blightingly

blightingly (comparative more blightingly, superlative most blightingly)

more blightingly (comparative)
most blightingly (superlative)

It is subject to blightingly hot summers, bitterly cold winters. Typhoons are not infrequent, and earthquakes occur in cycles of six years throughout the islands.

1945, The Indian Review, volume 46, numbers 7-12, page 588:


feloniously

en-adv

feloniously (comparative more feloniously, superlative most feloniously)

more feloniously (comparative)
most feloniously (superlative)

From Middle English feloniously; equivalent to felonious + -ly.

In a felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes a felony.


agedly

agedly (comparative more agedly, superlative most agedly)

more agedly (comparative)
most agedly (superlative)


amatorially

amatorially (comparative more amatorially, superlative most amatorially)

more amatorially (comparative)
most amatorially (superlative)


quite a bit

[ˌkwɑɪ.ɾə ˈbɪt]


alterably

alterably (comparative more alterably, superlative most alterably)

more alterably (comparative)
most alterably (superlative)


amatively

amatively (comparative more amatively, superlative most amatively)

more amatively (comparative)
most amatively (superlative)


ambrosially

ambrosially (comparative more ambrosially, superlative most ambrosially)

more ambrosially (comparative)
most ambrosially (superlative)


emulously

emulously (comparative more emulously, superlative most emulously)

more emulously (comparative)
most emulously (superlative)

The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still...

1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:

In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.


edifyingly

edifyingly (comparative more edifyingly, superlative most edifyingly)

more edifyingly (comparative)
most edifyingly (superlative)

They hung the man from the Adler. […] Down he fell, hands and feet extended, until with a jerk he was at the end of the rope. Then he ought to have died and swung edifyingly, but instead a more terrible thing happened; his head came right off, and down the body went.

In such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.


when it's at home

when it's/he's/she's at home (not comparable)

when it's (canonical)
he's (canonical)
she's at home (canonical)

Who is Nelson Mandela when he's at home?

(idiomatic, British) (of a person) In reality; in fact; when it comes down to it.

Feng shui? What on earth is that when it's at home?

(idiomatic, British) (of a topic) Plainly; in plain English; at its most basic level.

qu'est-ce que ça mange en hiver?

intensifying a question about something unfamiliar


in posse

Borrowed from Latin in posse, from in (“in”) + posse (“to be able; can”).

in possibility, having a potential to exist, in potential but not in actuality, (contradistinguished by in esse)


aforehand

From Middle English aforehande, equivalent to afore- + hand. Compare Scots aforehaund.

[S]he is come aforehand to anoint my body[.]

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 14:8:

(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.


nunc pro tunc

(law) Performed so as to have the same legal force and effect as if it had been performed at an earlier time.


wrong-headedly

wrong-headedly (comparative more wrong-headedly, superlative most wrong-headedly)

more wrong-headedly (comparative)
most wrong-headedly (superlative)


adjectively

Its boundary fence ran along North Avenue; and for many years people had used the phrase ‘North Avenue’ adjectively. ‘She's ever so North Avenue,’ Donovan might say approvingly.

1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 146:


bloodily

bloodily (comparative more bloodily, superlative most bloodily)

more bloodily (comparative)
most bloodily (superlative)


ereyesterday

From ere (“before”) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.

And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, & beholde, it was not towarde him as yesterday and ereyesterday.

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


uninterestingly

uninterestingly (comparative more uninterestingly, superlative most uninterestingly)

more uninterestingly (comparative)
most uninterestingly (superlative)


unhygienically

unhygienically (comparative more unhygienically, superlative most unhygienically)

more unhygienically (comparative)
most unhygienically (superlative)


overmorrow

/ˈəʊ.vəˌmɒɹəʊ/

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌmɔɹoʊ/

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌmɑɹoʊ/

Calque of German übermorgen, from Old High German ubar morgana. First attested in Coverdale's Bible translation of 1535, for which the author is known to have used Martin Luther's version. Cognate with Dutch overmorgen and Middle Low German övermorgen (whence Danish overmorgen and other Scandinavian forms).

Thē ſpake Tobias unto the virgin, and ſayde: Up Sara, let us make oure prayer unto God to daye, tomorow, and ouermorow: for theſe thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure ſelues with God: and whan the thirde holy night is paſt, we ſhall ioyne together in yᵉ deutye of mariage.

1535, Myles Coverdale, The Byble, that is, the Holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Teſtament, faythfully tranſlated into Englyſhe, Tobit 8:4, page D.iiij:

We can go not overmorrow, but on Thursday.

1925, Parliamentary Debates: Official Report, volume 188, H.M. Stationery Off., page iv:

Sinowjeff and myself go to Caucasus overmorrow.

1969, James Klugman, quoting Bucharin, History of the Communist Party of Great Britain: The General Strike, 1925-1927, volume 2, London: Lawrence & Wishart, page 73:


unmentionably

unmentionably (comparative more unmentionably, superlative most unmentionably)

more unmentionably (comparative)
most unmentionably (superlative)

They sat down and had one of their old chummy talks until an unmentionably late hour.

In an unmentionable way; indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably.


liltingly

liltingly (comparative more liltingly, superlative most liltingly)

more liltingly (comparative)
most liltingly (superlative)

"Of course, of course, sir," he said liltingly.

1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 32:


niver

“Niver mind,” replies the opposition expressively, “niver mind; you go home, and, ven you're quite sober, mend your stockings.”

1837, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. The Second Series, London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, chapter SEVEN DIALS, page 149:

An’ niver got half his fill.

