straightway

From straight + way. First attested in the sense of "directly".

Now, if in a stage coach in the depth of winter, when three passengers are warm and snug, a fourth, all besnowed and frozen, descends from the outside and takes place amongst them, straightway all the three passengers shift their places, uneasily pull up their cloak collars, re-arrange their "comforters," feel indignantly a sensible loss of caloric—the intruder has at least made a sensation.

1848 April – 1849 October, E[dward] Bulwer-Lytton, chapter I, in The Caxtons: A Family Picture, volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1849, →OCLC, part IX, page 88:

Now one day of the days, […] the Sultan cast his eyes upon her as she stood before him, and said to his Grand Wazir, "This be the very woman whereof I spake to thee yesterday, so do thou straightway bring her before me, that I may see what be her suit and fulfil her need."

1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 547”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice. Straightway a great flock of wild crows came flying toward her, enough to darken the sky.

1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:

(dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately).

But like as eyes not strong enough to look upon the sun yet do gladly look upon the objects which are by the sun enlightened, so, souls which have already strength to delight in the beauty of chastity are yet not straightway able to consider in her very self that truth which charity hath her light, insomuch that when it cometh to the doing of somewhat that is adverse to truth, they should so start back in horror as they do start back in horror if aught be proposed to be done that is adverse to chastity.

1890, Philip Schaff, NPNF1-03: On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises, page 96:

Those who continually prefer to stir up waters find that they create only a whirlpool and are carried around in circles rather than progressing straightway.

1983, Official Report of the 1983 Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints, Volumes 153-157:

The National Highway 33-34 in these three districts cannot be operated even during light monsoon because the water level goes straightway into the road.

2002, India. Parliament. House of the People, India. Parliament., Lok Sabha Debates, page 13:

Moreover an idol in a temple if situated straightway to our main entrance as if persistently gazing posture; thus emits detrimentally harmful vibes. Vaastushastra, therefore, says that such idols emit highly charged damaging energies.

2012, Wedha-Pointblank Arrow Form Vaastushastra Perceptive:


ever so

Were ironic quotation marks ever so deserved?

2003, Peter Lee, Halcyon days: How to lose a war in a week:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ever, so.

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

1823, John Howard Payne, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

He was five feet six, I should judge, and had his grip on the handle–end of ever so many millions.

1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:

How bad is Voldemort? Ever so bad!

2002: S. K. Elkins (poster on Harry Potter for Grownups Yahoogroup), re: Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. Yet Sympathetic. And Dead, Too (read at http://elkins.theennead.com/hp/archives/000109.html on 13 May 2006)


prodigiously

en-adv

prodigiously (comparative more prodigiously, superlative most prodigiously)

more prodigiously (comparative)
most prodigiously (superlative)

[T]he Mercers encreaſing prodigiouſly vvent back into the City; there like Bees unhiv'd they hover about a vvhile, not knovving vvhere to fix; but at laſt, as if they vvould come back to the old Hive in Pater-noſter Rovv, but could not be admitted, the ſvvarm ſettled on Lu[d]gate-hill.

1727, [Daniel Defoe], “Of such Tradesmen who by the Necessary Consequences of Their Business are Oblig’d to be Accessary to the Propagation of Vice, and the Encrease of the Wickedness of the Times, and that All the Immorality of the Age is Not Occasion’d by the Ale-houses and the Taverns”, in The Compleat English Tradesman. […], volume II, London: […] Charles Rivington […], →OCLC, part II, pages 163–163:

The Dashwoods were so prodigiously delighted with the Middletons, that, though not much in the habit of giving any thing, they determined to give them—a dinner; […]

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

Pendennis the elder, who like a real man of the world had a proper and constant dread of the opinion of his neighbour, was prodigiously annoyed by the absurd little tempest which was blowing in Chatteris, and tossing about Master Pen’s reputation.

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XV, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, wonderfully.


conventionally

conventionally (comparative more conventionally, superlative most conventionally)

more conventionally (comparative)
most conventionally (superlative)

2000: BBC News website, Organic food 'no healthier' read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/906530.stm on 14 May 2006 - The carrots tested were: an organic British carrot, an organic carrot from abroad and a conventionally grown carrot.

Ordinarily, by convention. See other synonyms at Thesaurus:usually


sustainedly

sustainedly (comparative more sustainedly, superlative most sustainedly)

more sustainedly (comparative)
most sustainedly (superlative)

The neo-liberal reforms after the fall of the Soeharto regime in Indonesia sustainedly strengthened the big business groups.

In a way that is sustained, or that continues.


conditionally

conditionally (comparative more conditionally, superlative most conditionally)

more conditionally (comparative)
most conditionally (superlative)

However, another study examining SOCS3 function in B cell subsets failed to detect B cell developmental and recirculatory defects in mice conditionally deficient in SOCS3 expression in B cells (using Mb1-cre mice), nor when SOCS3 was deleted in MMTV-cre active cells [21 ].

2015 August 15, “Immature B Cell Egress from Bone Marrow Is SOCS3 Independent”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


heah

‘Yeah, uh store right heah in town wid everything in it you needs.’

1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 46:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.


imploringly

imploringly (comparative more imploringly, superlative most imploringly)

more imploringly (comparative)
most imploringly (superlative)

“You must help me,” she said imploringly.

For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed. Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs. Darling's bed, holding her hand and calculating expenses, while she looked at him imploringly.

1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “Peter Breaks Through”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 3:

Beseechingly; in a manner that beseeches or implores.


paradoxically

paradoxically (comparative more paradoxically, superlative most paradoxically)

more paradoxically (comparative)
most paradoxically (superlative)

Paradoxically, the deluge of writing itself contributes to declining readership. It's not just that if you're writing then you can't be reading. It's also that the sheer volume of what is now available acts as a disincentive to settle down with a single text. The literary equivalent of channel surfing replaces the prolonged concentration required to tackle a book.

2013 September 6, Colin Robinson, “Put down the pen and give us all a break”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 39:

Cottagecore is related to grandmacore, faeriecore, farmcore and goblincore; other nostalgia-ridden aesthetic communities that, paradoxically, thrive on many of the most popular internet platforms of the day.

2020 March 10, Isabel Slone, “Escape Into Cottagecore, Calming Ethos for Our Febrile Moment”, in The New York Times:

In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.


next door

"Yeh know Tom Jamison, he lives next door t' me up home.

1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 102:


attentively

attentively (comparative more attentively, superlative most attentively)

more attentively (comparative)
most attentively (superlative)

From Middle English attentifly, attentifli, equivalent to attentive + -ly.

'It's a very clean cut,' said the Rat, examining it again attentively.

1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began

1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:


nobly

nobly (comparative more nobly, superlative most nobly)

more nobly (comparative)
most nobly (superlative)

In the end he died nobly, trying to save the lives of others.


luxuriously

luxuriously (comparative more luxuriously, superlative most luxuriously)

more luxuriously (comparative)
most luxuriously (superlative)

In a manner that involves luxury; in an expensive or indulgent manner.


nervously

nervously (comparative more nervously, superlative most nervously)

more nervously (comparative)
most nervously (superlative)

He paced nervously as he waited for the important phone call.

In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.


foolishly

foolishly (comparative more foolishly, superlative most foolishly)

more foolishly (comparative)
most foolishly (superlative)

From Middle English folysly, folysschly; equivalent to foolish + -ly.

He dressed foolishly to entertain the children.

I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural aukwardness.

1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 220:

“Nothing to speak of,” said Adam Woodcock, answering for the boy—“a foolish quarrel with me, which was more foolishly told over again to my honoured lady, cost the poor boy his place.[…]”

1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, pages 329–330:

Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better.


falsely

falsely (comparative more falsely, superlative most falsely)

more falsely (comparative)
most falsely (superlative)

From Middle English falsly, falsliche, equivalent to false + -ly.

He protested his innocence to the end, claiming he had been falsely charged and convicted.

This could not be more falsely stated.

1910 February 4, “PRINCETON'S GRADUATE COLLEGE; Issues a Denial [....]”, in New York Times:

Our insensitive laughter echoes even more falsely now.

1989 December 9, “Why Kill A Pollster?”, in Washington Post:

And on none of them does the name ring more falsely than on Robert Southey.

