tabularly

tabulated, in a tabular fashion, in tabular form, in tables.


desiccatedly

en-adv

desiccatedly (comparative more desiccatedly, superlative most desiccatedly)

more desiccatedly (comparative)
most desiccatedly (superlative)

a desiccatedly dry speech

To a desiccated degree; in an extremely dry fashion


downwardly

downwardly (comparative more downwardly, superlative most downwardly)

more downwardly (comparative)
most downwardly (superlative)

downwardly mobile


high off the hog

high off the hog (comparative higher off the hog, superlative highest off the hog)

higher off the hog (comparative)
highest off the hog (superlative)

You are talking about the all income, so you are talking about a very sizable tax increase for a mall segment of our economy, I admit, but they are not exactly people who are eating highest off the hog at this point in our economy.

1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security, President's Social Security Proposals, page 367:

After paying off my debts, I started living a little higher off the hog, ordering the best bourbon at Marco's, dressing better, playing the lottery, and rejoining the poker game, where my luck was, as usual, lousy.

1998, Robert Perrin, Piggy's Luck and More Tales of Evildoing, page 13:

It must be said that the Jap guards didn't live high off the hog either.

2013, Reg Twigg, Survivor on the River Kwai:


folkishly

folkishly (comparative more folkishly, superlative most folkishly)

more folkishly (comparative)
most folkishly (superlative)


reproductively

a reproductively isolated population

In terms of, or by means of, reproduction


unexplainably

unexplainably (comparative more unexplainably, superlative most unexplainably)

more unexplainably (comparative)
most unexplainably (superlative)

The body and mind are unexplainably connected.

His salary is unexplainably high.

In a way or to an extent that cannot be explained.

inexplicably

inexplicably; unexplainably; the word is much more frequent than


rumbustiously

rumbustiously (comparative more rumbustiously, superlative most rumbustiously)

more rumbustiously (comparative)
most rumbustiously (superlative)

I hate to fault a play that so rumbustiously turns over so many brilliant ideas.

2008 December 19, Caroline Ash, “To Make Aire Dance”, in Science:


compositionally

The two minerals are compositionally distinct.

Several of the larger works in the exhibit are composed of multiple prints arranged with a space between the edges to gie the overall appearance of panes in a window or a grid. This is more effective in some cases than others. The largest piece in the show "Wet Weather" (uttilizing 16 separate prints pieced closely together) is weak compositionally and seems to have been done hurriedly and with less resolve than some of the other big works such as "Night Rehearsal" which is a wonderfully animated interplay of form, light, and shadow.

1987 April 25, Tom Grabosky, “What Is a "Gay Artist"?”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

The central painting, depicting Circe's palace, is compositionally and stylistically different than the rest of the frieze.

2009, Umberto Pappalardo, The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting, page 91:

Compositionally there is no great distinction between cell wall and cell surface, both are relatively transparent compounds, but both parts of the cell are of high significance in Biology due to their central role in cell functioning.

2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 8:

In particular, its meaning will normally also be retrieved from storage rather than computed compositionally, from the constituents.

2004, Östen Dahl, The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity, →ISBN, page 180:


tackily

tackily (comparative more tackily, superlative most tackily)

more tackily (comparative)
most tackily (superlative)

It drummed tackily to gather my attention, coughed, spat, cleared its throat, and, on the eve of that portentous communication, retired up stage as a multitude whispering.

1904, Rudyard Kipling, “Their Lawful Occasions”, in Traffics and Discoveries, page 118:

They lived comfortably if tackily in big, plain houses, and were too much like us in town to interest me.

1966, Antioch review, volume 25, page 260:

Ceviche is inoffensive but not great, tackily served in a carved-out pineapple, and even more tackily served with those same smoky crab claws.

2007, Robin S. Goldstein, Fearless Critic Houston Restaurant Guide: Brutally Honest Undercover Chefs and Food Writers Rate More Than 400 Places to Eat, page 102:


zestily

zestily (comparative more zestily, superlative most zestily)

more zestily (comparative)
most zestily (superlative)

The band played zestily.


picaresquely

picaresquely (comparative more picaresquely, superlative most picaresquely)

more picaresquely (comparative)
most picaresquely (superlative)

An insatiable traveller, he wrote picaresquely of strange places and stranger men.

1969, Eric Partridge, Journey to the Edge of Morning, page 15:


midpursuit

He stopped midpursuit and turned around.

(also often "in midpursuit") While pursuing


A to Z

The listings run A to Z.


undogmatically

undogmatically (comparative more undogmatically, superlative most undogmatically)

more undogmatically (comparative)
most undogmatically (superlative)


dissimilarly

dissimilarly (comparative more dissimilarly, superlative most dissimilarly)

more dissimilarly (comparative)
most dissimilarly (superlative)


silkily

silkily (comparative more silkily, superlative most silkily)

more silkily (comparative)
most silkily (superlative)

Gerty's were of the bluest Irish blue, set off by lustrous lashes and dark expressive brows. Time was when those brows were not so silkily seductive

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:


gummily

gummily (comparative more gummily, superlative most gummily)

more gummily (comparative)
most gummily (superlative)


quarrelsomely

quarrelsomely (comparative more quarrelsomely, superlative most quarrelsomely)

more quarrelsomely (comparative)
most quarrelsomely (superlative)


telephonically

Using a telephone, by means of a telephone.


scabbily

scabbily (comparative more scabbily, superlative most scabbily)

more scabbily (comparative)
most scabbily (superlative)

In a scabby manner; in a low, base or mean way.


storewide

They're slashing prices storewide.


needily

needily (comparative more needily, superlative most needily)

more needily (comparative)
most needily (superlative)


unmistakeably

unmistakeably (comparative more unmistakeably, superlative most unmistakeably)

more unmistakeably (comparative)
most unmistakeably (superlative)

At breakfast, and while they were packing the few remaining articles, he showed his weariness from the night’s effort so unmistakeably that Tess was on the point of revealing all that had happened; […]

1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXXVII, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:

It was to Liubotyn station that I and my best mate Sasha once ventured on our lives' first (meaning without the adults) train ride. […] We got off at Liubotyn, then sleepy and unmistakeably rural, bought a couple of wrinkled meat pies at a station kiosk, and got back on the train.

2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 46:


likelily

likelily (comparative more likelily, superlative most likelily)

more likelily (comparative)
most likelily (superlative)


numerologically

The superstitious king tried to solve his problems numerologically.

By means of, or in relation to, numerology


dizzyingly

dizzyingly (comparative more dizzyingly, superlative most dizzyingly)

more dizzyingly (comparative)
most dizzyingly (superlative)

The dervish whirled dizzyingly fast.

To a dizzying degree, or in a dizzying manner


quiveringly

quiveringly (comparative more quiveringly, superlative most quiveringly)

more quiveringly (comparative)
most quiveringly (superlative)

He stepped quiveringly forward.


unflatteringly

unflatteringly (comparative more unflatteringly, superlative most unflatteringly)

more unflatteringly (comparative)
most unflatteringly (superlative)

The lights shone unflatteringly on his sweaty face.


unnervingly

unnervingly (comparative more unnervingly, superlative most unnervingly)

more unnervingly (comparative)
most unnervingly (superlative)

/ˈʌnˈnɜːvɪŋlɪ/

Her companion was unnervingly quiet.


blinkingly

blinkingly (comparative more blinkingly, superlative most blinkingly)

more blinkingly (comparative)
most blinkingly (superlative)

Sir Daniel, brushing the blood out of his eyes, stared blinkingly upon his captive.

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow, Book 4:


gleamingly

gleamingly (comparative more gleamingly, superlative most gleamingly)

more gleamingly (comparative)
most gleamingly (superlative)

And Hunt's tender heart's ease looks gleamingly out, […]

1822, “Epistle to W. W.”, in The Scots Magazine, volumes 89-90, page 314:

"Gleamingly the Dead arise
Viewing with their death-calmed eyes
The elemental strategies"

1838, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Seraphim:

His horror became a madness ; his eyes ran gleamingly along the shore, to detect the demon hand that had in the very moment of his bliss struck from his heart the living impulse of his soul.

1852, Pierce Egan, The London Apprentice, and the Goldsmith's Daughter of West Chepe: A Tale in the Time of Bluff King Hal, Book ⅠⅠⅠ, Chapter ⅩⅩⅠⅠⅠ published in London by W. S. Johnson, p. 212


relatedly

relatedly (comparative more relatedly, superlative most relatedly)

more relatedly (comparative)
most relatedly (superlative)

Dellamora argues that Swinburne's "Anactoria" aims "to free desire" by making sexual difference and orientation "indeterminate" (77). Slightly earlier in Masculine Desire, he argues relatedly that Swinburne "enjoyed imagining such possibilities" as "male-male genital activity" (69).

1999, Christopher Lane, The Burdens of Intimacy, Chicago, page 263, note 23

Voegelin remarks: "I got into these problems of mysticism as a teenager, not because of religious education in school (I went to a Protestant Sunday School), but because Hindus came to give lectures. But one must get it from somewhere." […] Elsewhere he remarked relatedly: "I can quite definitely see that I got the practice of meditation by reading Upanishads […] ."

2006, Ellis Sandoz, Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America, Missouri, page 176, note 41

While there is now a Department of Constitutional Affairs, there is no formal constitution. Relatedly, there is no fundamental questioning of the exercise of the prerogative powers by the Prime Minister, the position of the monarchy, and the relation between church and state.

a. 2004, Dilys M. Hill, “Constitutional Reform”, in Raymond Plant, Matt Beech, Kevin Hickson, editors, The Struggle for Labour's Soul, Routledge, published 2004, →ISBN, page 224:

[…] a compulsive need to interpet and mine just about everything for hidden meaning, to see any trivial occurrence as a sign or omen of what might come. There is, relatedly, the drive to produce signs (headties, graffiti, and the like) for one's own community, for other social actors, for larger relevant audiences, and not the least, for the enemy Other.

a. 2006, Patricia Spyer, "Some Notes on Disorder in the Indonesian Postcolony", in, 2006, Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff, editors, Law and Disorder in the Postcolony, Chicago, page 206

Used to indicate that the accompanying statement is related (connected) to a preceding statement or occurrence.