(Mid-Ulster, others) Alternative form of never


tetrahedrally

In a tetrahedral manner; arranged in tetrahedrons.


crabbedly

crabbedly (comparative more crabbedly, superlative most crabbedly)

more crabbedly (comparative)
most crabbedly (superlative)

From Middle English crabbidly; equivalent to crabbed + -ly.


affectively

affectively (comparative more affectively, superlative most affectively)

more affectively (comparative)
most affectively (superlative)


aglee

aglee (comparative more aglee, superlative most aglee)

more aglee (comparative)
most aglee (superlative)


agley

agley (comparative more agley, superlative most agley)

more agley (comparative)
most agley (superlative)

X tells of cavalry; of Sheridan, Hampton and Fitz Lee;
Of Early’s Valley march, that Sheridan long held agley!

1932, Rosewell Page, The Iliads of the South: an epic of the War Between the States, Garrett and Massie, p. 165

“I don't know if you know the meaning of the word ‘agley’, Kipper, but that, to put it in a nutshell, is the way things have ganged.”

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XII AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

"You bastard."
"I beg your pardon Miss Martin. What did you say."
"You heard me."
All I need. For Miss Martin to go agley on me. Pout, stamp and generally upstage my authority. When they learn about your inner life, wham they take liberties with the outer. Until one is driven to putting on the stone face with creases downturned around the eyes and mouth. Scowl.

1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 125:

We meant to sail from Charleston, but things went agley there, and so we’re bound for Portsmouth now, as fast as we can make speed.

2002, Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross, p. 29

(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.

the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry


up to par

up to par (comparative more up to par, superlative most up to par)

more up to par (comparative)
most up to par (superlative)

The engine is working up to par now.

His work isn't up to par. Is he not well?


all the while

The good fortune which attended him throughout life may have been partly owing to this cause as well as to his undoubted valour, for though he never lost a battle, nothing is more astounding than his imprudence and the easy confidence with which he trusted Somerset, Warwick, Montague, and others, all the while they were betraying him.

1889, Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography, page 82:

Sulla, encamped near Scipio, and amusing him with caresses under pretence of an approaching peace, was all the while corrupting his troops.

1891, Plutarchus, Plutarch's Lives, page 8:

And all with that vital piece of evidence burning a hole in his pocket the while!

1986, Michael Dibdin, A Rich Full Death, page 60:

All the while, my intention was to amuse her, and divert her out of her hellish thoughts, and show to her the wide world of which she could now be a part.

1991, Anne Rice, The Witching Hour, page 281:

(idiomatic) At the same time as, usually over an extended period.


suboptimally

suboptimally (comparative more suboptimally, superlative most suboptimally)

more suboptimally (comparative)
most suboptimally (superlative)


mind you

These shirts are very expensive. Mind you, they are excellent quality.

Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.

1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47:

Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying

ceci dit

introducing a qualification or contrastive statement


whole-heartedly

whole-heartedly (comparative more whole-heartedly, superlative most whole-heartedly)

more whole-heartedly (comparative)
most whole-heartedly (superlative)


adumbratively

adumbratively (comparative more adumbratively, superlative most adumbratively)

more adumbratively (comparative)
most adumbratively (superlative)


accumulatively

accumulatively (comparative more accumulatively, superlative most accumulatively)

more accumulatively (comparative)
most accumulatively (superlative)


adversatively

adversatively (comparative more adversatively, superlative most adversatively)

more adversatively (comparative)
most adversatively (superlative)


appositionally

appositionally (comparative more appositionally, superlative most appositionally)

more appositionally (comparative)
most appositionally (superlative)


aerily

aerily (comparative more aerily, superlative most aerily)

more aerily (comparative)
most aerily (superlative)


affirmably

affirmably (comparative more affirmably, superlative most affirmably)

more affirmably (comparative)
most affirmably (superlative)


afflictively

afflictively (comparative more afflictively, superlative most afflictively)

more afflictively (comparative)
most afflictively (superlative)


allegiantly

allegiantly (comparative more allegiantly, superlative most allegiantly)

more allegiantly (comparative)
most allegiantly (superlative)


agin

From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).

At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”

1859, Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”, in All the Year Round, volume 1, page 98:

(colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again


aguishly

aguishly (comparative more aguishly, superlative most aguishly)

more aguishly (comparative)
most aguishly (superlative)

I was in the ivy summer-house, and came out shivering with cold, as if aguishly affected.

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

(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.


aline

Nay looke you, I know twas true, For his father built a chimney in my fathers house, And the brickes are aline at this day to testifie.

1591, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI - Part II:

The small stable with its accommodations for a horse and cow and two carriages is placed aline with the house.

1906, The Brickbuilder - Volume 15, page 169:

The two main masts are aline amidships, while the two mizzen masts are astern and placed in line with the rudder post.

1938, The China Journal - Volume 28, page 264:

dressing all aline.

2007, Anita Banerjee & B.K.Chakravarti, House-Keeping Management In Hotels, page 18:


coastwise

The barley was shipped coastwise.


how long

How long have you lived in Chicago?

He won't tell me how long he is going to stay.

How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.

[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:


aliter

From Latin aliter (“otherwise”), from alius (“other”).


amusedly

amusedly (comparative more amusedly, superlative most amusedly)

more amusedly (comparative)
most amusedly (superlative)


certaynely

certaynely (comparative more certaynely, superlative most certaynely)

more certaynely (comparative)
most certaynely (superlative)


wanst

Be the bye, I wanst knew art ould woman of that name. She was my darling Tibbie, but a notorious drunkard.

1863, Roger Quinn, The Heather Lintie: Being Poetical Pieces, Spiritual and Temporal..., page 167:

Now, shut your eyes, and turn round wanst.' whispered the Grey Man. Shawn did as he was desired ; but, when he looked about, he was struck all of a hape to find himself standing in his own bawn....

1838, Charles Dickens et al., Bentley's Miscellany, page 308:

Wanst I was wo'th twenty thousand doll are, and I driv the saddling profession.

1837, Charles Fenno Hoffman et al., The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 68:


alongst

Probably from earlier alonges, from Middle English alongest, alonge, on longe, from Old English onlong, andlang. By surface analysis, along + -st (excrescent ending).


step by step

She assembled the toy step by step, following the instructions carefully.