2003 January 1, “Wordsworthian Southey: the fashioning of a reputation.”, in Wordsworth Circle:


back o' Bourke

From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.

Mated in the Wild took the audience back o’ Bourke — to Central Australia to be exact.

1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, page 28:

Gilchrist has a head that would have passed unnoticed Back o′Bourke where they played cricket using termite mounds as stumps.

2002, Garrie Hutchinson, Gilly the Great: The Best Australian Sports Writing, 2002, page 13:

“We're getting Back o′ Bourke, sport, a bit of a ways from the bitumen,” Ian notes, huffing a bit.

2009, Chinle Miller, Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback, page 110:

(Australia, informal) At or to an extremely remote place.


inconspicuously

inconspicuously (comparative more inconspicuously, superlative most inconspicuously)

more inconspicuously (comparative)
most inconspicuously (superlative)

The detective sat inconspicuously in her car, across the parking lot, pretending to read the newspaper.

In an inconspicuous manner; so as not to attract attention or appear unusual or out of the ordinary.


oedipally

oedipally (comparative more oedipally, superlative most oedipally)

more oedipally (comparative)
most oedipally (superlative)

In a manner related to an Oedipus complex. Adverb form of oedipal.


numbly

numbly (comparative more numbly, superlative most numbly)

more numbly (comparative)
most numbly (superlative)


pound-for-pound

Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer ever.

Oakland native Ward is now unbeaten in 25 fights and can now claim to be one of the top few pound-for-pound fighters on the planet after a technically dazzling display.

2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport:

(sports, boxing) A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in.

A tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound-for-pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 (as the former costs $1.00 per 100 g and the latter $0.80 per 100 g).

My gal is pound for pound sweeter than chocolate.

Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight.


aimlessly

aimlessly (comparative more aimlessly, superlative most aimlessly)

more aimlessly (comparative)
most aimlessly (superlative)

He wandered aimlessly through the crowd.

Half a dozen deserted boats pitched aimlessly upon the confusion of the waves.

1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 103:

The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.

2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175:

Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.


scrutinously

scrutinously (comparative more scrutinously, superlative most scrutinously)

more scrutinously (comparative)
most scrutinously (superlative)


scrumptiously

scrumptiously (comparative more scrumptiously, superlative most scrumptiously)

more scrumptiously (comparative)
most scrumptiously (superlative)


jointly

They jointly raised the child, even though they were no longer married.

Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.

1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750:


scrupulously

scrupulously (comparative more scrupulously, superlative most scrupulously)

more scrupulously (comparative)
most scrupulously (superlative)

From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), diminutive from scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) + -ulus.

uder

Some of them have, in fact, given them a theoretical elaboration which for subtlety, refinement, and elegance need make no apologies to the older economics, and which remains faithful to older theorizing in at least one respect, that the tradition of unintelligibility to the layman is scrupulously observed.

1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112:

The citizens of India and Japan have elected nationalist leaders who many say they believe champion a more closed form of identity than their predecessors. While these leaders have observed the principles of liberalism more scrupulously than the Orbáns or Erdogans of the world, their critics suspect that they are quietly fostering intolerance among their supporters.

2016 December 6, Francis Fukuyama, “The Dangers of Disruption”, in The New York Times:

In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.


blindly

en-adv

blindly (comparative more blindly, superlative most blindly)

more blindly (comparative)
most blindly (superlative)

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind + -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

inh

I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.

1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen
The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

Human,
"To hate blindly is as dangerous as to trust blindly." An old angaran proverb, one of many I have forgotten somewhere along the way.

2017, BioWare, quoting Akksul, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: No Subject:


twenty-four seven
twenty-four seven#English


obvi

en-adv

obvi (comparative more obvi, superlative most obvi)

more obvi (comparative)
most obvi (superlative)

There's obvi no way I'm going to drive that far just for a haircut.

Are you going to the party? Obvi.


longtime

en-adverb

longtime (comparative more longtime, superlative most longtime)

more longtime (comparative)
most longtime (superlative)

longtime married


according as

Is all things well, According as I gave directions?

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:25:

Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.

1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:

When A is a set in the ordinary sense of the term, its membership function can take on only two values 0 and 1, with f_A(x) = 1 or 0 according as x does or does not belong to A.

Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.)


polydeistically

en-adv

polydeistically (comparative more polydeistically, superlative most polydeistically)

more polydeistically (comparative)
most polydeistically (superlative)


vastly

vastly (comparative more vastly, superlative most vastly)

more vastly (comparative)
most vastly (superlative)

“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”

1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:


spiritually

spiritually (comparative more spiritually, superlative most spiritually)

more spiritually (comparative)
most spiritually (superlative)

physically and spiritually abused

spiritually sanctified

Corporeally, he stood between Robert and Millie, a parent of dark menace. Spiritually, he was as effective as a scarecrow in a black coat.

1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 128:

In a manner affecting, relating or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.


lordly

lordly (comparative lordlier, superlative lordliest)

lordlier (comparative)
lordliest (superlative)

From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord + -ly.
The adverb is from Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche.

inh

1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation, Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56,
[…] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […]

Look at man, then, walking lordly amidst the gigantic flora and fauna of long ago; and see if seven, eight, nine hundred years do not sit serenely on his mighty brow.

1925, Claude Kean, Stock Charges Against the Bible, published 2003, page 61:

In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.


knowingly

en-adv

knowingly (comparative more knowingly, superlative most knowingly)

more knowingly (comparative)
most knowingly (superlative)

From Middle English knawyngly, knowyngly; equivalent to knowing + -ly.

She smiled knowingly, but kept the secret.

He pursed his lips knowingly and winked exaggeratedly.

1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:

She would never knowingly pour any pollutant down the drain.

We keep our prices low and are never knowingly undersold.


inwardly

Jacob groaned inwardly when he was called on to answer the question.

In an inward manner; to or toward the inside or to oneself.

whanne Percyual vnderstode that she was his veray syster / he was inwardly glad and sayd / faire syster I shalle entre therin / For yf I be a mys creature or an vntrue knyghte there shalle I perysshe

1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:


dully

dully (comparative more dully, superlative most dully)

more dully (comparative)
most dully (superlative)

The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.

1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 127:

In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.


minimally

minimally invasive surgery


longways

(manner) Lengthwise, in the longer direction.


inly

inly (comparative more inly, superlative most inly)

more inly (comparative)
most inly (superlative)

From Middle English inly, inliche, from Old English inlīċe (“inwardly”), equivalent to in + -ly.

I have inly wept,
Or should have spoke ere this.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

His offering soon propitious fire from heaven / Consumed with nimble glance, and grateful steam; / The other's not, for his was not sincere; / Whereat he inly raged,

1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 441–444:

Thou hidden love of God, whose height, / Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows; I see from far they beauteous light, / Inly I sigh for thy repose:

1738, Paul Gerhardt, “Thou Hidden Love of God”, in John Wesley, transl., The Wesleyan Methodist Hymn Book, London, published 1869, page 325:

His heart inly relented,—there was a conflict,—but sin got the victory, and he set all the force of his rough nature against the conviction of his conscience.

1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “35”, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume II, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:

What mortal, when he saw, / Life's voyage done, his heavenly Friend, / Could ever yet dare tell him fearlessly: / 'I have kept uninfring'd my nature's law; / The inly-written chart thou gavest me / To guide me, I have steer'd by to the end'?

1852, Matthew Arnold, “Human Life”, in The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867, Oxford University Press, published 1909, lines 1–6:

Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.

1909, Thomas Hardy, “The Flirt's Tragedy”, in Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses, London: Macmillan & Co., published 1928:

A mighty forest inly smokes and smoulders before it bursts into a conflagration:

1914, Rabindranath Tagore, The King of the Dark Chamber, New York: Macmillan, page 132:

(now rare) Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.

Ne was their salue, ne was their medicine, / That mote recure their wounds: so inly they did tine.

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

(obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.


wot

(Singlish) Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption)


fashionably

fashionably (comparative more fashionably, superlative most fashionably)

more fashionably (comparative)
most fashionably (superlative)


blazes

It gets blazes hot here in the summer.


tolong

‘Tolong, please don’t use the word ‘haunt’ in this context. It’s too creepy,’ said the Wife, smoothing away her goosebumps.