As noted earlier, cooperation between the United States and Mexico in police matters mostly revolves around the drug trade and has relatedly been hampered by the influence of corruption.

a. 2001, Mathieu Deflem, "International Police Cooperation in North America", in, 2001, Daniel J. Koenig and Dilip K. Das, editors, International Police Cooperation: A world perspective, Lexington, page 90

(rare) Used to indicate that the accompanying statement may not be true, but has been said to be true.

allegedly

indicating a statement is merely claimed to be true


midflight

The airplane slats extended midflight.

Occurring in the middle portion of a flight


unwholly

The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known.

...but the growth of the house from the blueprint to the completed building is a process not unwholly like that of the growth of the kitten into a cat...

1971, Kenneth Ewart Boulding, Collected Papers:

In a way that is not whole; partially, incompletely.


wholely

If this circle fall wholely without the ellipse, the point H will be the vertex of the greater axis...

1810, John Dougall, The Modern Preceptor:

A wholely owned subsidiary is one whose common voting shares are wholely owned...

1983, James Bradley, Introduction to Data Base Management in Business:


quotationally

I have presented this matter thus quotationally because I am anxious to emphasize Conrad's understanding loyalty to his art...

So as not to appear disbelieving, they opted to respond quotationally, to offer literal citation of chapter and verse.

1994, Harold M Schulweis, For Those Who Can't Believe:

In my quotationally informed analysis, the ages of the poet and auctoritas are similarly premodern modes...

1998, Eloise Knowlton, Joyce, Joyceans, and the Rhetoric of Citation:


nosocomially

In a nosocomial manner or context; from or in a hospital.


heteronormatively

heteronormatively (comparative more heteronormatively, superlative most heteronormatively)

more heteronormatively (comparative)
most heteronormatively (superlative)

Mature adults are heteronormatively gendered. One of the key things a child must grow up into is a man or a woman, so to be a mature adult means to identify unambiguously as one or the other […]

2009, Eric L. Tribunella, Melancholia and Maturation, page xxii:


lustlessly

lustlessly (comparative more lustlessly, superlative most lustlessly)

more lustlessly (comparative)
most lustlessly (superlative)


unreally

unreally (comparative more unreally, superlative most unreally)

more unreally (comparative)
most unreally (superlative)


extraterrestrially

One can well imagine rational beings arising, either on earth or extraterrestrially, who could be biologically independent […]

1998, Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Family:

In an extraterrestrial way; not on Earth.


scarfwise

The JEWEL is likewise worn pendent from a light blue riband scarfwise over the right shoulder.

1854, Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull, An Introduction to Heraldry:

[…] a coarsely knit white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.


hurtlingly

hurtlingly (comparative more hurtlingly, superlative most hurtlingly)

more hurtlingly (comparative)
most hurtlingly (superlative)


unsuddenly

unsuddenly (comparative more unsuddenly, superlative most unsuddenly)

more unsuddenly (comparative)
most unsuddenly (superlative)

Not suddenly; happening slowly and with plenty of warning; in an unsudden manner.


journalistically

journalistically (comparative more journalistically, superlative most journalistically)

more journalistically (comparative)
most journalistically (superlative)


rivetingly

rivetingly (comparative more rivetingly, superlative most rivetingly)

more rivetingly (comparative)
most rivetingly (superlative)


grippingly

grippingly (comparative more grippingly, superlative most grippingly)

more grippingly (comparative)
most grippingly (superlative)


unknowably

unknowably (comparative more unknowably, superlative most unknowably)

more unknowably (comparative)
most unknowably (superlative)


arcanely

arcanely (comparative more arcanely, superlative most arcanely)

more arcanely (comparative)
most arcanely (superlative)


effably

effably (comparative more effably, superlative most effably)

more effably (comparative)
most effably (superlative)


knowably

knowably (comparative more knowably, superlative most knowably)

more knowably (comparative)
most knowably (superlative)


attestably

attestably (comparative more attestably, superlative most attestably)

more attestably (comparative)
most attestably (superlative)


abashlessly

abashlessly (comparative more abashlessly, superlative most abashlessly)

more abashlessly (comparative)
most abashlessly (superlative)

In an abashless, unabashed manner: unabashedly.


abacterially

an abacterially-derived polysaccharide

Without the presence or use of bacteria.


wackily

wackily (comparative more wackily, superlative most wackily)

more wackily (comparative)
most wackily (superlative)

She was wackily entertaining.


texturally

In a textural manner, relating to texture.


abactinally

(As seen or measured) from the end opposite the mouth in a radiate animal (to the other end).


unremarkably

unremarkably (comparative more unremarkably, superlative most unremarkably)

more unremarkably (comparative)
most unremarkably (superlative)

Cast in dark bronze and resembling Roman antiquities, Riccio's small-scale statuettes, reliefs and oil lamps seem unremarkably modest at first.

2009 January 2, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that is unremarkable.


islandwide

The bakery added bread and delivered it islandwide.

2011, Stormy Cozad, Kauai: 100 Years in Postcards, page 43:


off-label

Many medicines used for children are prescribed and used off-label.

2006, Jonathan Merrills, Jonathan Fisher, Pharmacy Law and Practice:


lingually

In a lingual manner, relating to language or linguistics.


nepotistically

nepotistically (comparative more nepotistically, superlative most nepotistically)

more nepotistically (comparative)
most nepotistically (superlative)


leeringly

leeringly (comparative more leeringly, superlative most leeringly)

more leeringly (comparative)
most leeringly (superlative)


clinkingly

clinkingly (comparative more clinkingly, superlative most clinkingly)

more clinkingly (comparative)
most clinkingly (superlative)


nocuously

nocuously (comparative more nocuously, superlative most nocuously)

more nocuously (comparative)
most nocuously (superlative)


unimaginably

unimaginably (comparative more unimaginably, superlative most unimaginably)

more unimaginably (comparative)
most unimaginably (superlative)

As it prepares to inaugurate a new president, America is also trying to forge a fresh identity in a world unimaginably different from the one inherited by George W Bush only eight years ago.

2009 January 4, Paul Harris, “Paul Harris: Frugality is cool in the cash-strapped US”, in The Observer:

To an extent or in a way that cannot be, or could not have been, imagined


noxiously

noxiously (comparative more noxiously, superlative most noxiously)

more noxiously (comparative)
most noxiously (superlative)


undisputedly

"Whatever one's view about Wilde's life he is undisputedly famous and widely honoured," he said.

2009 January 4, Tracy McVeigh, “Seaside town Worthing split over honouring Oscar Wilde”, in The Observer:

In a way, or to an extent, that is not disputed


clankingly

clankingly (comparative more clankingly, superlative most clankingly)

more clankingly (comparative)
most clankingly (superlative)

Then he snored gently, the dog clankingly searching for fleas beside the planter’s chair, unaware as yet of her booked passage to India.

1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 203:


crunchingly

crunchingly (comparative more crunchingly, superlative most crunchingly)

more crunchingly (comparative)
most crunchingly (superlative)

As I stood there someone stepped crunchingly on the gravel path before the shuttered windows. I turned, and there was Pengelly.

1931, Hugh Walpole, Above the Dark Tumult, page 46:

He bites crunchingly through the breast, tearing through skin, flesh and bone till his teeth meet..

1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 183:


pseudonymously

(computing, law) Pertaining to pseudonymization.


toweringly

toweringly (comparative more toweringly, superlative most toweringly)

more toweringly (comparative)
most toweringly (superlative)


reactionarily

reactionarily (comparative more reactionarily, superlative most reactionarily)

more reactionarily (comparative)
most reactionarily (superlative)


transracially

From transracial + -ly or trans- + racially.


transnationally

In a world where gay politics are becoming more visible transnationally and globally, rainbow washing serves to paint a picture of a false reality […]

2016, Abbie E. Goldberg, The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies, page 759:


hologrammatically

Whether or not the biological universe exists hologrammatically in each of us, we can see that we are in the bare infancy of understanding the genetic code and who we are.

1985, Between the Species: A Journal of Ethics, page 9:

The most insightful diagnoses and deepest modes of healing likewise operate hologrammatically.

2001, Richard Grossinger, Planet Medicine: Origins, page 534:

Both coexist hologrammatically, that is, every part contains the whole.

2007, David Richo, The Power of Coincidence: How Life Shows Us What We Need to Know:


unassailably

unassailably (comparative more unassailably, superlative most unassailably)

more unassailably (comparative)
most unassailably (superlative)

Blank sightless eyes closed speechless mouth destined eternally to rigid frigidity (frigor mortis). Impenetrable, not an orifice in sight. Inviolably inviolate body unassailably confined within a wall of stone ("leda, lada, aflutter afraida, so does your girdle grow!").

1991, Ailbhe Smyth, “The Floozie in the Jacuzzi”, in Feminist Studies, volume 17, number 1:

Contrary to his assertion, however, virtually all relevant researchers say the link between CFCs and ozone depletion is based on unassailably solid scientific evidence.

1995, Ross Gelbspan, “The Heat Is On: The Warming of the World’s Climate Sparks a Blaze of Denial”, in Harper's Magazine, footnote 2:

[H]owever hard she pushed the tough-talkin' shtick, she remained doe-eyed, glowing and somehow unassailably demure.

2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):


squelchingly

squelchingly (comparative more squelchingly, superlative most squelchingly)

more squelchingly (comparative)
most squelchingly (superlative)


dooced

dooced (comparative more dooced, superlative most dooced)

more dooced (comparative)
most dooced (superlative)

Should have liked to belong to that set, only they drank so dooced hard.

1884, George Augustus Sala, Quite Alone, page 18:

"Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.

1878, John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond:


stuntedly

stuntedly (comparative more stuntedly, superlative most stuntedly)

more stuntedly (comparative)
most stuntedly (superlative)


boomingly

boomingly (comparative more boomingly, superlative most boomingly)

more boomingly (comparative)
most boomingly (superlative)

'Mid this spectacle of wide and wanton spoil, insular noises of falling rocks would boomingly explode upon the silence and fright all the echoes, which ran shrieking in and out among the caves, as wailing women and children in some assaulted town.

1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities, Book 25, Chapter 4:

Then, impelled to some gesture, he raised his voice and in one of his first basso notes called boomingly and without reticence for the waiter.

1928 July 28, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Basil: The Freshest Boy”, in The Saturday Evening Post:

A questioner from the floor […] accused him of being too rich to care about ordinary people; and while Gerald boomingly deplored the statement you could see it sinking and settling in his flushed features as a kind of acclaim.