We were shown the process step by step.

Like many a successful YouTuber, she built up her following step by step, amassing subscribers as her video library grew.

Rail technology advanced step by step - albeit electrification was a good stride, rather than a short step.

2024 January 10, Philip Haigh, “Four decades of Britain's railway evolution - step by step”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 65:


regretable

en-adv

regretable (comparative more regretable, superlative most regretable)

more regretable (comparative)
most regretable (superlative)


anesthetically

anesthetically (comparative more anesthetically, superlative most anesthetically)

more anesthetically (comparative)
most anesthetically (superlative)


unfetteredly

unfetteredly (comparative more unfetteredly, superlative most unfetteredly)

more unfetteredly (comparative)
most unfetteredly (superlative)


animally

animally (comparative more animally, superlative most animally)

more animally (comparative)
most animally (superlative)

'Cosmic emotion' inevitably takes them in the form of enthusiasm and freedom. I speak not only of those who are animally happy.

1902, William James, “Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-mindedness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 79:

In respect of the physical or "animal" faculties, as opposed to the intellect or spirit.

(obsolete) In respect of the anima or animal spirits.


proactively

proactively (comparative more proactively, superlative most proactively)

more proactively (comparative)
most proactively (superlative)

[D]uring each lecture, an observation journal was kept to record what happened in the classroom, focusing on whether and when students enjoyed or proactively participated in classroom activities.

2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1084:

In a proactive manner; so as to look or plan ahead.


rurally

rurally (comparative more rurally, superlative most rurally)

more rurally (comparative)
most rurally (superlative)

While rurally based revolutionary movements have been thriving in other parts of the world, the outlawed Communist Party of Thailand has been losing guerrilla supporters, weapons and prestige.

1983 April 7, Colin Campbell, “MANY THAI COMMUNISTS GIVE UP THEIR LONG WARFARE IN THE JUNGLE”, in The New York Times:


longanimously

longanimously (comparative more longanimously, superlative most longanimously)

more longanimously (comparative)
most longanimously (superlative)

in a longanimous manner, displaying longanimity; forbearingly; patiently and in a restrained and self-controlled way.


deterministically

deterministically (comparative more deterministically, superlative most deterministically)

more deterministically (comparative)
most deterministically (superlative)


fool-heartedly

fool-heartedly (comparative more fool-heartedly, superlative most fool-heartedly)

more fool-heartedly (comparative)
most fool-heartedly (superlative)


dialectically

dialectically (comparative more dialectically, superlative most dialectically)

more dialectically (comparative)
most dialectically (superlative)


hat over the windmill

cap over the windmill
cap over the windmill#English

Alternative form of cap over the windmill


cap over the windmill

Derived from throw one's cap over the windmill.

(idiomatic) in a bizarre or eccentric manner


tectly

tectly (comparative more tectly, superlative most tectly)

more tectly (comparative)
most tectly (superlative)

(obsolete) Covertly; privately; secretly.


bedward

bedward (comparative more bedward, superlative most bedward)

more bedward (comparative)
most bedward (superlative)


barrenly

barrenly (comparative more barrenly, superlative most barrenly)

more barrenly (comparative)
most barrenly (superlative)


by foot

From Middle English be-fote, equivalent to by + foot.

walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal


indeedy

Yes, indeedy!


in flagrante

He is believed to be a patron of certain brothels and élite “home delivery” services specializing in celebrity look-alikes. On one occasion he was actually caught in flagrante with a counterfeit Vina in the back of a super-stretch, but when the sharp-eyed cop who saw the hooker responding to a signal and entering the limo understood what was going on, […]

1999, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, New York: Henry Holt, page 495:

“Great! A guy getting off a night shift who hasn't been laid in years finds his wife in flagrante with some hamburger-faced guy who hightails it out the front door in his underwear. We're walking into a hornet's nest, Jackson.”

2004, Rex Pickett, Sideways, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 292:

I saw one show in which a man was frustrated with his obese wife; she said she'd been on a diet, but she hadn't lost a pound, had in fact gained weight, and one day he left the house, got to the station, then realised he'd forgotten his wallet, and walked back to the house, and let himself in, and there she was, sitting at the kitchen table, in flagrante. Kentucky Fried Chicken. Large bucket. Large fries.

2005, William Leith, The Hungry Years, page 51:

in flagrante delicto
in flagrante delicto#English


malignly

malignly (comparative more malignly, superlative most malignly)

more malignly (comparative)
most malignly (superlative)


somewhere along the line

[I]t was only a question of time, after all, when the forgery would be discovered. […] "Somewhere along the line that check has been stolen and raised to twenty-five thousand dollars," he remarked.

1913, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 1, in Constance Dunlap:

"I think it is quite obvious," he said, "that the current atomic-arms race can not go on forever. Somewhere along the line […] we will have acquired all the weapons we would possibly need."

1952 September 29, “The Atom: Enough Bombs?”, in Time, retrieved 2019-06-17:

Somewhere along the line I knew there’d be girls, visions, everything; somewhere along the line the pearl would be handed to me.

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:

Somewhere along the line, Christmas became the year's fattest festival. It lost its already tenuous association with the sacred and became a wham-bam, all-u-can-eat, deep-fill stufferama.

2004 December 5, Mimi Spencer, “Chanel bag. Tick. Fauchon chocs. Tick. Pata Negra ham. Tick.”, in The Guardian (UK), retrieved 2019-06-17:

(idiomatic) At some point in a process or in a series of events; at some unspecified or unknown time; eventually.


boringly

boringly (comparative more boringly, superlative most boringly)

more boringly (comparative)
most boringly (superlative)

The professor droned on boringly, putting his class to sleep.

"I understand most of them are most boringly moral in their private lives.

1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 36:

"Let's take another boringly democratic vote. Shall we...Consuella?"

1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 59:


suant

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

more suant (comparative)
most suant (superlative)

From Middle English suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor.

Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.

1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West, page 252:

(obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smoothly; without difficulty.


to my knowledge

To my knowledge, no other victims have come forward.


counteractively

counteractively (comparative more counteractively, superlative most counteractively)

more counteractively (comparative)
most counteractively (superlative)


clearsightedly

clearsightedly (comparative more clearsightedly, superlative most clearsightedly)

more clearsightedly (comparative)
most clearsightedly (superlative)

In a clearsighted manner, with awareness or good vision.


manifoldly

manifoldly (comparative more manifoldly, superlative most manifoldly)

more manifoldly (comparative)
most manifoldly (superlative)

For example, in the year 1900, ... known student organizations numbered 611—and [this] total ... increased manifoldly by 1990.

1998, David F. Burg, “Preface”, in Encyclopedia of Student and Youth Movements, page xi:


longly

longly (comparative more longly, superlative most longly)

more longly (comparative)
most longly (superlative)

Master, you looked so longly on the maid,

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:


synecdochically

synecdochically (comparative more synecdochically, superlative most synecdochically)

more synecdochically (comparative)
most synecdochically (superlative)


meetly

meetly (comparative more meetly, superlative most meetly)

more meetly (comparative)
most meetly (superlative)

You can do better yet: but this is meetly.

c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 343:


pip emma

From pip (“P”) + emma (“M”) in RFC WWI signalese.

On the spot, ready to the last button, at twelve pip emma.

1938, P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters:

(British) Expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.


monotonically

In a monotonic manner, pertaining to the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress.

(mathematics) In a monotonic manner, of a function that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.


neglectingly

neglectingly (comparative more neglectingly, superlative most neglectingly)

more neglectingly (comparative)
most neglectingly (superlative)


somewhither

From Middle English somwhether; equivalent to some + whither.

See, Lucius, see how much she makes of thee / Somewhither would she have thee go with her.

c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

1884, Oliver Wendell Holmes, "In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire", Memorial Day speech, 30 May 1884, Keene, New Hampshire, USA, Speech delivered before John Sedgwick Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic
All that is required of you is that you should go somewhither as hard as ever you can.

So came they, three hours after noon, to where was a clearing in the woodland, and a long narrow plain some furlong over lay before them,[…], and the wood rose on the other side high and thick, so that the said plain looked even as a wide green highway leading from somewhence to somewhither.

1897, William Morris, “Chapter IV. Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005, page 157:

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

1910, Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some Who Passed”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 29:

The stirring of the wind was pleasantly ominous to Reilly: it was quickening, encouraging, hostile to inertia; it came somewhence and was going somewhither.

1922, Katherine (Fullerton) Gerould, Lost Valley, a Novel, Harper, Pennsylvania State University, published 2010, page 437:

(archaic, literary) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other; to somewhere


otherwhere

/ˈʌðə(ɹ)wɛː(ɹ)/

From other + where. Compare German anderswo.

And fared like a furious wyld Beare,
Whoſe whelpes are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere.

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 499:

Come, Adrian. I think we should be otherwhere.

1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 4:

(now regional) Synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to some other place.


needly

needly (comparative needlier or more needly, superlative needliest or most needly)

needlier (comparative)
more needly (comparative)
needliest (superlative)
most needly (superlative)

From Middle English needely, neodliche, from Old English nēodlīċe (“eagerly, earnestly, carefully, zealously, diligently, sedulously; greatly”); equivalent to need (“desire”) + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon niudlīko (“zealously, carefully”), German niedlich (“desirable, appealing, lovely, cute”).

cog

(archaic) Zealously; carefully; earnestly.


needly

From Middle English needely, nedelich, from Old English *nīedlīċe (“necessarily”), from nīedlīc (“necessary”); equivalent to need (“necessity, need”) + -ly. Merged with Etymology 1 above. Cognate with Middle Dutch nodelike, Middle Low German nōtliken, Middle High German nōtliche.

Or if sower woe delights in fellowship,
And needly will be rankt with other griefes

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:


semblably

en-adv

semblably (comparative more semblably, superlative most semblably)

more semblably (comparative)
most semblably (superlative)

Another Country, other Testimonies, equall promises: alike menaces, might semblably imprint a cleane contrary religion in us: we are Christians by the same title, as we are either Perigordins or Germans.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:


anticly

anticly (comparative more anticly, superlative most anticly)

more anticly (comparative)
most anticly (superlative)


adoptedly

adoptedly (comparative more adoptedly, superlative most adoptedly)

more adoptedly (comparative)
most adoptedly (superlative)

LUCIO: Is she your cousin?
ISABELLA: Adoptedly, as schoolmaids change their names / By vain though apt affection.

c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:


deprecatively

deprecatively (comparative more deprecatively, superlative most deprecatively)

more deprecatively (comparative)
most deprecatively (superlative)

In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates


atwain

[S]uch ſmiling rogues as theſe, / Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, / Which are t' intrince, t' vnlooſe: […]

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 292, column 1:

Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […]

1842, Alfred Tennyson, “To—”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 15:

[…] a much wider valley into which a great reef of rocks thrust out from the high mountain, so that the northern half of the said vale was nigh cleft atwain by it;

1896, William Morris, chapter 11, in The Well at the World’s End, volume 2, London: Longmans, Green, page 55:

You must believe me that on this street, neither in the houses which line it, nor the cobblestones which pave it, nor the elevated structure which cuts it atwain, neither in any creature that bears a name and lives thereon, neither in any animal, bird or insect passing through it to slaughter or already slaughtered, is there hope of “lubet,” “sublimate” or “abominate.”