2004 August 22, “Queer Eye for the Dead Guy”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 54:


genealogically

German and Danish are genealogically related.

(linguistics) Genetically (by being members of the same linguistic family).


egregiously

egregiously (comparative more egregiously, superlative most egregiously)

more egregiously (comparative)
most egregiously (superlative)

/ɪˈɡɹid͡ʒəsli/

This myopia has has also afflicted the tram sector - most egregiously when Alastair Darling, as transport secretary, cancelled Merseytram, Leeds Supertram, the South Hampshire Rapid Transit scheme, and an extension to Manchester Metrolink (subsequently reversed) in 2004-05.

2024 March 6, Steve Edwards discusses with Anthony Lambert, “The bedrock of urban renewal”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 34:


turpidly

turpidly (comparative more turpidly, superlative most turpidly)

more turpidly (comparative)
most turpidly (superlative)


studiedly

studiedly (comparative more studiedly, superlative most studiedly)

more studiedly (comparative)
most studiedly (superlative)

McCormack's tone when he answered was studiedly mild.

2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 142:

thoughtfully, knowledgeably, deliberately; with premeditation


queasily

queasily (comparative more queasily, superlative most queasily)

more queasily (comparative)
most queasily (superlative)

In a queasy manner; delicately; squeamishly.

These women vocalists are bound in chartreuse mermaid suits and capped with blunt, white-blond wigs queasily reminiscent of Kathleen Turner's mop in Crimes of Passion.

1988 April 16, Elizabeth Pincus, “Taming Upstart Women”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

In a manner that makes one queasy; sickeningly, nauseatingly.


queerly

queerly (comparative more queerly, superlative most queerly)

more queerly (comparative)
most queerly (superlative)

Little Sea grumbled in her sleep, while Desire, with wide-open, faunlike eyes, stared queerly at me.

1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 118:

Queer Pedagogy
Kevin C. Franck
Queer pedagogy is less concerned with integrating gay and lesbian content [... and is rather] an attempt to destabilize pedagogical practice and to develop guidelines for teaching and learning queerly.

2005, James Thomas Sears, Youth, Education, and Sexualities: K-Z, →ISBN, page 680:

(uncommon) In a queer way (a way not conforming to conventional heterosexual norms), or in a way consistent with queer theory.


corrosively

corrosively (comparative more corrosively, superlative most corrosively)

more corrosively (comparative)
most corrosively (superlative)


franticly

franticly (comparative more franticly, superlative most franticly)

more franticly (comparative)
most franticly (superlative)

We started back off down the road, I franticly looked everywhere off the side of the road thinking maybe he crashed, or maybe he was hurt. I didn't know and thoughts were flooding my mind.

2012 April 19, Jordan Wiser, The Invasion, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 49:

They were probably pouring brandy and smoking, slumped over Father's desk, franticly going through papers and financial statements.

2013 February 5, Daniel Pitt, Edith's Return to Devon, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291:

Entering the elevator once again there is now a sense of urgency about us as we franticly mount our search for defense, this now being our first priority. But when the elevator got to level five the elevator doors do not open as normal.

2017 May 22, R. A. Rios, The Flash Point Project: The world has changed by the twenty second century, but not all is what we would have dreamt it could be., →ISBN:

He can hear a man's footsteps running and crying out in panic from a distance. As he opens his eyes, he can see a man running through a hospital hallway. The man is franticly searching rooms as he peeks in and out of each door.

2020, Andrew Cooper, Untitled, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 16:


quaintly

quaintly (comparative more quaintly, superlative most quaintly)

more quaintly (comparative)
most quaintly (superlative)

The aged man was leaning back in a quaintly embossed oaken chair, on whose carving the arms of his family were gorgeously painted and inlaid.

1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13:


sooth

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).
Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin.

cog

That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9:


painlessly

en-adv

painlessly (comparative more painlessly, superlative most painlessly)

more painlessly (comparative)
most painlessly (superlative)


stonedly

stonedly (comparative more stonedly, superlative most stonedly)

more stonedly (comparative)
most stonedly (superlative)


bawdily

bawdily (comparative more bawdily, superlative most bawdily)

more bawdily (comparative)
most bawdily (superlative)

But, Lord! to hear how W. Symons do commend and look sadly and then talk bawdily and merrily, though his wife was dead but the other day, would make a dogg laugh.

1664 January 18 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 8th, 1663–1664”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:

In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.


admissibly

admissibly (comparative more admissibly, superlative most admissibly)

more admissibly (comparative)
most admissibly (superlative)

in a manner that is admissible; acceptably


vulgo

PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.

1733, Philip Miller, “PERICLYMENUM”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, column 1:

[Pope's Hole] derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, vulgo "popes".

1822, George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands, 264-265:

A cow desiring the bull [vulgò a tufty cow]

1828, John Walters, An English and Welsh Dictionary, page 304:


wherewith

From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.

Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:

In the left there was a ſort of Engine, from the Back of which were extended twenty long Poles, reſembling the Paliſado's before your Majeſty's Court; wherewith we conjecture the Man-Mountain combs his Head, for we did not always trouble him with Queſtions, becauſe we found it a great Difficulty to make him underſtand us.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 39:

Worship we the Godhead, / Love Incarnate, Love Divine, / Worship we our Jesus,— / But wherewith for sacred sign? // Love shall be our token, / Love be yours and love be mine, / Love to God and all men, / Love the universal sign.

1885, Christina G[eorgina] Rossetti, “December 29 [Love Came Down at Christmas]”, in Time Flies: A Reading Diary […], London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge […], →OCLC, page 251:


horizontally

horizontally (comparative more horizontally, superlative most horizontally)

more horizontally (comparative)
most horizontally (superlative)

Japanese can be written horizontally as well as vertically.

Moreover, recent research showed that the amount of genetic material that can be moved horizontally may include small gene fragments, entire operons, superoperons that encode complex biochemical pathways, and whole chromosomes [ 54 ].

2015 July 4, Jiangtao Guo et al., “Horizontal gene transfer in an acid mine drainage microbial community”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:

an organism transmitted horizontally


intentionally

intentionally (comparative more intentionally, superlative most intentionally)

more intentionally (comparative)
most intentionally (superlative)

The body design has been carried out to the requirements of the B.T.C. Design Panel in association with the Design Research Unit and its lines are described as "intentionally unelaborate".

1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124–125:


complaisantly

complaisantly (comparative more complaisantly, superlative most complaisantly)

more complaisantly (comparative)
most complaisantly (superlative)

One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances.

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


single-handedly

She single-handedly organized the whole event, and even set up all the chairs herself.

Charlie Chaplin, the poignant little tramp with the cane and comic walk who almost single — handedly elevated the novelty entertainment medium of motion pictures into art, died peacefully yesterday at his home in Switzerland[…]

1977 December 26, “Charlie Chaplin Dead at 88; Made the Film an Art Form”, in The New York Times:

“Despite the surge in prices weighing on their purchasing power, the U.S. consumer now appears to be single-handedly keeping the global economy afloat,” Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a note.

2022 May 17, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Retail sales rise for the fourth straight month as prices keep climbing.”, in The New York Times:

egenhändigt

almost exclusively as a modifier to participles


sciolto

Borrowed from Italian sciolto, from sciogliere (“to set free”).


about time

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see about, time.

It's about time for the wedding to start, let's run to the church.

Our food has finally arrived. ― About time too, if you ask me! We've been waiting about 45 minutes for it!

(idiomatic, often sarcastic) Far past the desired time.


incredibly

incredibly (comparative more incredibly, superlative most incredibly)

more incredibly (comparative)
most incredibly (superlative)

With the parental exaggeration which the birth of his various enterprises always induced, O'Sullivan spoke incredibly of eighty-five "enrolled" members.

1965, Bruce Mansfield, Australian Democrat: The Career of Edward William O'Sullivan, 1846-1910:

(manner) In an incredible manner; not to be believed.

He was incredibly wealthy.

Incredibly, when he died they found he had left a million dollars to the Poetry Foundation.

Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.