2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:


unblinkingly

Unblinkingly the girl kept her first vigil.

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 207:

She stood this inspection unblinkingly, incapable of the little insincerities of self-consciousness, but when it was over, and Bradly had resumed his normal face, she gave a relieved wriggle, as if satisfied by an ordeal which obviously satisfied Bradly, for he said with approval, "Comes well, that hat; paint you in that hat; picks up reflected lights a treat, that hat."

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 105:

To restore investor confidence, Lula installed an unblinkingly orthodox economic team at the Central Bank and Ministry of Finance, which hiked interest rates yet further and cut public investment, to achieve a primary fiscal surplus higher even than the figure the IMF had demanded.

2011, Perry Anderson, “Lula's Brazil”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII:


deuced

deuced (comparative more deuced, superlative most deuced)

more deuced (comparative)
most deuced (superlative)


stringily

stringily (comparative more stringily, superlative most stringily)

more stringily (comparative)
most stringily (superlative)

Her complexion was of an unhealthy yellowish hue, and a few wisps of the same yellowish-hued hair straggled stringily down her thin temples.


ashenly

ashenly (comparative more ashenly, superlative most ashenly)

more ashenly (comparative)
most ashenly (superlative)

They were ashenly miserable for some time. Then the life began to come back.


jingoistically

jingoistically (comparative more jingoistically, superlative most jingoistically)

more jingoistically (comparative)
most jingoistically (superlative)

1976 April 26, Sally Beauman, Henry Reconsidered—Royal and Shakespearean in New York (magazine),
But how will American audiences respond to the play? Will they find it too jingoistically English, too warmongering, or will they find it as complex and perturbing a work as the company believes it to be?

Vienna's other important liberal daily, Die Zeit, also supported the invasion of Serbia, although less jingoistically and in a more restrained tone than either the Neue Freie Presse or the Neues Wiener Tagblatt.

1980, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Michigan Academician, volume 13:

Published in 1919, this anthology was jingoistically titled The Great Tradition: Selections from English and American Prose and Poetry.

1992, Nancy Armstrong, Leonard Tennenhouse, The Imaginary Puritan: Literature, Intellectual Labor, and the Origins of Personal Life:


scorchingly

The story was scorchingly intense.

The weather was scorchingly hot.


unprettily

unprettily (comparative more unprettily, superlative most unprettily)

more unprettily (comparative)
most unprettily (superlative)

He sang unprettily.

In a way that is not pretty, often deliberately so


for reals

MIERCOLES (crossing her fingers behind her back). For reals. Cross my heart.

1998, José Cruz González, Calabasas Street:

"Oh, yeah, like, totally, I mean, you know, whatever," Miranda said, giggling. "For reals, dude."


irrevokably

irrevokably (comparative more irrevokably, superlative most irrevokably)

more irrevokably (comparative)
most irrevokably (superlative)


distractingly

distractingly (comparative more distractingly, superlative most distractingly)

more distractingly (comparative)
most distractingly (superlative)


NAFAIK

as far as I know
as far as I know#English

(chiefly Internet slang) Initialism of not as far as I know.


funkily

funkily (comparative more funkily, superlative most funkily)

more funkily (comparative)
most funkily (superlative)


whackily

whackily (comparative more whackily, superlative most whackily)

more whackily (comparative)
most whackily (superlative)


quirkily

quirkily (comparative more quirkily, superlative most quirkily)

more quirkily (comparative)
most quirkily (superlative)


groovily

groovily (comparative more groovily, superlative most groovily)

more groovily (comparative)
most groovily (superlative)


cracklingly

cracklingly (comparative more cracklingly, superlative most cracklingly)

more cracklingly (comparative)
most cracklingly (superlative)


industrywide

Extending throughout a particular industry.


frangibly

frangibly (comparative more frangibly, superlative most frangibly)

more frangibly (comparative)
most frangibly (superlative)


cakily

cakily (comparative more cakily, superlative most cakily)

more cakily (comparative)
most cakily (superlative)

From what I remember now of those girls, all with their hair rolled on top of their heads, their lips darkly painted, their cheeks cakily powdered […]

He had been sleeping on top of the coverlet it seemed, and he still had on his swamp-stained pants, which had dried cakily along his legs.

1993, Madison Smartt Bell, Save Me, Joe Louis:


quackingly

quackingly (comparative more quackingly, superlative most quackingly)

more quackingly (comparative)
most quackingly (superlative)

...expressing their satisfaction in deep, megaphone voices, until they are quite sure we have heard, when they go quackingly away to the nearest pond.

His anger broke and he cursed quackingly, cursed in bleats, cursed until he drooled and had to apply his sleeve to his mouth.

1950, George C Appell, The Tin Trumpet of China:

...some smartly styled but quackingly played overtures by the Monte Carlo Operators under Louis Frémaux...

In a quacking manner; with quacking sounds.


presumptively

[…] his appointment is presumptively lawful.

2009 January 7, Walter Dellinger, “City of Cold Shoulders”, in New York Times:


bulgingly

bulgingly (comparative more bulgingly, superlative most bulgingly)

more bulgingly (comparative)
most bulgingly (superlative)

Maybe the most remarkable early piece is an image of a bulgingly muscular Superman painted in a roiling Expressionist style.

2009 January 7, Ken Johnson, “It Is What It Is: Portraits of the Human Figure”, in New York Times:

To a degree, or in a way, that causes bulging.


undecidably

Firstly, it is a fact of academic observation, as I mentioned earlier, that the descriptions which linguists provide for utterances are disputable, and disputed, what one might call undecidably so.

1974, Foundations of Language, volume 11, page 92:

It is to be read as just a blurry clew of lines and patches within the rhizome, that is, within again a blurry clew of lines and patches to and from which it (dis)connects incessantly, though undecidably.

2000, Ronnie Lippens, “Labyrinthine constitutions”, in Chaohybrids: Five Uneasy Peaces, page 129:

The child goes out to meet that cultural production and undecidably—this is a space of sheer play—undecidably finds or produces meaning in the sound memes given by his or her parents.

2015, Laura Mandell, Breaking the Book: Print Humanities in the Digital Age:


times out of mind

time out of mind
time out of mind#English


procedurally

The Supreme Court of Georgia held petitioner's equal protection claim procedurally barred as untimely under Georgia law, and we are now called upon to review the adequacy of the State's procedural rule to bar consideration of the constitutional issue raised. We reverse.

1991, David Hackett Souter, Ford v. Georgia: Opinion of the Court:

(manner) According to a procedure; following a procedure.

Near-synonyms: methodically, systematically, technically, techniquewise; see also Thesaurus:methodically

2010, Kostadin Kratchanov, et al., Non-procedural Implementation of Local Heuristic Search in Control Network Programming, conference paper in Rossitza Setchi et al. (editors) Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, 14th International Conference, KES 2010, Proceedings, Part II, Springer, LNAI 6277,
What actually happens is that the CNP programmer uses the tools for dynamic control to achieve, without procedurally specifying any algorithm, a behavior of the standard interpreter that corresponds to the desired heuristic or other more advanced search strategy.

(manner) In a manner that is concerned with procedure.

(manner, usually with generated) Following a computer algorithm, often in a randomized way.


early on

Those who got rich were those who joined the company very early on and took some of their pay in stock.


dually

From dual + -ly (forming adverbs from adjectives).


galvanizingly

en-adv

galvanizingly (comparative more galvanizingly, superlative most galvanizingly)

more galvanizingly (comparative)
most galvanizingly (superlative)

His speech was galvanizingly powerful.

In a way that galvanizes, or has a galvanizing effect


likably

likably (comparative more likably, superlative most likably)

more likably (comparative)
most likably (superlative)


likeably

likeably (comparative more likeably, superlative most likeably)

more likeably (comparative)
most likeably (superlative)


preoperatively

In a preoperative context; before surgery.


intraoperatively

In an intraoperative context; during surgery.


spasmogenically

spasmogenically (comparative more spasmogenically, superlative most spasmogenically)

more spasmogenically (comparative)
most spasmogenically (superlative)


dreamlessly

dreamlessly (comparative more dreamlessly, superlative most dreamlessly)

more dreamlessly (comparative)
most dreamlessly (superlative)


representationally

representationally (comparative more representationally, superlative most representationally)

more representationally (comparative)
most representationally (superlative)


postoperatively

General anesthesia may decrease the functional residual capacity (FRC) for up to 1 to 2 weeks postoperatively.

2011, Pauline K. Park, “Assessment of Noncardiac Perioperative Risk”, in Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty, editors, Complications in Surgery, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 83:

In a postoperative context; after surgery.


desultorily

desultorily (comparative more desultorily, superlative most desultorily)

more desultorily (comparative)
most desultorily (superlative)

She had been working desultorily on her book for several years.

I read a page here and there, and made acquaintance with a great many authors whom I was content to know thus desultorily.

1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:


identifiably

identifiably (comparative more identifiably, superlative most identifiably)

more identifiably (comparative)
most identifiably (superlative)

The man was identifiably a tourist.

She maintained an identifiably Jewish home.

In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.


totemically

totemically (comparative more totemically, superlative most totemically)

more totemically (comparative)
most totemically (superlative)

In a totemic manner; with regard to totems.


puzzlingly

puzzlingly (comparative more puzzlingly, superlative most puzzlingly)

more puzzlingly (comparative)
most puzzlingly (superlative)

Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre- half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.

2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian:


schoolwide

However, the claim is made that if a strong, supportive environment is established schoolwide, the staff associated with serving these students with special needs will be able to provide more effective services.

2007, Geoff Colvin, Seven Steps for Developing a Proactive Schoolwide Discipline Plan:


dissymmetrically

dissymmetrically (comparative more dissymmetrically, superlative most dissymmetrically)

more dissymmetrically (comparative)
most dissymmetrically (superlative)


careerwise

I also like him because he was once part of a male-female comedy team and was dusted, careerwise, by his "Weekend Update" desk partner, Tina Fey .

2009 January 11, Virginia Heffernan, “The Burden of Interactivity”, in New York Times:

In terms of one's career (occupation, profession).


coloristically

coloristically (comparative more coloristically, superlative most coloristically)

more coloristically (comparative)
most coloristically (superlative)

Seeger's palette is bold and rich -- and those who experience numbers coloristically (in my case, four is blue, seven is green and eight is orange) know how important this can be in making friends with them.