1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 295:


butcherly

butcherly (comparative more butcherly, superlative most butcherly)

more butcherly (comparative)
most butcherly (superlative)

(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.


dishonourably

dishonourably (comparative more dishonourably, superlative most dishonourably)

more dishonourably (comparative)
most dishonourably (superlative)

(British) Alternative spelling of dishonorably


yit

(US, Ireland, colloquial) Alternative form of yet.


stoichiometrically

stoichiometrically (comparative more stoichiometrically, superlative most stoichiometrically)

more stoichiometrically (comparative)
most stoichiometrically (superlative)


wirelessly

This cordless keyboard is wirelessly attached to your PC.


gratinée

Onion soup is widely served all over France, sometimes gratinée, that is with a crust on top, sometimes just as a broth. It can be served in a large terrine, as well as in individual crock pots. In a brasserie or bistro, it is usually served gratinée.

2012, Jacques Pépin, Jacques Pépin New Complete Techniques Sampler, →ISBN:


under one's feet

The children were running around getting under everyone's feet.

Being a nuisance because of being in the way.


inklessly

inklessly (comparative more inklessly, superlative most inklessly)

more inklessly (comparative)
most inklessly (superlative)


stepwise

stepwise (comparative more stepwise, superlative most stepwise)

more stepwise (comparative)
most stepwise (superlative)

One step or stage at a time; step by step


inductively

inductively (comparative more inductively, superlative most inductively)

more inductively (comparative)
most inductively (superlative)

a posteriori#Adverb[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]] synonymous outside of philosophic arcanity>

In an inductive manner; by using induction.


causelessly

causelessly (comparative more causelessly, superlative most causelessly)

more causelessly (comparative)
most causelessly (superlative)

He sees evil only in the shape of some moral baseness[…], or else in the shape of a dark mystery of pain, to be endured by those on whom it causelessly falls in a proud though undefiant silence.

1874, Ernest Myers, The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Introduction, page 14:


through thick and thin

From thick and thin, meaning: “thick (dense) and thin woodland; all obstacles in a path”.

(idiomatic) through all (especially grim, rough and difficult) conditions; in all weathers


needes

As touching corporal puniſhments and penance, as faſting, diſciplin, hare cloth and other chaſtiſements, it behoueth thee herein to vſe good diſcretiõ, taking ſuch as help to repreſſe the aſſaults and temptations of the fleſh, and leuing others that may be hurtful, not yeelding herein to the heats, which ſome nouices are vvont to haue in their beginning, who thorough indiſcrete mortifying, and dompting of their fleſhe, fal into ſome ſuche infirmitie, as aftervvardes they muſt needes pamper and cheriſhe it to much.

1584, Iaspar Loarte [i.e., Gaspart Loarte], “Certaine General Aduertissementes Necessary for suche as Minde to Serue God Sincerely”, in James Sancer [pseudonym; Stephen Brinkley], transl., The Exercise of a Christian Life. […], [Rouen]: [Robert Person’s Press], →OCLC, pages 10–11:

Proſ. To haue no Schreene between this part he plaid, / And him he plaid it for, he needes will be / Abſolute Millaine,[…]

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 I, scene ii], page 2:

For they both ſay and beleeue that this picture hath ſo great vertue, as alſo that of Padua, whereof I haue before ſpoken, that whenſoeuer it is carried abroad in a ſolemne proceſſion in the time of a great drougth, it will cauſe raine to deſcend from heauen either before it is brought backe into the Church, or very ſhortly after. […] I cannot be induced to attribute ſo much to the vertue of a picture, as the Venetians do, except I had ſeene ſome notable miracle wrought by the ſame. For it brought no drops at all with it: onely about two dayes after it rained (I muſt needes confeſſe) amaine. But I hope they are not ſo ſuperſtitious to aſcribe that to the vertue of the picture.

1611, Thomas Coryate [i.e., Thomas Coryat], Coryats Crudities Hastily Gobled Vp in Five Moneths Trauells […], London: […] W[illiam] S[tansby for the author], →OCLC, pages 214–215:


aport

(nautical, archaic) on the left side of the boat


cash in hand

I heard he's working at that restaurant cash in hand to pay the bills.

In a manner receiving direct payment by cash, often without paying tax.


nourishingly

nourishingly (comparative more nourishingly, superlative most nourishingly)

more nourishingly (comparative)
most nourishingly (superlative)

In a way that provides nourishment or food.


actuarially

actuarially (comparative more actuarially, superlative most actuarially)

more actuarially (comparative)
most actuarially (superlative)

The municipal pension plan was deemed actuarially unsound.

Actuarially, we can't really afford to retire.


irresistably

irresistably (comparative more irresistably, superlative most irresistably)

more irresistably (comparative)
most irresistably (superlative)


inaptly

inaptly (comparative more inaptly, superlative most inaptly)

more inaptly (comparative)
most inaptly (superlative)


allers

allers (comparative more allers, superlative most allers)

more allers (comparative)
most allers (superlative)

"You're soft, Jane," said Miranda once; "you allers was soft, and you allers will be. If 't wa'n't for me keeping you stiffened up, I b'lieve you'd leak out o' the house into the dooryard."

1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


asymptotically

The value grew asymptotically.

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

(mathematical analysis) In an asymptotical manner, in the way of an asymptote, toward an asymptote.

مُتَقَارِباً

(analysis) in an asymptotical manner, in the way of an asymptote


giftedly

giftedly (comparative more giftedly, superlative most giftedly)

more giftedly (comparative)
most giftedly (superlative)

He played the violin giftedly. The music was so beautiful, especially by one so young.


once again

Rooney's sending off will be the main talking point, however, and his actions once again raise questions about his temperament that he looked to have gone a long way towards answering in recent times.

2011 October 7, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC News:

(idiomatic) Again, once more, one more time.


gushily

gushily (comparative more gushily, superlative most gushily)

more gushily (comparative)
most gushily (superlative)


endothermically

endothermically (comparative more endothermically, superlative most endothermically)

more endothermically (comparative)
most endothermically (superlative)


languente

languente (comparative more languente, superlative most languente)

more languente (comparative)
most languente (superlative)

Italian, present participle of languire. See languish.