невероятно

used to indicate surprising nature of a true statement


vociferously

vociferously (comparative more vociferously, superlative most vociferously)

more vociferously (comparative)
most vociferously (superlative)


sunward

sunward (comparative more sunward, superlative most sunward)

more sunward (comparative)
most sunward (superlative)

To carry warfare sunward is, indeed, their only escape from the destruction that, generation after generation, creeps upon them.

1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 4:


whereto

From Middle English wherto, equivalent to where + to.

(archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?

(obsolete, interrogative) To what end; wherefore?

According whereto Xenophon describeth his gallant plantation at Sardis, thus rendred by Strebæus.

1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:


metaphorically

metaphorically (comparative more metaphorically, superlative most metaphorically)

more metaphorically (comparative)
most metaphorically (superlative)

He conveyed his teachings metaphorically.

(manner) In a metaphorical manner; not literally; by means of metaphor.

Metaphorically, he was crushed.

(as a sentence adverb) Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally


just now

I was talking to my friend on the phone just now.

(set phrase) Very close to the present moment; just a moment ago.

We do not have that item in stock just now.

I'll be coming just now.

(Scotland, South Africa, Caribbean) In a little while.


sentimentally

sentimentally (comparative more sentimentally, superlative most sentimentally)

more sentimentally (comparative)
most sentimentally (superlative)


deftly

deftly (comparative more deftly, superlative most deftly)

more deftly (comparative)
most deftly (superlative)

In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.


fakely

fakely (comparative more fakely, superlative most fakely)

more fakely (comparative)
most fakely (superlative)

We showed up at the bar and it was an ocean of fakely tanned men, wearing vests with no shirts underneath.

2002, Georgie Nickell, I Only Smoke on Thursdays:


incontinently

incontinently (comparative more incontinently, superlative most incontinently)

more incontinently (comparative)
most incontinently (superlative)

In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.

On such eyes as maidens cherish
Let thy fond adorers gaze,
Or incontinently perish
In their all-consuming rays!

The image which she had called up was too much for her nerves, and she fled incontinently.

(archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith.


in rilievo

Borrowed from Italian in rilievo (“in relief”), from in + rilievo.

(music) The musical notation that indicates that a particular instrument to play slightly louder than the others so as to stand out over the ensemble; in relief.


al niente

I would, anyhow, put my money on Nunc Dimittis with its atmospheric mood and beautifully original ending where, after the impact of a robust Gloria a solo soprano quietly reiterates the opening phrase senza misura with the rest of the choir singing Amens al niente on open fifths.

There is a strong feeling of renunciation, but this is softened somewhat by her enigmatic smile which implies a certain contentment and satisfaction, and the music dies away al niente.

2005, Michael Halliwell, Opera and the Novel: The Case of Henry James:

The Prelude ends ambiguously, in that the two crotchet rests in bar 26 act as a fermata of indeterminate length as the resonance sustained by the open pedal fades al niente.

2016, Mine Doğantan-Dack, Artistic Practice as Research in Music: Theory, Criticism, Practice:

(music) Indicating in music notation that the dynamics fade to nothing.


marcato

Borrowed from Italian marcato, past participle of marcare (“to stress”).


incorrectly

incorrectly (comparative more incorrectly, superlative most incorrectly)

more incorrectly (comparative)
most incorrectly (superlative)

From incorrect + -ly or in- + correctly.

I lost a few marks in the test for spelling words incorrectly.

In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009.

2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 26:


individually

As individuals, separately, independently.


super-duper

super-duper (comparative more super-duper, superlative most super-duper)

more super-duper (comparative)
most super-duper (superlative)

Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).

No, you are entitled to your own opinion, alright? I'm the tart here. Cher, you've been nothing but super-duper nice to me.

1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Tai (Brittany Murphy):

But I'm super-duper hungry. Anybody have a candy bar in their pocket?

2007, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Uneasy: A Queen Betsy Novel:


auspiciously

auspiciously (comparative more auspiciously, superlative most auspiciously)

more auspiciously (comparative)
most auspiciously (superlative)


unambiguously

unambiguously (comparative more unambiguously, superlative most unambiguously)

more unambiguously (comparative)
most unambiguously (superlative)

She told him unambiguously to leave, yet he failed to leave.

In a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly


unhappily

unhappily (comparative more unhappily, superlative most unhappily)

more unhappily (comparative)
most unhappily (superlative)

From Middle English onhappily, unhappili, unhappily, unhappyly; equivalent to un- + happily or unhappy + -ly.

Theodore Roosevelt […] added, perhaps unhappily, that he believed the US administration in the Philippines could learn a lot from the Austrian example.

2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 76:

Through evil fate or chance; wretchedly.


nohow

"We don't see it here nohow," returned the man.

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter V, in Treasure Island:

Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent.

And his face clouded. “I don't know. I got to find out. Looks like I can't get my mind straight nohow.”

1953, James Baldwin, “Elizabeth’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1970, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 167:

(slang) In no way; not at all; by no available means.


sevenfold

From Middle English sevenefold, from Old English seofonfeald. Equivalent to seven + -fold.

And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:15:


malleably

malleably (comparative more malleably, superlative most malleably)

more malleably (comparative)
most malleably (superlative)


friably

friably (comparative more friably, superlative most friably)

more friably (comparative)
most friably (superlative)


frailly

frailly (comparative more frailly, superlative most frailly)

more frailly (comparative)
most frailly (superlative)


unrelentingly

unrelentingly (comparative more unrelentingly, superlative most unrelentingly)

more unrelentingly (comparative)
most unrelentingly (superlative)

In an unrelenting manner, as:
(of undesirable events) Unceasingly.

In an unrelenting manner, as:
Unceasingly.

In an unrelenting manner, as:
(of a person) Rigidly; cruelly.

In an unrelenting manner, as:
Rigidly; cruelly.


infirmly

infirmly (comparative more infirmly, superlative most infirmly)

more infirmly (comparative)
most infirmly (superlative)


unchastely

unchastely (comparative more unchastely, superlative most unchastely)

more unchastely (comparative)
most unchastely (superlative)

From Middle English un-chastely; equivalent to un- + chastely or unchaste + -ly.


unfairly

unfairly (comparative more unfairly, superlative most unfairly)

more unfairly (comparative)
most unfairly (superlative)

The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize.


rigidly

rigidly (comparative more rigidly, superlative most rigidly)

more rigidly (comparative)
most rigidly (superlative)

What could have been done by such a machine downhill can only be conjectured, for the maximum speed was restricted rigidly to 80 m.p.h.

1952 December, 'Mercury', “Modern French Locomotive Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 804:


whithersoever

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-whithersoever.wav

Inherited from Middle English whidersoevere. By surface analysis, whither + so + ever.

surf

And a certaine Scribe came, and ſaid vnto him, Maſter, I will follow thee whitherſoeuer thou goeſt.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 8:19, column 1:

JONES was commanded to leave the Houſe immediately, and told, that his Clothes and every thing elſe ſhould be ſent to him whitherſoever he ſhould order them.

1749, Henry Fielding, “XII. Containing Love Letters, &c.”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI, page 305:

Whithersoever you choose; but by what means of conveyance[?]

1859, George Augustus Sala, “Seven o’Clock a.m.—A Parliamentary Train”, in Twice Round the Clock; or The Hours of the Day and Night in London. […], London: Houlston and Wright, […], →OCLC, page 58:

[…] whithersoever he turned, the bars and shackles of civilization shut him in and bound him hand and foot.

1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXV, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 270:

[T]he flaming pillar slowly twisted and thundered off whithersoever it passes to in the bowels of the great earth, leaving Ayesha standing where it had been.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

1926, H.P. Lovecraft, Weird Tales, 8, No.3, 373-80.
But again I thought of the emptiness and horror of reality, and boldly prepared to follow whithersoever I might be led.