2009 January 11, Jim Holt, “Numbers, Big and Small”, in New York Times:

In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way


unreadably

unreadably (comparative more unreadably, superlative most unreadably)

more unreadably (comparative)
most unreadably (superlative)

The instruction manual was unreadably complicated.

Ms Crabb wrote that she had been at an event with Federal MP Paul Fletcher and “he didn’t know about Kate ... he responded to the news a bit unreadably”.

2021 June 26, “‘Strange dude’: Court reveals texts between Annabel Crabb and friend of Porter accuser”, in The Brisbane Times:


debatably

debatably (comparative more debatably, superlative most debatably)

more debatably (comparative)
most debatably (superlative)

In a way subject to challenge or worthy of debate.


exhilaratingly

exhilaratingly (comparative more exhilaratingly, superlative most exhilaratingly)

more exhilaratingly (comparative)
most exhilaratingly (superlative)

Naharin's work, "Blush" is set to a bewildering range of music (Chopin and Radiohead enter the mix) and features a highly physical movement style that buckles torsos and lashes limbs in exhilaratingly illogical fashion.

2009 January 12, Gia Kourlas, Roslyn Sulcas, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times:


fetally

fetally (comparative more fetally, superlative most fetally)

more fetally (comparative)
most fetally (superlative)

A strange game at the table involves oranges and kitchen implements flying as one or two bored housemates read or slide fetally under the table.

In a fetal fashion; in the manner of a fetus


harrowingly

harrowingly (comparative more harrowingly, superlative most harrowingly)

more harrowingly (comparative)
most harrowingly (superlative)

There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for […]devising harrowingly zany methods of chasing one another up and down the storied Iditarod Trail.

2009 January 13, Michael Brick, “Racing's Last Frontier”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that is harrowing


subliterately

subliterately (comparative more subliterately, superlative most subliterately)

more subliterately (comparative)
most subliterately (superlative)


accessively

accessively (comparative more accessively, superlative most accessively)

more accessively (comparative)
most accessively (superlative)

And second, we must not allow our examples to lead us into concluding or assuming that our doxastic programming only functions obstructively; much of it also functions accessively. Certain belief components in our programming make certain aspects of reality more reliably accessible to us than otherwise they would be; and some belief components in our programming make certain aspects of reality accessible to us which otherwise would not be accessible to us at all.

2006, Nicholas Wolterstorff, “Historicizing the Belief-Forming Self”, in Thomas M. Crisp, Matthew Davidson, David Vander Laan, editors, Knowledge and Reality: Essays in Honor of Alvin Plantinga, →ISBN, pages 128–9:

In a manner relating to access or accessibility.


if needs be

April 20, 1964, Nelson Mandela, speech at trial
I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

(idiomatic) If need be; if there is a need.


phantasmagorically

phantasmagorically (comparative more phantasmagorically, superlative most phantasmagorically)

more phantasmagorically (comparative)
most phantasmagorically (superlative)

What a phantasmagorically strange conflict the Arab-Israeli war had become!

2009 January 14, Jeffrey Goldberg, “Why Israel Can’t Make Peace With Hamas”, in New York Times:

In a manner, or to an extent, typical of phantasmagoria; thus, fantastically or bizarrely


nought-withstanding

nought withstanding
nought withstanding#English

Alternative spelling of nought withstanding


infelicitously

infelicitously (comparative more infelicitously, superlative most infelicitously)

more infelicitously (comparative)
most infelicitously (superlative)

From infelicitous + -ly or in- + felicitously.

By turns absorbing, confounding, exhausting and altogether stranger and more rib-ticklingly funny than most fiction, Craig Baldwin's infelicitously titled and cacophonous provocation, "Mock Up on Mu," comes close to defying categorization.

2009 January 14, Manohla Dargis, “Star Log: Trippy Sci-Fi Mash-Up Alert!”, in New York Times:

In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate


presumedly

[…] a great loss has been sustained at the hands of many who would have fully appreciated the labors of that admirable poet, presumedly because they have never been presented to the reading world in a suitable English form.

1902, Watson Bradsaw, The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, Preface, page ix:

(rare) In a way that is presumed; expectedly; presumably.


arrestingly

arrestingly (comparative more arrestingly, superlative most arrestingly)

more arrestingly (comparative)
most arrestingly (superlative)

She was arrestingly beautiful.

The tag still fits the arrestingly paradoxical presence of this performance artist[…

2009 January 14, Ben Brantley, Jason Zinoman, “In Festival, Biography, Beckett and Blues”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that is arresting; so as to catch the attention suddenly.


rewardingly

And his rapport with the drummer Matt Abts, the keyboardist Danny Louis and the bassist Andy Hess felt rewardingly deep.

2007 January 1, Nate Chinen, “Toting Up the Sum of Its Influences”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that is rewarding


epically

epically (comparative more epically, superlative most epically)

more epically (comparative)
most epically (superlative)

In an epic manner; in the style of an epic

It is a rare sunny afternoon in an epically miserable London June when the wide South Bank plaza area along the Thames near Waterloo Bridge begins filling with bicycle riders.

2007 November, Todd Balf, “Critical Mess”, in Bicycling:

Due to some epically drunk behavior at his sister's Prada fashion thing the weekend before last, he'd somehow cheated on his supremely hot, now ex-girlfriend, […]

2008, Rachel Maude, Poseur: The Good, the Fab and the Ugly, Poppy, →ISBN:

They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading.

2008, Joe Stretch, Friction, Vintage, →ISBN, page 144:

[…] I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …"

2012, Penny Vincenzi, More Than You Know, Doubleday, →ISBN:

(informal) Extremely; very; significantly.


nought withstanding

Alternative spelling of noughtwithstanding


the same

One day is much the same as the next when you're depressed.

A mother loves all her children the same.

In the same manner; to the same extent, equally.


iceward

Billy flashing the blade of the stick back down iceward (slap), and rocketing the hard black puck against the plain pine boards staked up against the wall of Mr. H.'s house (ka-BOOM!).

1988 January 15, David Allen Jones, “The Boys of Winter”, in Chicago Reader:


squatly

squatly (comparative more squatly, superlative most squatly)

more squatly (comparative)
most squatly (superlative)

[…]eight had semicircular leading edges and blunt, squatly pointed trailing edges.

1988 January 15, Frank John Reid, “Further Facts on Flying Saucers”, in Chicago Reader:


surreally

Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…]

1988 January 15, Kathryn Hixson, “On Exhibit: a gallery full of flowers”, in Chicago Reader:

In a way or to an extent that is surreal


stellarly

stellarly (comparative more stellarly, superlative most stellarly)

more stellarly (comparative)
most stellarly (superlative)

The employee performed stellarly.


coincidently

“I don’t really have an explanation for it,” said Jackson, who coincidently believes “the state of the point guard position is at an all-time low,” with few who truly fit the job description and more who think shoot first and pass second.

2009 January 15, Harvey Araton, “New York City Point Guards Aren’t Passing Muster”, in New York Times:


crashingly

crashingly (comparative more crashingly, superlative most crashingly)

more crashingly (comparative)
most crashingly (superlative)

He stumbled crashingly around the apartment.

It is almost 50 years since Western dancers first tried to cure the Russians of this crashingly vulgar habit.

2009 January 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Tilting at Windmills, but Not at Traditions, in Performance From Maryinsky”, in New York Times:


welcomingly

welcomingly (comparative more welcomingly, superlative most welcomingly)

more welcomingly (comparative)
most welcomingly (superlative)


unforgivingly

unforgivingly (comparative more unforgivingly, superlative most unforgivingly)

more unforgivingly (comparative)
most unforgivingly (superlative)

[…]I was positioned before a row of unforgivingly lighted mirrors.

2009 January 15, Cintra Wilson, “All’s Fair in Beauty and War”, in New York Times:


torturously

Yet this sign of growth and hope is framed by a triangle of spindly wood that subtly evokes torturously stretched arms, as on the Cross.

2009 January 16, Roberta Smith, “Amid Intimate Galleries, a Jewel of a Painting Collection”, in New York Times:

In a torturous fashion, or as if in torture


relievedly

relievedly (comparative more relievedly, superlative most relievedly)

more relievedly (comparative)
most relievedly (superlative)

"Oh, thank you, thank you," she was saying relievedly. "Oh, yes. Thank you for calling me."

1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, page 151:


sunnily

sunnily (comparative more sunnily, superlative most sunnily)

more sunnily (comparative)
most sunnily (superlative)

[…]they also are blessedly free of the uptight, sunnily upbeat, politically correct tone that has crept into more recent incarnations.

2009 January 16, Michiko Kakutani, “How Oscar Got Grouchy”, in New York Times:


upcourt

The Wizards took the lead for good when Nick Young blocked Duhon’s layup attempt, then raced upcourt for a 21-foot pull-up jumper.

2009 January 17, Howard Beck, “Up-and-Down Knicks Get More of the Latter in Loss to Wizards”, in New York Times:

(basketball) Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored


pokily

pokily (comparative more pokily, superlative most pokily)

more pokily (comparative)
most pokily (superlative)


sniffily

sniffily (comparative more sniffily, superlative most sniffily)

more sniffily (comparative)
most sniffily (superlative)


electrophysiologically

In terms of or by means of electrophysiology.


positionally

In a positional context; in terms of position.


chirally

chirally (comparative more chirally, superlative most chirally)

more chirally (comparative)
most chirally (superlative)

In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.


auntly

auntly (comparative auntlier or more auntly, superlative auntliest or most auntly)

auntlier (comparative)
more auntly (comparative)
auntliest (superlative)
most auntly (superlative)


anticipatively

anticipatively (comparative more anticipatively, superlative most anticipatively)

more anticipatively (comparative)
most anticipatively (superlative)


anticipately

anticipately (comparative more anticipately, superlative most anticipately)

more anticipately (comparative)
most anticipately (superlative)

(dated) In anticipation, in advance; anticipatedly.


anticipatingly

anticipatingly (comparative more anticipatingly, superlative most anticipatingly)

more anticipatingly (comparative)
most anticipatingly (superlative)

In an anticipating manner; looking forward; expectantly.


anticipatedly

anticipatedly (comparative more anticipatedly, superlative most anticipatedly)

more anticipatedly (comparative)
most anticipatedly (superlative)


unjealously

unjealously (comparative more unjealously, superlative most unjealously)

more unjealously (comparative)
most unjealously (superlative)


incomprehensively

incomprehensively (comparative more incomprehensively, superlative most incomprehensively)

more incomprehensively (comparative)
most incomprehensively (superlative)


gutturally

gutturally (comparative more gutturally, superlative most gutturally)

more gutturally (comparative)
most gutturally (superlative)

And you still can't imagine the results without blurring and often removing the lines between composition and improvisation, between acoustic and electronic sound, and between the percussive counterpoint posed by Staley's trombone to the weird lyricism Frisell manages to achieve with gutturally synthesized blocks of sound.