(music) In a languishing manner; pathetically.


exothermically

exothermically (comparative more exothermically, superlative most exothermically)

more exothermically (comparative)
most exothermically (superlative)

Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The fused cyclobutenomaleimide is much more reactive than Smith’s diene; it reacts with cyclopentadiene exothermically at room temperature to yield the extended isomer as the major cycloaddition product.


exothermally

exothermally (comparative more exothermally, superlative most exothermally)

more exothermally (comparative)
most exothermally (superlative)


thair

thair (comparative more thair, superlative most thair)

more thair (comparative)
most thair (superlative)


geopolitically

From geopolitical + -ly or geo- + politically.

The Middle-East is a geopolitically important region.


unvoluntarily

unvoluntarily (comparative more unvoluntarily, superlative most unvoluntarily)

more unvoluntarily (comparative)
most unvoluntarily (superlative)

(rare) Alternative form of involuntarily: not voluntarily, forcedly.


unorthodoxly

unorthodoxly (comparative more unorthodoxly, superlative most unorthodoxly)

more unorthodoxly (comparative)
most unorthodoxly (superlative)

In an unorthodox manner, unconventionally.


unwomanly

unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

more unwomanly (comparative)
most unwomanly (superlative)


vituperously

vituperously (comparative more vituperously, superlative most vituperously)

more vituperously (comparative)
most vituperously (superlative)


all the less

His already mediocre record is all the less impressive once you discover that he made half of it up.


gay

Brill Publishers
Gertrude Stein
gay (term)

From Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), merging with earlier Old French jai ("merry"; see jay), from Frankish *gāhi; both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden”). This is possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to stride, step”), from *ǵʰēy- (“to go”), but Kroonen rejects this derivation and treats the Germanic word as having no known etymology.
cognates and sense derivation
Cognate with Dutch gauw (“fast, quickly”), Westphalian Low German gau, gai (“fast, quick”), German jäh (“abrupt, sudden”).
Anatoly Liberman, following Frank Chance and Harri Meier, believes Old French gai was instead a native development from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] > [g] as in French gaine.
The sense of homosexual (first recorded no later than 1937 by Cary Grant in the film Bringing Up Baby, and possibly earlier in 1922 in the poem "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene" by Gertrude Stein) was shortened from earlier gay cat ("homosexual boy") in underworld and prison slang, itself first attested about 1935, but used earlier for a young tramp or hobo attached to an older one.
Pejorative usage is probably due to hostility towards homosexuality.
The sense of ‘upright’, used in reference to a dog’s tail, probably derives from the ‘happy’ sense of the word.

der

And, tho' his guts ware lank and toom, / They're twice as big's this gay big room.

1833, John Sim Sands, Poems on Various Subjects, page 115:

Now, to end my story, if o' t' village beauties wad git t' religion that good auld parson Jenkins recommends, it wad gay sharply mak' t' dirty women clean, […]

1869, Joseph Carr, Sketches of village life, by “Eavesdropper”, page 60:

[…] an' be t' Silver Cwove, an' than throo t' Pillar, an' a gay rough bit o' grund it is!

1875, Dickinson, Cumbriana; Or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life, page 8:

When a fellah com' in 'at was gay free wid spendin.

1886, Thomas Farrall, Betty Wilson's Cummerland Teals, section 42:

She'll mak naw moor mischeef neets—she's gay quiet now!

1892-3, Mrs. Humphry Ward, The History of David Grieve, volume I, page 19

(Scotland, Northern England) Considerably, very.


hyperactively

en-adv

hyperactively (comparative more hyperactively, superlative most hyperactively)

more hyperactively (comparative)
most hyperactively (superlative)


at night

Owls usually hunt at night.


tall in the saddle

His son noted Buckley had died "with his boots on, after a lifetime of riding pretty tall in the saddle."

2008 February 27, Conservative Author Buckley Dead at 82, Associated Press:

(idiomatic, of a person) Imposingly, impressively; resolutely; manfully.


gert

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.

That's a gert big sandwich.

That pizza was gert tasty.

(slang, West Country, Somerset, Bristol) very


irreproducibly

irreproducibly (comparative more irreproducibly, superlative most irreproducibly)

more irreproducibly (comparative)
most irreproducibly (superlative)

In an irreproducible manner; in a way that cannot be reproduced or that will not allow of reproduction


exhaustedly

exhaustedly (comparative more exhaustedly, superlative most exhaustedly)

more exhaustedly (comparative)
most exhaustedly (superlative)

They finished the project exhaustedly, with many elements sloppily completed.


uglily

uglily (comparative more uglily, superlative most uglily)

more uglily (comparative)
most uglily (superlative)

“One thing at least is certain,” remarked King Helmas, frowning uglily, “and it is that among the Peohtes all persons who dispute our prophecies are burned at the stake.”

1921, James Branch Cabell, “The Crown of Wisdom”, in Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances, Robert M[edill] McBride & Co., part one (The Book of Credit), page 56:

Food was pleasant; the sun hot; and this killing oneself, how does one set about it, with a table knife, uglily, with floods of blood,—by sucking a gaspipe?

1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC:


to one's heart's content

(idiomatic) Until satisfied; as much as is wished.


photochemically

By means of, or in terms of, photochemistry.


soi-disant

/ˌswɑːdiːˈzɒ̃/


de bene esse

From Latin de (“on account of”) bene (“well”) esse (“to be”), "on account of well-being".

(law) Conditionally; provisionally; in anticipation of future need.


on the come

Players often bet when their hand needs to improve to win, this semi-bluff is known as "on the come."

2006, Lou Krieger, The Poker Player's Bible:

(poker) Betting on cards that may come in the future.

He didn't mind not being on salary, with all of his compensation on the come.

(business) For compensation based on future success.


hell or high water

"The barn goes down tomorrow, rain or shine, hell or high water, with your cooperation or without it."