(archaic) To what place soever; wherever.


inflexibly

en-adv

inflexibly (comparative more inflexibly, superlative most inflexibly)

more inflexibly (comparative)
most inflexibly (superlative)

With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.


skillfully

skillfully (comparative more skillfully, superlative most skillfully)

more skillfully (comparative)
most skillfully (superlative)

From Middle English skilfully, skylfully, skilfulliche, equivalent to skillful + -ly.


acridly

acridly (comparative more acridly, superlative most acridly)

more acridly (comparative)
most acridly (superlative)


accommodatingly

accommodatingly (comparative more accommodatingly, superlative most accommodatingly)

more accommodatingly (comparative)
most accommodatingly (superlative)


acerbically

acerbically (comparative more acerbically, superlative most acerbically)

more acerbically (comparative)
most acerbically (superlative)


sourly

sourly (comparative more sourly, superlative most sourly)

more sourly (comparative)
most sourly (superlative)


southerly

southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)

more southerly (comparative)
most southerly (superlative)

In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.


pointlessly

pointlessly (comparative more pointlessly, superlative most pointlessly)

more pointlessly (comparative)
most pointlessly (superlative)

He sat there, pointlessly tossing the ball into the air and letting it fall, over and over.

[…]as a result of which, the two scenarios in which the Harwich Force caught up with the battle while it was still going on were considered and brought forward into the main timeline, as it meant that both sides' light screening forces actually got to do something other than die pointlessly.

2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 30:58 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 2022-08-24:

Without point; in a pointless manner; so as to lack purpose or importance.


statistically

He made his point statistically.

Statistically, the study was almost worthless.

Statistically, what he said is true.


northerly

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

more northerly (comparative)
most northerly (superlative)

In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.


beerily

beerily (comparative more beerily, superlative most beerily)

more beerily (comparative)
most beerily (superlative)

The politically ambitious and the beerily dissolute artisan of whom you read in the newspapers by no means constitute all the odder varieties of the species.

Hamper bent to Dunbar and whispered, beerily, in his ear . . .

He belched beerily. Well, eating would have to wait.

1988, Dan W Smith, Silver Spoon Murders:

(informal) In a beery manner; while smelling of, or under the influence of, beer.


alow

From Middle English alowe, equivalent to a- + low.

Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?

1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:

Ay, Ay, Ay, all is up; and I must up too / Early in the morning, aloft from alow.

1924, Herman Melville, chapter 26, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:

(nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.


casuistically

casuistically (comparative more casuistically, superlative most casuistically)

more casuistically (comparative)
most casuistically (superlative)

He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles.

Those ideals are casuistically the best whose realisations lead to least number of other ideals sacrificed.

Rule-utilitarian arguments — arguments that proceed from the consequences of our moral rules rather than of our individual acts — are casuistically very powerful.

1978, Philip E. Devine, The ethics of homicide:

She would then be — casuistically, I suppose, and legally, without doubt — worse off than the seduced Isabella: for Isabella would have submitted to Angelo without consent of the will

1987, Harold Bloom, William Shakespeare's measure for measure:

Critics may point out flaws in this story, which is casuistically vulnerable

2006, Inazo Nitob, Bushido, the Soul of Japan, page 22:

(domain) From the perspective of casuistics or casuistry.


extemporaneously

Considering that he was speaking extemporaneously, he covered the subject pretty well.

She recounted that while speaking extemporaneously during a livestream, she mentioned her twice-weekly housekeeper who “cleans the toilets.”

2021 April 29, Katherine Rosman, “Girl, Wash Your Timeline”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.


glibly

glibly (comparative more glibly, superlative most glibly)

more glibly (comparative)
most glibly (superlative)

[…] they are unconscious of all the history and human experience by which the liturgy has been enriched, and unmoved by the glibly repeated words of the Gospel […]

1916, Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Review 5 (392-409):

Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]

1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!:


conceivably

conceivably (comparative more conceivably, superlative most conceivably)

more conceivably (comparative)
most conceivably (superlative)

Considering that no lexicographer can conceivably know all the words of a language, students were asked to ponder what data lexicographers used to inform them about words[.]

2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 145:


avoidably

avoidably (comparative more avoidably, superlative most avoidably)

more avoidably (comparative)
most avoidably (superlative)

The cars were parked as avoidably as possible, but it didn't prevent her from running into one.


acrimoniously

acrimoniously (comparative more acrimoniously, superlative most acrimoniously)

more acrimoniously (comparative)
most acrimoniously (superlative)

Mr. Civil was acrimoniously disputing the orthodoxy of this visiting brother's intention to sing this from the pulpit at the close of the evening sermon.

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 170:

In an acrimonious manner; with acrimony.


avowedly

avowedly (comparative more avowedly, superlative most avowedly)

more avowedly (comparative)
most avowedly (superlative)

With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.


acrobatically

acrobatically (comparative more acrobatically, superlative most acrobatically)

more acrobatically (comparative)
most acrobatically (superlative)

Stephane Sessegnon levelled before half-time, acrobatically volleying in Zenden's corner from four yards.

2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:


platonically

platonically (comparative more platonically, superlative most platonically)

more platonically (comparative)
most platonically (superlative)


adeptly

adeptly (comparative more adeptly, superlative most adeptly)

more adeptly (comparative)
most adeptly (superlative)

He navigated the course adeptly, having trained on it for months ahead of time.


aurally

While the flashy special effects were nice, the movie was aurally jarring, loud and displeasing in general to the ear.

While differentiation is often not challenging for certain languages (anyone can recognise the difference between Russian and French, or Mandarin and Spanish), as languages become closer the difficulty of aurally separating them increases.

2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:

Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing.


eruditely

eruditely (comparative more eruditely, superlative most eruditely)

more eruditely (comparative)
most eruditely (superlative)

Learning was in his blood, for his great-grandfather, Sir Robert Jermyn, Bt., had been an anthropologist of note, whilst his great-great-great-grandfather, Sir Wade Jermyn, was one of the earliest explorers of the Congo region, and had written eruditely of its tribes, animals, and supposed antiquities.

1921, H. P. Lovecraft, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family:


augustly

augustly (comparative more augustly, superlative most augustly)

more augustly (comparative)
most augustly (superlative)

For surely, sir, you will not assert, that a duty can be binding which is not founded on reason? If, indeed, this be their destination, arguments may be drawn from reason; and thus augustly supported, the more understanding women acquire, the more they will be attached to their duty, comprehending it […]

1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:

St. Mark’s is perfect. To me it soon grew to be so nobly, so augustly ugly, that it was difficult to stay away from it, even for a little while.

1880, Mark Twain, chapter 49, in A Tramp Abroad:

Deliberately, almost ‘augustly,’ the gowned and mortar-boarded figures followed one another through the great red turnstile and filed into the chamber beyond.

1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 18, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:

On His Majesty's arrival, the wine was respectfully presented to him, when the Sovereign sang augustly, saying: ...

1925, Graham Martyr, Dai Nihon, page 189:

But wait until the Honorable Ma Chun-shing arrives and you shall see that I am augustly disposed to consent to your marriage.

He augustly began. Our First Ancestor At Kyǒnghŭng resided, And his royal work He augustly began.

2000, James Hoyt, Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons:

We have reigned Augustly; let our part be so sustained That Time, far hence, shall hold our memory dear !

2010, W. Watson, The Poems Of William Watson, →ISBN, page 63:

The Heavenly Sovereign made a progress to the abode of I-suke-yori-hime, and augustly slept (there) one night.

2014, Kurt Singer, The Life of Ancient Japan, →ISBN:


avariciously

avariciously (comparative more avariciously, superlative most avariciously)

more avariciously (comparative)
most avariciously (superlative)

Thus much I had to ſay; and, I ſuppose, vvhat may be anough to them vvho are not avariciously bent othervviſe, touching the likelieſt means to remove hirelings out of the church; […]

1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, page 152:

[B]usiness, which was originally designed to promote health, and circulate interchanged conveniencies, is now for the most part avariciously carried on, to swell the coffers of the individual by impoverishing the species; […]

1775, Samuel Jackson Pratt, chapter 41, in Liberal Opinions, volume 2, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, page 57:

[H]is aunt’s yellow cat came along, purring, eyeing the teaspoon avariciously, and begging for a taste [of the medicine].

1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 109:

At first I kept thinking about the money. […] I invested it avariciously at high rates of interest.