1988 April 22, Neil Tesser, “Bill Frisell, Ikue Mori, Jim Staley”, in Chicago Reader:


livelily

livelily (comparative more livelily, superlative most livelily)

more livelily (comparative)
most livelily (superlative)

They were friends, travelling together;—they began to say we. Ah! how pathetic is that we, when pronounced by love! How timid, yet how livelily expressed, is the declaration which it contains!

1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book IV. Rome.] Chap[ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume I, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 189:


nomadically

nomadically (comparative more nomadically, superlative most nomadically)

more nomadically (comparative)
most nomadically (superlative)


something fierce

The wind had kicked up something fierce and the entire bay had transformed from placidity to slapping waves.

2004, Tom Rapko, Diving the Seamount, iUniverse, page 99:

(degree, colloquial) To an extreme extent; badly, violently.


cripplingly

cripplingly (comparative more cripplingly, superlative most cripplingly)

more cripplingly (comparative)
most cripplingly (superlative)

Arab leaders remain cripplingly divided […].

2009 January 18, Robert F. Worth, “Why the Arabs Splinter Over Gaza”, in New York Times:


unelectably

unelectably (comparative more unelectably, superlative most unelectably)

more unelectably (comparative)
most unelectably (superlative)

Thatcher won her three elections […] because she was seen as being closest to the center, in contrast to an unelectably left-wing Labor Party.

2009 January 18, Stephen Pollard, “Thatcher’s Legacy”, in New York Times:

To such an extent that one is unelectable


mesmerizingly

mesmerizingly (comparative more mesmerizingly, superlative most mesmerizingly)

more mesmerizingly (comparative)
most mesmerizingly (superlative)

For decades I believed I suffered singularly, the only child forced to eat an organic-avocado-and-artisanal-cheese sandwich on sprouted-whole-grain bread while others gorged on glories like Twizzlers and M&M’s or sandwiches floating on wondrous Wonder bread, so mesmerizingly squishy and soft.

2009 January 18, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes


pristinely

pristinely (comparative more pristinely, superlative most pristinely)

more pristinely (comparative)
most pristinely (superlative)

[…]Daniel Reuss leads a broadly paced, pristinely voiced rendition, enhanced by an atmospheric yet finely detailed recording.

2009 January 18, Allan Kozinn, “Under the Influence, or Providing It”, in New York Times:


numbingly

numbingly (comparative more numbingly, superlative most numbingly)

more numbingly (comparative)
most numbingly (superlative)

While he normally is numbingly dependable, his streak of 155 consecutive extra points ended in the third quarter[…].

2009 January 19, Karen Crouse, “For Eagles, a Familiar Sense of Dismay”, in New York Times:


challengingly

challengingly (comparative more challengingly, superlative most challengingly)

more challengingly (comparative)
most challengingly (superlative)

[…] Mr. Keltner is ready and eager to conduct all manner of experiments, whether they are whoopee-cushion silly or challengingly serious.

2009 January 19, Janet Maslin, “Smiley Faces in Our Chromosomes”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that challenges


psychiatrically

The case was treated psychiatrically.

He was puzzled about a 24-year-old man whom he viewed as psychiatrically healthy except for intense depression that lasted for several hours after sex.

2009 January 20, Richard A. Friedman, MD, “Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind”, in New York Times:

In psychiatric terms, or by means of psychiatry


kittenishly

kittenishly (comparative more kittenishly, superlative most kittenishly)

more kittenishly (comparative)
most kittenishly (superlative)


acontextually

acontextually (comparative more acontextually, superlative most acontextually)

more acontextually (comparative)
most acontextually (superlative)

Without regard to context; in an acontextual way.


contrastively

contrastively (comparative more contrastively, superlative most contrastively)

more contrastively (comparative)
most contrastively (superlative)


communicatively

communicatively (comparative more communicatively, superlative most communicatively)

more communicatively (comparative)
most communicatively (superlative)


normatively

normatively (comparative more normatively, superlative most normatively)

more normatively (comparative)
most normatively (superlative)


aprioristically

aprioristically (comparative more aprioristically, superlative most aprioristically)

more aprioristically (comparative)
most aprioristically (superlative)


prototypically

prototypically (comparative more prototypically, superlative most prototypically)

more prototypically (comparative)
most prototypically (superlative)


unvaryingly

In an unchanging manner; without changing.


as near as makes no difference

as near as makes no difference (not comparable)

Almost, nearly, the specified attribute, to the extent that the lack of attainment of the attribute does not matter.


unchangingly

unchangingly (comparative more unchangingly, superlative most unchangingly)

more unchangingly (comparative)
most unchangingly (superlative)


prelinguistically

In a prelinguistic manner or context; before the acquisition of language.


culinarily

Although the tomato botanically is a fruit, it is culinarily regarded as a vegetable.


if anything

/ɪf ˈɛnɪθɪŋ/

/ɪf ˈɛniθɪŋ/

The situation is, if anything, worsening rather than improving.

“Do you think she’s tall?” / “Oh, no. If anything, she’s short.”

“Do you think she’s tall?” / “Oh, yes. If anything, she’s very tall.”

She [a girl who had her left tibia removed] is quite upright, has no defect either of ſtrength or motion in her leg, and ſcarcely any deformity; if any thing, 'tis a ſmall matter bigger than the other juſt above the ankle, occaſioned by the exuberance of the callus, by which the remains of the tibia are conſolidated with the fibula; […]

1754 December 18, J. Ready, “Mr Urban, I Send You a Remarkable Case in Surgery, with the Bone Itself that Came Away; …”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XXV, London: Printed by D[avid] Henry and R. Cave, at St John's Gate, published January 1755, →OCLC, page 14, column 2:

My sensitivity to the crystals has, if anything, increased. I have to spend a great deal of energy just keeping myself together, because my impulse is to blast the damn things to flinders.

1997 September, Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Shadow Matrix (DAW Book Collectors; no. 1065), New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, →ISBN; republished as The Shadow Matrix: A Novel of Darkover, New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, 1999, →ISBN:

"Then Lieutenant Pullman didn't express uncertainties about any aspect of his primary responsibility or of his other duties onboard the ship?" / "No. If anything, he acted like he was bored by instruction and training. As if he already knew everything. You know the type."

2006 January, John G. Hemry, Against All Enemies: A Paul Sinclair Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 243:

(idiomatic) Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).

要說真有什麼的話

used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case

What can you tell me, if anything, about this book?

Question. What, if anything, did the Indians say respecting their ability to procure the white captives then in possession of the Sioux? Answer. That they thought it would be difficult to do so, […]

1865 March 1, “Proceedings of a Military Commission Convened by Special Orders No. 23, Headquarters District of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Territory, Dated February 1, 1865, in the Case of Colonel J[ohn] M[ilton] Chivington, First Colorado Cavalry”, in Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1867, a Copy of the Evidence Taken at Denver and Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, by a Military Commission, Ordered to Inquire into the Sand Creek massacre, November 1864 (39th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Executive Document; no. 26), volume 2, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1867, →OCLC, page 58:

What are values in the first place? What, if anything, make value judgments correct or incorrect?

2009, Christopher Robichaud, “Bright Colors, Dark Times”, in Ben Dyer, editor, Supervillans and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil is Its Own Reward (Popular Culture and Philosophy; 42), Chicago, La Salle, Ill.: Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN, phase 2 (The Nature of Evil), page 62:

(idiomatic) Used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer.

要說真有什麼的話

used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer


treasonously

treasonously (comparative more treasonously, superlative most treasonously)

more treasonously (comparative)
most treasonously (superlative)

[…] British potters in Liverpool treasonously inscribed pro-American slogans on 1810s pitchers for the lucrative export trade ($2,000 to $6,000 at William R. and Teresa F. Kurau).

2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in New York Times:

In a treasonous manner, or to a treasonous degree


mystifyingly

mystifyingly (comparative more mystifyingly, superlative most mystifyingly)

more mystifyingly (comparative)
most mystifyingly (superlative)

A wall label mystifyingly explains that it represents “a single silver particle from a vintage gelatin silver photographic print of ‘Reclining Figure No. 4, 1955’ by Henry Moore” enlarged 300,000 times.

2009 January 23, Kenneth Johnson, “Aesthetic Withdrawal in the Quest for Ideas”, in New York Times:

Capello mystifyingly left Ashley Young out despite a match-winning display in the Euro 2012 qualifier win in Wales in March and he only underlined the folly of the decision by emerging as substitute at half-time and striking a fine equaliser six minutes after coming on.

2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:


riffwise

My, they all were right up there with the Ted Nugents and Grand Funks riffwise, weren't they?

2000 February 8, George Smith, “Swede Surrender”, in Village Voice:


virilely

virilely (comparative more virilely, superlative most virilely)

more virilely (comparative)
most virilely (superlative)

Joe Guzaldo is, as always, a pleasure to watch and hear, with his superbly focused physical energy and virilely mellifluous voice; but his strength belies Tom's own weakness, which Williams revealed even while trying to conceal it.

1988 January 22, Albert Williams, “The Glass Menagerie”, in Chicago Reader:

In a way or to an extent that is virile.


perplexingly

It was a long time before he could steady his nerves to answer my questions, and then he answered perplexingly and brokenly.

1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 83:

These perplexingly dissimilar objects found their way into her work at different stages in her artistic development.

1988 January 22, Holly Greenhagen, “Art Facts: Ellen Lanyon's magic art”, in Chicago Reader:

In a way or to an extent that is perplexing.


feistily

feistily (comparative more feistily, superlative most feistily)

more feistily (comparative)
most feistily (superlative)

She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts.

