doctrine - Volume 3, page 68:

Having the right condiment or prepared sauce on the table can save the meal for family members not yet ecstatic about new dishes.

1997, John A. McDougall, Mary McDougall, The New McDougall Cookbook:


genomewide

From genome + -wide. Coined in the 1990s with the rise of genomics.

Studying, genome-wide, the increasing number of interacting epigenetic mechanisms in a spectrum of cell types will involve data generation on a massive scale.

2008 August 7, The American Association for Cancer Research Human Epigenome Task Force, European Union, Network of Excellence, Scientific Advisory Board, “Moving AHEAD with an international human epigenome project”, in Nature, volume 454, →DOI, page 712:


rightward

rightward (comparative more rightward, superlative most rightward)

more rightward (comparative)
most rightward (superlative)


transcendently

transcendently (comparative more transcendently, superlative most transcendently)

more transcendently (comparative)
most transcendently (superlative)


epistemically

epistemically (comparative more epistemically, superlative most epistemically)

more epistemically (comparative)
most epistemically (superlative)

In a way that pertains to knowledge and cognition.

We can say that a message, M, is epistemically defective if either it is false, inappropriate, or connected to other beliefs in ways that are inapt, misleading, or unwarranted.

2002, Sheryl Tuttle Ross, “Understanding Propaganda: The Epistemic Merit Model and Its Application to Art”, in Journal of Aesthetic Education, volume 36, number 1, page 23:

(usually, more specifically) In a way that pertains to metaknowledge and epistemology (awareness of the source, truth, and epistemologic grounding of knowledge).


epistemologically

epistemologically (comparative more epistemologically, superlative most epistemologically)

more epistemologically (comparative)
most epistemologically (superlative)

The more epistemologically interesting cases are those in which expertise is involved.

1985, John Hardwig, “Epistemic Dependence”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 82, number 7, page 337:

In a manner that pertains to epistemology.

epistemològicament

in a manner that pertains to epistemology

It has been argued that because an object is epistemologically dependent on an observer, it is also physically dependent on that observer.

1949, Edith Watson Schipper, “Independence: Epistemological and Physical”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 46, number 4, page 101:

(loosely) In a manner that pertains to knowledge or cognition.


full speed ahead

He charged full speed ahead into his studies.

(idiomatic) With maximum effort, without reservations or delay.


under the counter

under the counter (comparative more under the counter, superlative most under the counter)

more under the counter (comparative)
most under the counter (superlative)

1969 The Seven Minutes: A Novel - Page 157 by Irving Wallace
Oh, yeah, I remember, you mean about me not trying to sell from under the counter?

2004, James Carlos Blake, Under the Skin, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 55,
When Prohibition became the law, they produced the stuff in greater quantity and sold it under the counter to anybody who wanted it.

Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).


hereafters

Alternative form of hereafter (“in time to come; from now on; sequentially after this point”).


m.m.

mutatis mutandis
mutatis mutandis#English


inartistically

inartistically (comparative more inartistically, superlative most inartistically)

more inartistically (comparative)
most inartistically (superlative)

Not artistically; in an inartistic manner.