1954, Iris Murdoch, chapter 15, in Under the Net, London: The Reprint Society, published 1955, page 203:


constitutively

(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand


on the qui vive

Partial calque of French sur le qui-vive (“in a state of heightened vigilance”).

partial calque

The political influence wielded by many of the court ladies, and especially by the first lady-in-waiting (mother of the present Emperor), bears a certain resemblance to that which the eunuchs wielded under the later Manchus at the court of Peking. […] And behind the 30 ladies-in-waiting there are the rank and file of female palace attendants, some 300, all of Kyoto stock—quite sufficient to keep any conscientious chamberlain on the qui vive.

1920, J[ohn] O[tway] P[ercy] Bland, “[Exhibit G.] Three Palaces.”, in Administration of Immigration Laws: Hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, Second Session: […], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 373:

The question of who pressed the bell that sounded in Erskine's room, in the night, was a great source of worry to Watt, for a time, and kept him awake at night, on the qui vive.

1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

In a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle.


panentheistically

en-adv

panentheistically (comparative more panentheistically, superlative most panentheistically)

more panentheistically (comparative)
most panentheistically (superlative)


prob

prob (comparative more prob, superlative most prob)

more prob (comparative)
most prob (superlative)

(dictionaries, text messaging) Clipping of probably.


adamantly

adamantly (comparative more adamantly, superlative most adamantly)

more adamantly (comparative)
most adamantly (superlative)

She is adamantly denying the allegations.


substantially

substantially (comparative more substantially, superlative most substantially)

more substantially (comparative)
most substantially (superlative)

For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.

2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-10-24:

In a strong or substantial manner; considerably.

էապես

in a strong or substantial manner; considerably

To a great extent; in essence; essentially.

съществено

to a great extent; in essence; essentially


disparately

disparately (comparative more disparately, superlative most disparately)

more disparately (comparative)
most disparately (superlative)

The groups were formed intentionally disparately.


placatingly

placatingly (comparative more placatingly, superlative most placatingly)

more placatingly (comparative)
most placatingly (superlative)


waspishly

waspishly (comparative more waspishly, superlative most waspishly)

more waspishly (comparative)
most waspishly (superlative)


sustainably

sustainably (comparative more sustainably, superlative most sustainably)

more sustainably (comparative)
most sustainably (superlative)


indignantly

indignantly (comparative more indignantly, superlative most indignantly)

more indignantly (comparative)
most indignantly (superlative)

When Samael saw that God had enlightened Adam, he yelled indignantly.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 14:


inordinately

inordinately (comparative more inordinately, superlative most inordinately)

more inordinately (comparative)
most inordinately (superlative)

They’d [nucelar reactors] become inordinately expensive to build and maintain, in any case, especially compared to solar and wind installations.

December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:

And then she giggles, inordinately pleased by her own cleverness.

2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 173:


overwhelmingly

overwhelmingly (comparative more overwhelmingly, superlative most overwhelmingly)

more overwhelmingly (comparative)
most overwhelmingly (superlative)

Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...].

1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 361:

The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.

2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

[F]rom the perspective of traditional linguistic landscapes thought, such an overwhelmingly English landscape would normally be considered to exert a negative effect on the vitality and feelings of worth of other languages within this specific multilingual milieu.

2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:

In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.

Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month.

2012, Arthur Gillard, Homelessness, page 38:

Those recurrent noises in Italy about a move to Internazionale have resurfaced this week. It seems overwhelmingly likely Conte will stay, pay rise pending. But it is a feat of rare political skill to have made himself so unusually vital to the current success.

2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian:

Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.


disproportionately

disproportionately (comparative more disproportionately, superlative most disproportionately)

more disproportionately (comparative)
most disproportionately (superlative)

Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”

2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-29:


adjectivally

adjectivally (comparative more adjectivally, superlative most adjectivally)

more adjectivally (comparative)
most adjectivally (superlative)

In that sense, the word acts adjectivally, whereas in most cases it acts adverbially.

...it was observed that overt definite pronouns may also function adjectivally in various languages...

1994, Alexander Grosu, “Three Studies in Locality and Case”, in Google Books:

All attributive adjectives function adjectivally; an attributive adjective cannot function substantivally.

1999, William D. Mounce, “Basics of Biblical Greek”, in Google Books:


imputably

imputably (comparative more imputably, superlative most imputably)

more imputably (comparative)
most imputably (superlative)


unwarrantedly

unwarrantedly (comparative more unwarrantedly, superlative most unwarrantedly)

more unwarrantedly (comparative)
most unwarrantedly (superlative)

In an unwarranted manner; without warrant; unjustifiably.


impurely

impurely (comparative more impurely, superlative most impurely)

more impurely (comparative)
most impurely (superlative)


impregnably

impregnably (comparative more impregnably, superlative most impregnably)

more impregnably (comparative)
most impregnably (superlative)

In an impregnable manner; so as to defy attack.


bloody hell

What the bloody hell are you doing here?

(informal) Placed after an interrogative term to add emphasis.


impotently

impotently (comparative more impotently, superlative most impotently)

more impotently (comparative)
most impotently (superlative)


inaccurately

inaccurately (comparative more inaccurately, superlative most inaccurately)

more inaccurately (comparative)
most inaccurately (superlative)

In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.


unwarrantably

unwarrantably (comparative more unwarrantably, superlative most unwarrantably)

more unwarrantably (comparative)
most unwarrantably (superlative)

1662, Richard Baxter, A Saint or a Brute, London: Francis Tyton & Nevil Simmons, Chapter 4, p. ,
Holiness maketh men meek and patient, and teacheth subjects not to make too great a matter of any injury that is done them; nor to censure unwarrantably the actions of their superiours […]

Applied to any other creature than the Leviathan—to an ant or a flea—such portly terms might justly be deemed unwarrantably grandiloquent.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 104”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

1937, H. G. Wells, Star Begotten, Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006, Chapter 8, 5, p. 118,
There is this secondary world which has worked its way into language everywhere, a sort of fold in the membrane that has established itself in a thousand metaphors, got itself most unwarrantably taken for granted by nearly everybody.

In an unwarrantable manner; in a manner that cannot be justified.


inexactly

inexactly (comparative more inexactly, superlative most inexactly)

more inexactly (comparative)
most inexactly (superlative)

In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.


uncivilly

uncivilly (comparative more uncivilly, superlative most uncivilly)

more uncivilly (comparative)
most uncivilly (superlative)

In an uncivil manner; discourteously; rudely.


impulsively

impulsively (comparative more impulsively, superlative most impulsively)

more impulsively (comparative)
most impulsively (superlative)

"Of course, this wasn't part of some master plan. I impulsively used my vast power to do something nice without thinking it through. And then something I didn't expect happened. Even though I should have expected it."

2014 July 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014:

In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.


imprudently

imprudently (comparative more imprudently, superlative most imprudently)

more imprudently (comparative)
most imprudently (superlative)

Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.


implausibly

implausibly (comparative more implausibly, superlative most implausibly)

more implausibly (comparative)
most implausibly (superlative)


impressively

impressively (comparative more impressively, superlative most impressively)

more impressively (comparative)
most impressively (superlative)

The words written on the animal were next repeated impressively, and if the dog began to bark, it was a sign that the lover would gain his objective.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 58:


impiously

impiously (comparative more impiously, superlative most impiously)

more impiously (comparative)
most impiously (superlative)

In an impious manner; profanely; wickedly.


imposingly

imposingly (comparative more imposingly, superlative most imposingly)

more imposingly (comparative)
most imposingly (superlative)


presumptuously

presumptuously (comparative more presumptuously, superlative most presumptuously)

more presumptuously (comparative)
most presumptuously (superlative)


imprecisely

imprecisely (comparative more imprecisely, superlative most imprecisely)

more imprecisely (comparative)
most imprecisely (superlative)


impermanently

impermanently (comparative more impermanently, superlative most impermanently)

more impermanently (comparative)
most impermanently (superlative)


imperviously

imperviously (comparative more imperviously, superlative most imperviously)

more imperviously (comparative)
most imperviously (superlative)

In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.


impermeably

impermeably (comparative more impermeably, superlative most impermeably)

more impermeably (comparative)
most impermeably (superlative)


improvidently

improvidently (comparative more improvidently, superlative most improvidently)

more improvidently (comparative)
most improvidently (superlative)


implacably

implacably (comparative more implacably, superlative most implacably)

more implacably (comparative)
most implacably (superlative)

If you had told us in the early 1970s that ten years later, perhaps the most vital segment of the gay movement would be gay churches and religious groups, you would not have been believed. We took for granted that the churches were a major source of anti-gay ideology and were therefore to be opposed implacably. As we waxed, they would wane.