1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader:


surefootedly

surefootedly (comparative more surefootedly, superlative most surefootedly)

more surefootedly (comparative)
most surefootedly (superlative)

1988 January 29, Renaldo Migaldi, “Phil Alvin”, in Chicago Reader:


arrhythmically

arrhythmically (comparative more arrhythmically, superlative most arrhythmically)

more arrhythmically (comparative)
most arrhythmically (superlative)

These gestures, performed with the nonchalance of a daily chore, appeared and disappeared arrhythmically, weaving an intricate texture.

1988 January 29, Justin Hayford, “Discovery in De Kalb”, in Chicago Reader:

In an arrhythmic manner; without a fixed rhythm


darn tootin'

In speech, in rapid responses, in interviews, Kerry and Edwards remind us these days how darn tootin’ chock full of values they really are.

2004 July 17, David Brooks, “Values, Values Everywhere”, in New York Times, retrieved 2009-01-24:

(chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Assuredly, absolutely, utterly, completely, you bet.


techniquewise

Near-synonym: technically

“And forever his guys are always sound techniquewise, always play very hard, look like they’re disciplined in drills.”

2009 January 24, Sean D. Hamill, quoting Clarence Brooks, “Football Pioneer Builds Big Men for Steelers”, in New York Times:


zingingly

zingingly (comparative more zingingly, superlative most zingingly)

more zingingly (comparative)
most zingingly (superlative)

Stooping, he plucked a blade of grass and ran it zingingly through his very white teeth.

1952, Edward Francis Murphy, chapter 1, in Yankee Priest, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 43:

The six young women of its corps de ballet each extended a leg sideways, not high, but so zingingly as — you realized only in the next millisecond — to reveal the music, which only arrived in time with their feet.

2009 January 24, Alastair Macaulay, “A Young, Lively Crew From Florida Steps Up and Takes Flight”, in New York Times:

While zinging, or as if making a zinging sound.

zingingly fresh; zingingly spicy

I looked splendid in my dark blue Canali jacket, a zingingly white shirt, a silly colourful tie covered with cartoon men and women in various stages of undress and my soft black leather Gucci shoes.

2000, Ike Oguine, A Squatter’s Tale, London: Heinemann, page 148:

Everyone got on zingingly […]

1970, Michael Thomas, “John Phillips: The Wolfking as Lord Byron”, in Ben Fong-Torres, editor, The Rolling Stone Rock ’n’ Roll Reader, New York: Bantam, published 1974, page 509:

Her mind roams back over the evening. How had it all gone? Quite zingingly, she thinks. Everybody seemed to have enjoyed themselves […]

1989, Margaret Drabble, A Natural Curiosity, New York: Viking, page 274:

(colloquial) In a very agreeable, favourable or successful way.


pers.

pers. (comparative more pers., superlative most pers.)

more pers. (comparative)
most pers. (superlative)


doctorly

doctorly (comparative more doctorly, superlative most doctorly)

more doctorly (comparative)
most doctorly (superlative)


ternarily

In a ternary fashion; in three directions, digits, etc.


sizably

sizably (comparative more sizably, superlative most sizably)

more sizably (comparative)
most sizably (superlative)


meltingly

meltingly (comparative more meltingly, superlative most meltingly)

more meltingly (comparative)
most meltingly (superlative)

The steak was meltingly tender.


sizeably

sizeably (comparative more sizeably, superlative most sizeably)

more sizeably (comparative)
most sizeably (superlative)


archetypally

archetypally (comparative more archetypally, superlative most archetypally)

more archetypally (comparative)
most archetypally (superlative)


flowerily

flowerily (comparative more flowerily, superlative most flowerily)

more flowerily (comparative)
most flowerily (superlative)

The Victorians were inclined to write flowerily.


florally

florally (comparative more florally, superlative most florally)

more florally (comparative)
most florally (superlative)

We have not much to export, florally speaking, and the only advantage they can look for are increased sales that Canada will share in and profit by.

1909, Society of American Florists, Ornamental Horticulturists, Proceedings of the Annual Convention, volumes 25-27, page 49:

Brook Manor, Buckfastleigh, with its florally decorated chamber fireplaces, probably of 1656, is a substantial country house on three floors which also has some outstanding woodwork.

2015, John Allan, Nathaniel Warren Alcock, David Dawson, West Country Households, 1500-1700, page 181:

In a floral way; with flowers or something that suggests them.


quaveringly

quaveringly (comparative more quaveringly, superlative most quaveringly)

more quaveringly (comparative)
most quaveringly (superlative)


punkishly

punkishly (comparative more punkishly, superlative most punkishly)

more punkishly (comparative)
most punkishly (superlative)


modally

modally (comparative more modally, superlative most modally)

more modally (comparative)
most modally (superlative)


pedagogically

pedagogically (comparative more pedagogically, superlative most pedagogically)

more pedagogically (comparative)
most pedagogically (superlative)

in a pedagogical manner, like a pedagogue


zeugmatically

zeugmatically (comparative more zeugmatically, superlative most zeugmatically)

more zeugmatically (comparative)
most zeugmatically (superlative)

[…] ("Pluto Picked as the Name for New Planet X Because He Was God of Dark Distant Regions," as the New York Times zeugmatically titled its 5/26/1930 article on the announcement).

2006 August 27, Geoff Nunberg, “Another Plutonian casualty?”, in Language Log:


unintermittedly

Now this most indispensable of all necessaries, after physical nutriment, cannot be had, unless the machinery for providing it is kept unintermittedly in active play.


yestermonth

Since England was a nation every mood / Her scribes have prepositionally split; / But thine avoidance dates from yestermonth.

1901, George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville: Or, Constancy Unrewarded; Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession, page 20:

A little like the self-contradictory tag line “Instant Classic,” this series is infused with nowadays nostalgia, a trip back not to yesteryear but yestermonth.

2009 January 26, Alessandra Stanley, “A Fictional Ad Agency That Really Hawks [Your Product Name Here]”, in New York Times:


yester-minute

thus it includes not only yesterday but yester-hour and yester-minute; this morning’s breakfast is already history

2007, JW Herbert, “FREEDOM IN THE TEACHING OF HISTORY: A DISCUSSION”, in History:

To some, nothing is older than a minutes-old Web page (to update the old saw about a day-old newspaper), but for others there is value in the Web sites of yester-minute and archivists have been wrestling with means of preserving today's Internet for tomorrow's scholars and researchers.

2008 April 7, J. Scott Orr, “Trying to preserve today's Web for future generations”, in Seattle Times:


covetingly

covetingly (comparative more covetingly, superlative most covetingly)

more covetingly (comparative)
most covetingly (superlative)


by committee

Through the collaborative efforts of multiple contributors, as a team or committee assigned to accomplish a goal; especially as known for protracted proceedings, a lack of responsiveness, or undesired results.

A camel is a horse designed by committee.

Writing workshops result in poetry by committee.

(figuratively, sometimes humorous) With any of the results cynically attributed to committee projects, e.g. unnecessary complexity, inconsistency, logical flaws, lack of a unifying vision, banality, lack of style or character, etc.


behaviourally

behaviourally (comparative more behaviourally, superlative most behaviourally)

more behaviourally (comparative)
most behaviourally (superlative)


yester

From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.


dismayingly

dismayingly (comparative more dismayingly, superlative most dismayingly)

more dismayingly (comparative)
most dismayingly (superlative)


pointillistically

pointillistically (comparative more pointillistically, superlative most pointillistically)

more pointillistically (comparative)
most pointillistically (superlative)


supportively

supportively (comparative more supportively, superlative most supportively)

more supportively (comparative)
most supportively (superlative)


disorientingly

disorientingly (comparative more disorientingly, superlative most disorientingly)

more disorientingly (comparative)
most disorientingly (superlative)


littly

littly (comparative more littly, superlative most littly)

more littly (comparative)
most littly (superlative)

Of our millions of worlds they knew of only one, or half-a-one, say, so that their God was not greatly great, but littly great...

1966, Stanley Kunitz, Howard Haycraft, Twentieth Century Authors:


eldritchly

eldritchly (comparative more eldritchly, superlative most eldritchly)

more eldritchly (comparative)
most eldritchly (superlative)

...with a cortege of dead kings about them, and the blown breath of skeletons thrilling eldritchly in the silver flutes.

1981, Clark Ashton Smith, The City of the Singing Flame:

The white eyeballs and white teeth of the horse, the panting flanks, the rigid legs all stood out eldritchly.

1985, Arthur Crew Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary:

With his co-editor Robert Shea, he became involved with the eldritchly comic Discordian Society, and together they eventually co-created The Illuminates.

1986, Larry McCaffery, Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-bibliographical Guide:


metronomically

metronomically (comparative more metronomically, superlative most metronomically)

more metronomically (comparative)
most metronomically (superlative)

After many rearrangings — his eyes all the while swiveling metronomically between the package on the stranger's lap and the stranger's absent gaze — he at last settled, brow knit with dissatisfaction, on an order that would temporarily suffice […]


midperformance

Many playwrights dread sitting among their audiences: Nothing is quite as soul-killing as overhearing people savage your work in midperformance.

2009 January 28, Patrick Healy, “An Evening in Black and White From a Playwright Who Is Neither”, in New York Times:


honorifically

honorifically (comparative more honorifically, superlative most honorifically)

more honorifically (comparative)
most honorifically (superlative)


i. e.

The foot-baths are very useful in all cases where vigorous and cold remedies cannot well be used on account of weakness, fragility, want of vital warmth, etc.; as little or no reaction takes place, i. e. the cold water cannot produce sufficient warmth for want of blood.

1892, Sebastian Kneipp, “Baths”, in My Water-cure: Tested for More than 35 Years and Published for the Cure of Diseases and the Preservation of Health […], authorized and complete English edition, Kempten, Bavaria: Jos. Kœsel publisher, →OCLC, part 1 (Applications of Water), page 42:

This estate consists of 33 hectares, 12 of which (i. e., about 43 journaux) are devoted to the vine.

1899, Charles Cocks, Bordeaux and Its Wines Classed by Order of Merit, 3rd English edition, Feret & Fils, […]; Libraires Associes, […], translation of original by Edouard Feret […], page 704:

As soon as received the plants should be unpacked, and if they can not be planted at once they should be “heeled in,” i. e., placed in a trench and thoroughly watered.