1992, Barbara Michaels, Vanish With the Rose, page 195:

No matter what the adverse circumstances.


reproducibly

reproducibly (comparative more reproducibly, superlative most reproducibly)

more reproducibly (comparative)
most reproducibly (superlative)

In man it has been found that ventricular tachyarrhythmias can be reproducibly initiated and terminated in the cardiac catheterization lab by using programmed electric stimulation […]

2012, W. Bircks, F. Loogen, H.D. Schulte, Medical and Surgical Management of Tachyarrhythmias:

In a reproducible manner; in a manner that can be copied.


shatteringly

shatteringly (comparative more shatteringly, superlative most shatteringly)

more shatteringly (comparative)
most shatteringly (superlative)


enantiomerically

enantiomerically (comparative more enantiomerically, superlative most enantiomerically)

more enantiomerically (comparative)
most enantiomerically (superlative)

Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Enantiomerically pure cyclopropanes are very useful chiral building blocks since they may be converted to a variety of acyclic and cyclic products through stereochemically well-defined ring-opening reactions or rearrangements.


nrn

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of not right now.


incidently

incidently (comparative more incidently, superlative most incidently)

more incidently (comparative)
most incidently (superlative)


operatively

operatively (comparative more operatively, superlative most operatively)

more operatively (comparative)
most operatively (superlative)


ontologically

ontologically (comparative more ontologically, superlative most ontologically)

more ontologically (comparative)
most ontologically (superlative)


thirtyfold

From Middle English þrittyfold, thritti fold, from Old English þrītiġfeald (“thirtyfold”), equivalent to thirty + -fold.


precedentially

/ˌpɹɛsəˈdɛnʃəli/

(law) In a manner having the force of precedent.


on a need-to-know basis

on a need-to-know basis (not comparable)

(of the giving of information) remaining secret or hidden until it is needed to be known (by a particular party).


anno mundi

(of a year) Counted from the creation of the world according to the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar.


cytoplasmically

In this case, cytoplasmically inherited traits are present in both males and females and are passed from mother to offspring, never from father to offspring. Reciprocal crosses, therefore, give different results when cytoplasmic genes encode a trait.

2012, Benjamin A. Pierce, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, page 118:


face-up

The cards must be dealt face-up


ph

a notation used in transcripts to indicate that the transcriber does not know the spelling, usually of a name, and has spelled it as it was pronounced (Initialism of phonetically.)


stereochemically

stereochemically (comparative more stereochemically, superlative most stereochemically)

more stereochemically (comparative)
most stereochemically (superlative)


on accident

I'm sure he backed into the hedge on accident, but the hedge and the car are both a mess now.

Accidentally; not intentionally; because of error, misfortune, or lack of caution.


diegetically

diegetically (comparative more diegetically, superlative most diegetically)

more diegetically (comparative)
most diegetically (superlative)

The music in the documentary is only used diegetically: there is no soundtrack.


wilily

wilily (comparative more wilily, superlative most wilily)

more wilily (comparative)
most wilily (superlative)

And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.

1533 (date written), Thomas More, “The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance […]. Chapter XVIJ.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1004, column 2:

They did worke wilily, and went and made as if they had beene embaſſadours, and tooke old ſackes vpon their aſſes, and wine-bottels, old, and rent, and bound vp, […]

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 9:4:


stereospecifically

stereospecifically (comparative more stereospecifically, superlative most stereospecifically)

more stereospecifically (comparative)
most stereospecifically (superlative)


whatsay

Whatsay to splitting the cost with me?

Whatsay we split the cost?

Whatsay you, my Lord?

Whatsay our friends to our new allies?


p. m.

At 10 p. m., two miles west of Brownsville, in a resaca, found these frogs in small bushes, in weedy clumps, and even grassy tangles in overflowed tomato field adjoining the overflowed resaca.

1933, Anna Allen Wright, Albert Hazen Wright, Handbook of Frogs and Toads: The Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada (Handbooks of American Natural History; 1), Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publ., page 110:

Tommy Riggs and his housekeeper, Mrs. McIntyre, will have harsh words over the size of the grocery bills, with the result that Tommy and Betty Lou will find themselves housekeeperless, on the “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou” program Tuesday, over WHP and the Columbia network at 9 p. m.

1942 August 22, “Housekeeper Wanted by Tommy Riggss”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume CXII, number 199, Harrisburg, Pa.:

At 2:28 p. m. on Monday, exactly a week after an 8.O-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenchuan, the 1.3-billion Chinese people stopped to observe three minutes in silence for the victims.

2011, 听听中国怎么说 [China Invites The World To Listen], Beijing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271:


a. m.

Yeſterday at half paſt five a. m. I received information from Captain Hancock, then off Oſtend, that the enemy’s flotilla was hauling out of that pier, and had already twenty-one one-maſted veſſels, and one ſchooner, outſide in the roads;

1804 May 26, Caledonian Mercury, number 12,905, Edinburgh: […] Robert Allan:

[…]; and remain with the outward bound as per last, except the Mary for Calcutta, which sailed at five a. m.

1823 July 10, The Morning Post, number 16,396:

Come again Tuesday at 10 a. m.[…]TUESDAY at 10 a. m. Mr. Oliver Whidden was no sooner in the chair than the dentistress synchronously began dental and verbal operations.

1930 October 4, Joseph Faus, ““Oh, Miss Dentist!”: Being the ridiculous romance of Oliver Whidden, insurance salesman, who found his love in the cavity of a bad tooth”, in Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, seventeenth year, number 5286, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., page six:

He goes into an all-night doughnutery at 3:40 a. m. and falls to talking with the lonely counterman, who is a college student as well and who isn’t satisfied with just selling doughnuts and coffee. He looks into things. THIS SAME young man’s bride, also a college student and part-time researcher, came in at 3:55 a. m and her contribution to lore was that the first home air-conditioning unit was seven feet high, six feet wide and twenty feet long and was installed in the three-story mansion of Charlie Gates, son of John W. (Bet-a-Million) Gates.