1981 December 1, Duncan Mitchel, “The God That Dare Not Speak Its Name”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 8:


impolitely

impolitely (comparative more impolitely, superlative most impolitely)

more impolitely (comparative)
most impolitely (superlative)

In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely.


importunately

importunately (comparative more importunately, superlative most importunately)

more importunately (comparative)
most importunately (superlative)

'I suppose I must see who it is', she thought, and set her chair in motion. The chair, like the music, was worked by machinery and it rolled her to the other side of the room where the bell still rang importunately.

1909, E.M. Forster, “I”, in The Machine Stops:

In an importunate manner; with persistent or urgent solicitation.


imperialistically

imperialistically (comparative more imperialistically, superlative most imperialistically)

more imperialistically (comparative)
most imperialistically (superlative)


improbably

improbably (comparative more improbably, superlative most improbably)

more improbably (comparative)
most improbably (superlative)

[…]and two enormous Scottish poems, the Buik of Alexander, which has been improbably ascribed to Barbour, and Sir Gilbert Hay's Buik of Alexander the Conquerour; one nearly complete Prose Life of Alexander and fragments of four others; a stanzaic translation of the Fuerres de Gadres which survives only in a fragment, the Romance of Cassamus, and three separate translations of the Secreta Secretorum.

2012, William Matthews, The Tragedy of Arthur, University of California Press, page 68:

In an improbable manner; without probability.


imperishably

imperishably (comparative more imperishably, superlative most imperishably)

more imperishably (comparative)
most imperishably (superlative)

The occasion was private and there were no reporters, but Lord Roxton's speech was fixed verbatim in the minds of all his audience and has been imperishably preserved.

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


imperturbably

imperturbably (comparative more imperturbably, superlative most imperturbably)

more imperturbably (comparative)
most imperturbably (superlative)

‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.

1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:


impersonally

impersonally (comparative more impersonally, superlative most impersonally)

more impersonally (comparative)
most impersonally (superlative)


impertinently

impertinently (comparative more impertinently, superlative most impertinently)

more impertinently (comparative)
most impertinently (superlative)


impetuously

impetuously (comparative more impetuously, superlative most impetuously)

more impetuously (comparative)
most impetuously (superlative)

In an impetuous manner; with sudden force


imperfectly

imperfectly (comparative more imperfectly, superlative most imperfectly)

more imperfectly (comparative)
most imperfectly (superlative)

We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining something by him.

1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 2:

In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely.


imperiously

imperiously (comparative more imperiously, superlative most imperiously)

more imperiously (comparative)
most imperiously (superlative)

Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 72:

In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.

Something up above was calling him imperiously[.]

1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Wordsworth Classics, published 1993, page 12:

In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.


imperially

imperially (comparative more imperially, superlative most imperially)

more imperially (comparative)
most imperially (superlative)

/ɪmˈpɪəɹɪəli/

If I have established a prima facie case that all is not well with the body politic of the Empire, how then is the problem capable of solution? In order to deal with the situation, it is fundamental to remember (whether one likes it or not) that the Statute of Westminster has been enacted, and therefore one must now deal with the matter not from an insular standpoint, but imperially.

1937 November 18th, Edward Frank Iwi, “A Plea for an Imperial Privy Council and Judicial Committee”, in Transactions of the Grotius Society: Papers Read before the Society in the Year 1937, volume 23: Problems of Peace and War, →JSTOR, page 135:

From an imperial standpoint; with due regard to the whole of an empire, and not only to its metropole.


arrogantly

arrogantly (comparative more arrogantly, superlative most arrogantly)

more arrogantly (comparative)
most arrogantly (superlative)

In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.


dispassionately

dispassionately (comparative more dispassionately, superlative most dispassionately)

more dispassionately (comparative)
most dispassionately (superlative)

He describes the untenable position of the railways' finances reasonably dispassionately. From 1952 onwards, British Railways ran an operational deficit, and in 1961 made an annual loss of £86.9 million.

2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:


courteously

courteously (comparative more courteously, superlative most courteously)

more courteously (comparative)
most courteously (superlative)

From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -ly.

In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.


shamelessly

shamelessly (comparative more shamelessly, superlative most shamelessly)

more shamelessly (comparative)
most shamelessly (superlative)

Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 68:

In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.


impudently

impudently (comparative more impudently, superlative most impudently)

more impudently (comparative)
most impudently (superlative)

Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]

1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:

'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.

1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 67:

In an impudent manner; with unblushing effrontery; insolently.


unflinchingly

unflinchingly (comparative more unflinchingly, superlative most unflinchingly)

more unflinchingly (comparative)
most unflinchingly (superlative)

Ursula, raising her head, looked unflinchingly into Mina's shifty eyes.

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 278:

Without showing fear or indecision; resolutely.


impossibly

impossibly (comparative more impossibly, superlative most impossibly)

more impossibly (comparative)
most impossibly (superlative)

The topology problem was impossibly difficult.

Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree.

Contrary to what had been thought possible.


imperatively

imperatively (comparative more imperatively, superlative most imperatively)

more imperatively (comparative)
most imperatively (superlative)

1625, John Donne, Sermon preached 26 April, 1625, in Fifty Sermons, Volume 2, London: M.F., J. Marriot and R. Royston, 1649, Sermon 33, p. 299,
[…] being a mother, and having the dignity of a Parent upon her, she does not proceed supplicatorily, she does not pray them, nor intreat them, she does not say, I would you would go forth, and I would you would looke out, but it is Egredimini, & videte, imperatively, authoritatively, Do it, you must do it: […]

Improvement is imperatively needed.

1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Written in the Schoolroom”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 279:

If a man has been possessed by devils for long enough they will rend him as they leave him, however imperatively they may have been cast out. Ernest did not stay long where he was, for he feared each moment that his father and mother would come out.

1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, chapter LXIX, in R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, editor, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC, pages 312–313:

The military band happened to be braying operatic selections on the plaza just then, and twice he raised his hand imperatively for silence in order to listen to a favourite passage.

1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, chapter VII, in Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], published 1904, →OCLC, part first (The Silver of the Mine), page 76:

— Come here, Tommy, his sister called imperatively, at once! And you, Jacky, for shame to throw poor Tommy in the dirty sand. Wait till I catch you for that.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13: Nausicaa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 332:

[…] wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.

1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 11–12:


broadly

broadly (comparative more broadly, superlative most broadly)

more broadly (comparative)
most broadly (superlative)

[W]hen he caught sight of her running towards him like that, he smiled broadly.

1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 16:

While companies are bravely talking about their efforts to redress the gender pay gap (large employers will be compelled to report details of how they pay their male and female staff in April), we know that women are, on average, much worse paid than men throughout the City. Broadly, power remains in men’s hands.

2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian:

Broadly speaking; in a wide manner; liberally; in a loose sense.


deep down

He seems like an average businessman, but deep down he's an overgrown kid with a necktie.

(idiomatic) Fundamentally; in essence; in reality


facially

"The results showed that women were significantly more facially expressive than men for all emotion clips."

2012, Janet Shibley Hyde, Nicole Else-Quest, Half the Human Experience:

The law will be repealed if it is found to be facially unconstitutional.

(law, of a law or regulation's validity) In a facial manner; on its face.


full tilt

She can type 65 words per minute, and sometimes as much as 80, if she's going at it full tilt.

(idiomatic) As quickly as possible; very rapidly.


isometrically

isometrically (comparative more isometrically, superlative most isometrically)

more isometrically (comparative)
most isometrically (superlative)


irritatingly

irritatingly (comparative more irritatingly, superlative most irritatingly)

more irritatingly (comparative)
most irritatingly (superlative)

In an irritating way; in a manner causing irritation, or that irritates.


irritably

irritably (comparative more irritably, superlative most irritably)

more irritably (comparative)
most irritably (superlative)


irrecoverably

irrecoverably (comparative more irrecoverably, superlative most irrecoverably)

more irrecoverably (comparative)
most irrecoverably (superlative)

In an irrecoverable manner; beyond recovery.


irreproachably

irreproachably (comparative more irreproachably, superlative most irreproachably)

more irreproachably (comparative)
most irreproachably (superlative)

In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.


irreverently

irreverently (comparative more irreverently, superlative most irreverently)

more irreverently (comparative)
most irreverently (superlative)

Elisha [...] was able to call upon two she-bears to come and eat up the children who had treated him irreverently[.]