1913, Annual Report, Nebraska State Horticultural Society, page 216:


literarily

literarily (comparative more literarily, superlative most literarily)

more literarily (comparative)
most literarily (superlative)


dry-shod

For much of the Ice Age, men walked dryshod on the bed of the North Sea many fathoms below where ships now sail.

And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 11:15:

There, if you are in luck, you will find the tide out and the place fordable dryshod for a man on a horse.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water.


magickally

magickally (comparative more magickally, superlative most magickally)

more magickally (comparative)
most magickally (superlative)


diagnosably

diagnosably (comparative more diagnosably, superlative most diagnosably)

more diagnosably (comparative)
most diagnosably (superlative)


bioinformatically

By means of, or in terms of, bioinformatics.


qualmlessly

qualmlessly (comparative more qualmlessly, superlative most qualmlessly)

more qualmlessly (comparative)
most qualmlessly (superlative)


inelastically

inelastically (comparative more inelastically, superlative most inelastically)

more inelastically (comparative)
most inelastically (superlative)


populationally

The city increased populationally, if not commercially.


biomorphically

biomorphically (comparative more biomorphically, superlative most biomorphically)

more biomorphically (comparative)
most biomorphically (superlative)


confoundingly

confoundingly (comparative more confoundingly, superlative most confoundingly)

more confoundingly (comparative)
most confoundingly (superlative)

In a confounding way; confusingly; bewilderingly; perplexingly.


provincially

provincially (comparative more provincially, superlative most provincially)

more provincially (comparative)
most provincially (superlative)


worrisomely

worrisomely (comparative more worrisomely, superlative most worrisomely)

more worrisomely (comparative)
most worrisomely (superlative)

But in the Met’s revival of Mary Zimmerman ’s 2007 production of this Donizetti work, they give almost the classic definition of uneven performances: sometimes wondrously beautiful, sometimes worrisomely shaky.

2009 January 30, The New York Times, “Classical and Opera Listings”, in New York Times:


stressfully

stressfully (comparative more stressfully, superlative most stressfully)

more stressfully (comparative)
most stressfully (superlative)


discriminatingly

discriminatingly (comparative more discriminatingly, superlative most discriminatingly)

more discriminatingly (comparative)
most discriminatingly (superlative)


easefully

easefully (comparative more easefully, superlative most easefully)

more easefully (comparative)
most easefully (superlative)

MARSHALL GILKES QUINTET (Tuesday through Thursday) The resourceful young trombonist Marshall Gilkes recently released an album, “Lost Worlds” (Alternate Side), remarkable for both his easefully modern compositions and for the cohesion of this ensemble, which includes the trumpeter Michael Rodriguez and the pianist Jon Cowherd.

2009 January 30, Nate Chinen, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times:


clonally

asexual reproduction
asexual reproduction

(chiefly botany) By means of asexual reproduction.

But cancer is not simply a clonal disease; it is a clonally evolving disease.

2011, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, page 39:

By means of cellular or molecular cloning; in a clonal way.


resp.

The air conduction hearing deterioration at 0.5–4 kHz with and without age-related correction differed significantly at the 2- to 9-year follow-ups (p = 0.02 at 2 years; p < 0.001 at 3 to 9 years, resp.), while the differences were not significant at 1 year after completing RT (p = 0.16) […]

2015 August 16, Chung-Feng Hwang et al., “Hearing Assessment after Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma with CRT and IMRT Techniques”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:


chromatographically

With regard to, or by by using chromatography


gladiatorially

gladiatorially (comparative more gladiatorially, superlative most gladiatorially)

more gladiatorially (comparative)
most gladiatorially (superlative)


twinklingly

twinklingly (comparative more twinklingly, superlative most twinklingly)

more twinklingly (comparative)
most twinklingly (superlative)


sparklingly

sparklingly (comparative more sparklingly, superlative most sparklingly)

more sparklingly (comparative)
most sparklingly (superlative)


reiteratively

In a reiterative manner; by means of reiteration.


bindingly

bindingly (comparative more bindingly, superlative most bindingly)

more bindingly (comparative)
most bindingly (superlative)


unenviably

unenviably (comparative more unenviably, superlative most unenviably)

more unenviably (comparative)
most unenviably (superlative)


nuttily

nuttily (comparative more nuttily, superlative most nuttily)

more nuttily (comparative)
most nuttily (superlative)


as fuck

It was hot as fuck outside today.

I'm over here stroking my dick. I got lotion on my dick right now. I'm just stroking my shit. I'm horny as fuck man I'm a freak man like for real.

2020, AisStunna, 0:18 from the start, in TOP Stunna Boy Instagram (pedo) Moments:

(postpositive, slang, vulgar, simile) To a great extent or degree; very.


cytometrically

In a cytometric sense; with reference to cytometry


waifishly

waifishly (comparative more waifishly, superlative most waifishly)

more waifishly (comparative)
most waifishly (superlative)


nondidactically

Her parentage has sometimes worked against her — she was repeatedly harassed at McCain events last year — but she chooses to portray her subjects as nondidactically as possible.

2009 January 25, Elizabeth Jensen, “Born to the Left, Aiming Her Camera Right”, in New York Times:

In a way that is not didactic, or is free of didacticism


woundingly

woundingly (comparative more woundingly, superlative most woundingly)

more woundingly (comparative)
most woundingly (superlative)

But when the playwright Lynn Nottage spoke the first two words of the title to Congolese women in the refugee camps of Uganda in 2004, she said, they repeated them in such a way that the words became woundingly new.

2009 January 25, Celia Mcgee, “Approaching Brecht, by Way of Africa”, in New York Times:


verrry

But now, when business is verrry slow and the possibility of layoffs icily real, looking busy is no joke.

2009 January 25, Jan Hoffman, “Working Hard to Look Busy”, in New York Times:


sexlessly

sexlessly (comparative more sexlessly, superlative most sexlessly)

more sexlessly (comparative)
most sexlessly (superlative)

That Holmes occasionally wielded guns, leapt out of carriages and rushed through the fog with Errol Flynnesque panache, but mostly he was a giant brain inside a tweed suit, sexlessly debonair in the way Hollywood liked its leading men in the 1930s and 1940s.

2009 January 25, Sarah Lyall, “Is That You, Sherlock?”, in New York Times:

In a sexless manner, or in a way that lacks sex appeal


precautionarily

In a precautionary manner; as a precaution


interjectionally

interjectionally (comparative more interjectionally, superlative most interjectionally)

more interjectionally (comparative)
most interjectionally (superlative)

Though derived from a verb phrase, "kickass" can be used interjectionally.

In an interjectional way; having the form of an interjection.


standoffishly

standoffishly (comparative more standoffishly, superlative most standoffishly)

more standoffishly (comparative)
most standoffishly (superlative)


that is

Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive.

1981 December 27, Wade Nichols, “Victorian Imperialism”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 5:

The Brazilian population is multiethnic—that is, it has many ethnicities.

(conjunctive) In other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation


sceptically

sceptically (comparative more sceptically, superlative most sceptically)

more sceptically (comparative)
most sceptically (superlative)

Aitkenhead surmises sceptically that her friend's son, enrolled on a photography degree, "will almost certainly not" get the job he wants.

2009 February 5, Rick Trainor, “Universities are not guilty of deluding students and employers”, in The Guardian:

(British spelling) Alternative form of skeptically


imprimis

In the first place (used to introduce a list of items or considerations).


dissipatively

dissipatively (comparative more dissipatively, superlative most dissipatively)

more dissipatively (comparative)
most dissipatively (superlative)


dissociatively

dissociatively (comparative more dissociatively, superlative most dissociatively)

more dissociatively (comparative)
most dissociatively (superlative)


dorsoventrally

While most fish are laterally compressed, humans are dorsoventrally compressed.

In a dorsoventral manner; (in humans): from the front of the body to the back.


no end

Oh! so that's why Mary called you back, and you didn't come to supper. You lost something—that beef and pickles was no end good.

1888, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School-days, page 9:

I spoke like that because I—even I, who had been no end kind to him—even I remembered—remembered—against him—what—what had happened.

1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXIII, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 252:

There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness. I often wish I had gone in for them when I was a youngster. It would have helped me no end.

1910, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, Howards End:


downdip

downdip (comparative more downdip, superlative most downdip)

more downdip (comparative)
most downdip (superlative)


relativistically

relativistically (comparative more relativistically, superlative most relativistically)

more relativistically (comparative)
most relativistically (superlative)


cleptoparasitically

Alternative spelling of kleptoparasitically


stultifyingly

stultifyingly (comparative more stultifyingly, superlative most stultifyingly)

more stultifyingly (comparative)
most stultifyingly (superlative)


distrustingly

distrustingly (comparative more distrustingly, superlative most distrustingly)

more distrustingly (comparative)
most distrustingly (superlative)


untrustingly

untrustingly (comparative more untrustingly, superlative most untrustingly)

more untrustingly (comparative)
most untrustingly (superlative)


illusorily

illusorily (comparative more illusorily, superlative most illusorily)

more illusorily (comparative)
most illusorily (superlative)


cluelessly

cluelessly (comparative more cluelessly, superlative most cluelessly)

more cluelessly (comparative)
most cluelessly (superlative)


colourlessly

colourlessly (comparative more colourlessly, superlative most colourlessly)

more colourlessly (comparative)
most colourlessly (superlative)


mistrustingly

mistrustingly (comparative more mistrustingly, superlative most mistrustingly)

more mistrustingly (comparative)
most mistrustingly (superlative)


trustworthily

trustworthily (comparative more trustworthily, superlative most trustworthily)

more trustworthily (comparative)
most trustworthily (superlative)


gormlessly

gormlessly (comparative more gormlessly, superlative most gormlessly)

more gormlessly (comparative)
most gormlessly (superlative)


phlegmily

phlegmily (comparative more phlegmily, superlative most phlegmily)

more phlegmily (comparative)
most phlegmily (superlative)


classificatorily

In a classificatory way; according to classification.


amatorily

amatorily (comparative more amatorily, superlative most amatorily)

more amatorily (comparative)
most amatorily (superlative)


evidentially

evidentially (comparative more evidentially, superlative most evidentially)

more evidentially (comparative)
most evidentially (superlative)

In an evidential way; according to evidence.


schoolmarmishly

schoolmarmishly (comparative more schoolmarmishly, superlative most schoolmarmishly)

more schoolmarmishly (comparative)
most schoolmarmishly (superlative)


druidically

druidically (comparative more druidically, superlative most druidically)

more druidically (comparative)
most druidically (superlative)


unobjectionably

unobjectionably (comparative more unobjectionably, superlative most unobjectionably)

more unobjectionably (comparative)
most unobjectionably (superlative)


unfoundedly

unfoundedly (comparative more unfoundedly, superlative most unfoundedly)

more unfoundedly (comparative)
most unfoundedly (superlative)

Breast feeding is broken off and, although the mother blames the child, she just as unfoundedly feels guilty herself.

1965, Jack H. Kahn, Human Growth and the Development of Personality, page 37:


dorsolaterally

dorsolaterally (comparative more dorsolaterally, superlative most dorsolaterally)

more dorsolaterally (comparative)
most dorsolaterally (superlative)


audiovisually

In an audiovisual way; through sound and image.


unmysteriously

unmysteriously (comparative more unmysteriously, superlative most unmysteriously)

more unmysteriously (comparative)
most unmysteriously (superlative)


untrustworthily

untrustworthily (comparative more untrustworthily, superlative most untrustworthily)

more untrustworthily (comparative)
most untrustworthily (superlative)

A short time ago I proved how superficially and untrustworthily trial trips are carried out; that is characteristic of all the bumptious self-glorification of the English.

1902, The Contemporary Review: Volume 82, London: Horace Marshall & Son, page 27:

Even an ordinary man cannot act untrustworthily: he falls down dead. And if one acts untrustworthily while assembling the high ministers of the overlords, he will certainly not succeed.

1998, Asia Major, London: Lund Humphries, page 10:

If it appears that the applicant has behaved untrustworthily at a previous employer, or even if he appears to feel uncomfortable with this type of questioning, further background checking is a minimum requirement.

2014, Tricia Saddington, Security for Small Computer Systems: A Practical Guide for Users, London: Elsevier Science, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44, →ISBN:


baselessly

Having systematically and baselessly pronounced every objective system to which he might be accountable as invalid or illegal — a list that includes polls, data, newspapers, and actual math — Trump suggests that, in fact-free Trumplandia, he has not just the right but the obligation to hold the nation hostage while he judges the election. He alone will pronounce on its legitimacy, and the basis of his pronouncement will not be anything you — a mere outsider to his marvelous world — can measure.

2016 October 20, Lili Loofbourow, “Welcome to Trumplandia, where feelings trump facts”, in The Week, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 2016-10-21:


epistatically

epistatically (comparative more epistatically, superlative most epistatically)

more epistatically (comparative)
most epistatically (superlative)


epigenetically

By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.


epidemiologically

I doubt that [saliva] is very infectious ... I don't think this is a normal route of transmission. If it was, it would be a very different disease epidemiologically.

1981 December 1, Sue Hyde, quoting Paul Black, “AIDS Update: Little To Cheer About”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 3:

Although the savanna remained an epidemiologically hostile environment for the larger and more desirable horses bred in North Africa, in the high desert and along the desert fringe, Black African states continued to import horses in exchange for slaves into the period of French colonial rule.

1993, James L. A. Webb Jr, “The Horse and Slave Trade between the Western Sahara and Senegambia”, in The Journal of African History, volume 34, number 2, →JSTOR, pages 221–246:


veridically

veridically (comparative more veridically, superlative most veridically)

more veridically (comparative)
most veridically (superlative)

On the whole, then, we cannot deny a veridically British character to the philosophy[.]

1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 189:


standardly

These relations are standardly assumed to be essential relations, that at least partly determine a colour’s identity […]

2007 November 3, Keith Allen, “Inter-species variation in colour perception”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 2, →DOI:


archivally

The letters were given to the library’s Ernest Hemingway collection in 2003 by Ms. Riva, on the condition that they remain closed until now, giving the museum time to preserve them archivally.

2007 March 30, Ashley Parker, “Racy Letters From Hemingway to Dietrich to Be Unsealed”, in New York Times:

Otherwise, this archivally exact production, directed by Bob Avian, feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage, polished up and sent on the road once again (2:00).

2007 March 9, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times:


full throttle

full throttle (comparative more full throttle, superlative most full throttle)

more full throttle (comparative)
most full throttle (superlative)

The other, the Christina Covey, there was another that never knowed the harbour, why, she come in full throttle

1988, Murray A. Pura with Loren Wilkinson, Mizzly Fitch: The Light, the Sea, the Storm, page 14:

Virtually all exercise authorities recommend some kind of warm-up period in each session before you go full throttle

1996, Steven Jonas, The Essential Triathlete:

If Nonna had seen them, she would do the same as Dad, but I looked back to see her focused full throttle on whatever it was George was saying.

2006, Dorothea Benton Frank, Full of Grace, page 212:

All out; at maximum speed, effort, or risk.


holographically

holographically (comparative more holographically, superlative most holographically)

more holographically (comparative)
most holographically (superlative)


stalwartly

stalwartly (comparative more stalwartly, superlative most stalwartly)

more stalwartly (comparative)
most stalwartly (superlative)

From stalwart + -ly. Superseded earlier stalworthly.


wartily

wartily (comparative more wartily, superlative most wartily)

more wartily (comparative)
most wartily (superlative)


sweatily

sweatily (comparative more sweatily, superlative most sweatily)

more sweatily (comparative)
most sweatily (superlative)


smellily

smellily (comparative more smellily, superlative most smellily)

more smellily (comparative)
most smellily (superlative)

‘I'm done for,’ said the poet, dropping heavily and smellily beside her.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 159:

Then I pissed, long and smellily, on the ground as was the custom on that world.

In vases of coloured glass, expensive cut flowers were silently screaming as they smellily expired.


ahistorically

ahistorically (comparative more ahistorically, superlative most ahistorically)

more ahistorically (comparative)
most ahistorically (superlative)

From ahistoric + -ally or ahistorical + -ly or a- + historically.

This dwelling marks American architecture's return to a human and domestic scale; it asserts at the same time the builder's right to work ahistorically from his own sense of form and present necessity.

1917, Wisconsin magazine of history, volume 29, page 6:

When she had to mention them — for example, in scenes in Charleston and Atlanta — she referred to them, ahistorically, as “black,” which at the time would have been considered an insult.

2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


genotypically

genotypically (comparative more genotypically, superlative most genotypically)

more genotypically (comparative)
most genotypically (superlative)


derivatively

derivatively (comparative more derivatively, superlative most derivatively)

more derivatively (comparative)
most derivatively (superlative)

The pleasures of food and sex are compared […] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves.

1988 December 2, Tom Boeker, “A Christmas Dance for Johnnie Mae”, in Chicago Reader:


diachronically

A story, a science fiction film, or, in fact, a scientific theory, can thus be positioned at a higher and later turning of the spiral, diachronically, but synchronically it can be a performance of a pattern or theme.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 188:

In particular, risks can pile up not only synchronically, as in multi premise deductions, but also diachronically, when a subject extends her knowledge by competent deduction from just one premise.

2007 September 29, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio, “Single premise deduction and risk”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI:

Further, by presenting lexical information diachronically, it displays the stability of the particular words, spellings, usages, idioms, etc., and thus cumulatively the overall stability of the language or variety in general.

2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 115:

In a diachronic fashion, or in diachronic terms.


midphrase

He reared his body up and down with emotion as he played, and often grunted midphrase.

2007 June 2, Corey Kilgannon, “A Jazzman’s Farewell Album, All Heart and Soul”, in New York Times:

(often with "in") In the middle of a phrase


heterologously

heterologously (comparative more heterologously, superlative most heterologously)

more heterologously (comparative)
most heterologously (superlative)


cadaverously

cadaverously (comparative more cadaverously, superlative most cadaverously)

more cadaverously (comparative)
most cadaverously (superlative)

It's all on video: me mugging to the camera, the crash of the falling tyre, my initial recoil, then the blood draining from my face as I look down and discover the fingernail gouged out of my flesh just dangling there cadaverously.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 121:


stewardly

stewardly (comparative more stewardly, superlative most stewardly)

more stewardly (comparative)
most stewardly (superlative)

With or as with the care of a steward; prudently; providently.


informationally

informationally (comparative more informationally, superlative most informationally)

more informationally (comparative)
most informationally (superlative)


inferentially

inferentially (comparative more inferentially, superlative most inferentially)

more inferentially (comparative)
most inferentially (superlative)

Tom’s belief that ¬ (S) is sustained by desires that do not justify it, and does not interact inferentially with Tom’s assessment of evidence for (S).

2007 July 14, Timothy Chan, “Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:

With respect to, or by means of, inference


paradigmatically

paradigmatically (comparative more paradigmatically, superlative most paradigmatically)

more paradigmatically (comparative)
most paradigmatically (superlative)

But since they had almost nothing in common stylistically, the question remained: What exactly made music paradigmatically English?

2007 February 11, Michael White, “So Mighty, So Unmusical: How Britannia Found Its Voice”, in New York Times:

In a way or to an extent that is paradigmatic


counterfactually

All they do is to emphasize the causal link between experience and the relevant belief by expressing it counterfactually: If S ’s experience had been different, S would have had a different belief (with a different content a la (P1)).

2008 September 12, Hamid Vahid, “Experience and the Space of Reasons: The Problem of Non-Doxastic Justification”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:


nomologically

nomologically (comparative more nomologically, superlative most nomologically)

more nomologically (comparative)
most nomologically (superlative)

I take it that this is epistemically possible and (perhaps) nomologically possible.

2006 October 5, Christopher J. G. Meacham, “Sleeping beauty and the dynamics of de se beliefs”, in Philosophical Studies, →DOI:

Particular roles are defined causally and/or nomologically, where the latter is understood quite broadly.

2011 December 15, Karen Bennett, “Having a Part Twice Over”, in Australasian Journal of Philosophy, →DOI, page 86:


downcourt

Ever since Barnes played with Davis at U.C.L.A., he has been able to throw baseball passes halfway downcourt.

2007 May 13, Lee Jenkins, “Nellie Ball Energizes Warriors and Confounds Opponents”, in New York Times:

(basketball) Toward one's team's offensive basket