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:


guiltlessly

guiltlessly (comparative more guiltlessly, superlative most guiltlessly)

more guiltlessly (comparative)
most guiltlessly (superlative)


blamelessly

blamelessly (comparative more blamelessly, superlative most blamelessly)

more blamelessly (comparative)
most blamelessly (superlative)


irrepressibly

irrepressibly (comparative more irrepressibly, superlative most irrepressibly)

more irrepressibly (comparative)
most irrepressibly (superlative)

In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed; in an irrepressible way.


irredeemably

In an irredeemable manner; beyond redemption.


irretrievably

irretrievably (comparative more irretrievably, superlative most irretrievably)

more irretrievably (comparative)
most irretrievably (superlative)

Old English seems, and remains, irretrievably distant[.]

1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 17:

In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.


irresuscitably

So as not to be resuscitated; in an irresuscitable manner.


irresolutely

irresolutely (comparative more irresolutely, superlative most irresolutely)

more irresolutely (comparative)
most irresolutely (superlative)

[H]e had heard about him the constant voices of his father and of his masters, urging him to be a gentleman above all things and urging him to be a good catholic above all things. […] And it was the din of all these hollowsounding voices that made him halt irresolutely in the pursuit of phantoms.

1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 93:


irresistibly

irresistibly (comparative more irresistibly, superlative most irresistibly)

more irresistibly (comparative)
most irresistibly (superlative)


irresponsibly

irresponsibly (comparative more irresponsibly, superlative most irresponsibly)

more irresponsibly (comparative)
most irresponsibly (superlative)

In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.


alr

(Internet slang, text messaging) Clipping of already.


irremediably

irremediably (comparative more irremediably, superlative most irremediably)

more irremediably (comparative)
most irremediably (superlative)

In a manner, or to a degree, that precludes remedy, cure, or correction; in an irremediable way.


irrationally

irrationally (comparative more irrationally, superlative most irrationally)

more irrationally (comparative)
most irrationally (superlative)

In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason


irksomely

irksomely (comparative more irksomely, superlative most irksomely)

more irksomely (comparative)
most irksomely (superlative)


vexatiously

vexatiously (comparative more vexatiously, superlative most vexatiously)

more vexatiously (comparative)
most vexatiously (superlative)

In a vexatious manner; so as to give annoyance.


irreconcilably

irreconcilably (comparative more irreconcilably, superlative most irreconcilably)

more irreconcilably (comparative)
most irreconcilably (superlative)

In an irreconcilable manner; so as to preclude reconciliation.


irregularly

irregularly (comparative more irregularly, superlative most irregularly)

more irregularly (comparative)
most irregularly (superlative)

/ɪˈɹɛɡjʊləli/

In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.

irregularment

in an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order


irrefutably

irrefutably (comparative more irrefutably, superlative most irrefutably)

more irrefutably (comparative)
most irrefutably (superlative)

In an irrefutable manner; beyond the possibility of refutation.


irrelevantly

irrelevantly (comparative more irrelevantly, superlative most irrelevantly)

more irrelevantly (comparative)
most irrelevantly (superlative)

'Our population would be the same, and our world would still have been dying of its own waste heat!' Irrelevantly, Teela said, 'I wish we could see out.'


tiresomely

tiresomely (comparative more tiresomely, superlative most tiresomely)

more tiresomely (comparative)
most tiresomely (superlative)


tediously

tediously (comparative more tediously, superlative most tediously)

more tediously (comparative)
most tediously (superlative)

From Middle English tedyously; equivalent to tedious + -ly.


wearisomely

wearisomely (comparative more wearisomely, superlative most wearisomely)

more wearisomely (comparative)
most wearisomely (superlative)

They both lived on money of their own, and were wearisomely idle and over-dressed.

1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Invisible Man”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:


innocently

innocently (comparative more innocently, superlative most innocently)

more innocently (comparative)
most innocently (superlative)

viattomasti

pure, free from sin, untainted; naive; harmless


iridescently

iridescently (comparative more iridescently, superlative most iridescently)

more iridescently (comparative)
most iridescently (superlative)


dramatically

dramatically (comparative more dramatically, superlative most dramatically)

more dramatically (comparative)
most dramatically (superlative)

“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”

1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Lisson Grove Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.

2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):


irately

irately (comparative more irately, superlative most irately)

more irately (comparative)
most irately (superlative)


irreversibly

irreversibly (comparative more irreversibly, superlative most irreversibly)

more irreversibly (comparative)
most irreversibly (superlative)


unanswerably

In an unanswerable manner; beyond refutation.


invulnerably

invulnerably (comparative more invulnerably, superlative most invulnerably)

more invulnerably (comparative)
most invulnerably (superlative)


irascibly

irascibly (comparative more irascibly, superlative most irascibly)

more irascibly (comparative)
most irascibly (superlative)


invitingly

invitingly (comparative more invitingly, superlative most invitingly)

more invitingly (comparative)
most invitingly (superlative)

In an inviting manner; so as to attract; attractively.


popularly

popularly (comparative more popularly, superlative most popularly)

more popularly (comparative)
most popularly (superlative)

so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people

They were popularly known as "the Kings of California"


irefully

irefully (comparative more irefully, superlative most irefully)

more irefully (comparative)
most irefully (superlative)

In an ireful manner; angrily; wrathfully.


wrathfully

wrathfully (comparative more wrathfully, superlative most wrathfully)

more wrathfully (comparative)
most wrathfully (superlative)

Of course, a minute or so later I would realise wrathfully that it was all a lie, a revolting lie, an affected lie, that is, all this penitence, this emotion, these vows of reform.

1992, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground, Courier Dover Publications, page 11:

In a wrathful manner; with anger; angrily.


impenetrably

impenetrably (comparative more impenetrably, superlative most impenetrably)

more impenetrably (comparative)
most impenetrably (superlative)

Far otherwise the inviolable Saints,
In cubick phalanx firm, advanced entire,
Invulnerable, impenetrably armed;

1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

And now, on Fancy’s easy wing convey’d,
The King descended to th’ Elyzian shade.
There, in a dusky vale where Lethe rolls,
Old Bavius sits, to dip poetic souls,
And blunt the sense, and fit it for a scull
Of solid proof, impenetrably dull.

1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, pages 135-136:

She looked at Jane, to see how she bore it; but Jane was very composedly talking to Bingley. She looked at his two sisters, and saw them making signs of derision at each other, and at Darcy, who continued however impenetrably grave.

1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 18, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

And apart from the manifold ruffianism, shrouded impenetrably under the mixed hats and turbans of men whose past was untraceable to any European eye, it is well known that the navy (especially, in time of war, the commercial navy) of Christendom is the sure receptacle of all the murderers and ruffians whose crimes have given them a motive for withdrawing themselves for a season from the public eye.

1827, Thomas De Quincey, edited by Robert Morrison, On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts, Oxford University Press, published 2006, Postscript, p. 100:

He could not see it, the inside of the bunker coated with coal-dust being perfectly and impenetrably black; but he heard it sliding and clattering, and striking here and there, always in the neighbourhood of his head.

1902 January–March, Joseph Conrad, “Typhoon”, in George R. Halkett, editor, The Pall Mall Magazine, volume XXVI, London: Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, →OCLC, chapter 4:

In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.


rashly

rashly (comparative more rashly, superlative most rashly)

more rashly (comparative)
most rashly (superlative)

Alas Wat, I haue kild the kings officer in ſtriking raſhly.

1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:

VVhy do you ſpeake ſo ſtartingly and raſhly.

c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 57:

[H]e'll say that we're contradicting what was said just now when we rashly maintain that there are falsehoods in judgements and statements.

2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, 241a:

In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.


attractively

attractively (comparative more attractively, superlative most attractively)

more attractively (comparative)
most attractively (superlative)

In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.