1958 October 12, Cumberland Sunday Times, volume LXXXIX, number 281, Cumberland, Md., page four:


cylindrically

cylindrically (comparative more cylindrically, superlative most cylindrically)

more cylindrically (comparative)
most cylindrically (superlative)


surpassingly

surpassingly (comparative more surpassingly, superlative most surpassingly)

more surpassingly (comparative)
most surpassingly (superlative)


isothermally

In an isothermal manner; at constant temperature


isobarically

In an isobaric manner; at constant pressure


differentially

(mathematics) With regard to differentiation


out the ying yang

out the ying yang (comparative more out the ying yang, superlative most out the ying yang)

more out the ying yang (comparative)
most out the ying yang (superlative)

Texas has bluebonnets out the ying yang this time of year.


intermolecularly

In an intermolecular manner; between molecules


inhomogeneously

inhomogeneously (comparative more inhomogeneously, superlative most inhomogeneously)

more inhomogeneously (comparative)
most inhomogeneously (superlative)


early doors

According to some, the phrase originated at a time when English pubs closed in the afternoon as a term for customers who were waiting or arrived soon after the pub re-opened in the evening. Alternatively, the phrase is said to originate in the theatre world, where it described a facility available to early-arriving members of the audience, who were allowed to avoid the crush and choose the best seats in return for paying a small premium.

Mudchester Rovers conceded two goals early doors and never got back into the game.

(Northern England, Scotland) Early; at a time before expected; sooner than usual.


orthogonally

orthogonally (comparative more orthogonally, superlative most orthogonally)

more orthogonally (comparative)
most orthogonally (superlative)

The number of independent primitive concepts has been minimized in order that the language be easy to describe, to learn, and to implement. On the other hand, these concepts have been applied “orthogonally” in order to maximize the expressive power of the language while trying to avoid deleterious superfluities.

1968, Adriaan van Wijngaarden et al., Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 68, section 0.1.2, Orthogonal design

In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles


sinusoidally

sinusoidally (comparative more sinusoidally, superlative most sinusoidally)

more sinusoidally (comparative)
most sinusoidally (superlative)


gainly

gainly (comparative gainlier or more gainly, superlative gainliest or most gainly)

gainlier (comparative)
more gainly (comparative)
gainliest (superlative)
most gainly (superlative)

From Middle English gaynly, geȝȝnlike, geynliche, equivalent to gain (“straight, direct, convenient, favourable, kindly”, adjective) + -ly (adverbial/adjectival suffix).

suffix

Thoroughly; completely; (with adjectives) very.


deafly

en-adv

deafly (comparative more deafly, superlative most deafly)

more deafly (comparative)
most deafly (superlative)

In a deaf manner; without the aid of a sense of hearing.


all of the sudden

(set phrase) Alternative form of all of a sudden


whenceforth

/ˈwɛnsˌfɔːθ/

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

With great reluctance, he was introduced to pomegranates, whenceforth he refused any other fruit.

(formal) From which place, time, or point forth; forth from which; onward from which.

Whenceforth ought we to maintain radio-silence?

(formal, interrogative) Forth from what place, time, or point; onward from what place, time, or point.


lordlier

For silver nor bright snow nor feather of foam
Was whiter, and no gold yellower than thine hair,
O child, my child; and now thou art lordlier grown,
Not lovelier, nor a new thing in mine eyes

1865, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Atalanta in Calydon:


good and

good and (comparative more good and, superlative most good and)

more good and (comparative)
most good and (superlative)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, and.

good and ready

I'll process his request when I'm good and ready, that's when!

As for that swab, he's good and dead, he is.

1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 25, in Treasure Island:

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.

[S]he doesn't insist on the whole vegetable-meat-fish-eggs aspect of eating, saying I'll get around to that when I'm good and ready for it.

(idiomatic, used as an intensifier) Very; exceptionally; utterly.


snarkily

snarkily (comparative more snarkily, superlative most snarkily)

more snarkily (comparative)
most snarkily (superlative)


heartwarmingly

heartwarmingly (comparative more heartwarmingly, superlative most heartwarmingly)

more heartwarmingly (comparative)
most heartwarmingly (superlative)


tragicomically

tragicomically (comparative more tragicomically, superlative most tragicomically)

more tragicomically (comparative)
most tragicomically (superlative)


intracellularly

The majority of the Legionella cells in water are believed to live intracellularly as protozoan parasites.


biglie

biglie (comparative more biglie, superlative most biglie)

more biglie (comparative)
most biglie (superlative)


high and low

He searched high and low for the car keys, through every room in the house.

(idiomatic) Everywhere; all over the place.


for love or money

He wouldn't tell us what happened at school for love or money, even when threatened with grounding.


intramuscularly

In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle; into a muscle


notionally

Near-synonyms: conceptionally, conceptually

In a notional, imaginary or speculative sense; in theory.


straight away

This item is urgent, so please start on it straight away.

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Very soon; quickly; immediately.


AH

(calendar terms) Abbreviation of Anno Hegirae: in the year of the Hegira, used for dates using the Islamic calendar.


postnatally

From post- + natally or postnatal + -ly.


electorally

electorally (comparative more electorally, superlative most electorally)

more electorally (comparative)
most electorally (superlative)


prenatally

Tall, muscular, golden-skinned, he ranted bitterly about the injustice done to him pre-natally.

1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 62:


toxicologically

toxicologically (comparative more toxicologically, superlative most toxicologically)

more toxicologically (comparative)
most toxicologically (superlative)

In a toxicological manner; with regard to toxicology


sectionally

sectionally (comparative more sectionally, superlative most sectionally)

more sectionally (comparative)
most sectionally (superlative)


conformationally

conformationally (comparative more conformationally, superlative most conformationally)

more conformationally (comparative)
most conformationally (superlative)

(physical chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule


unspecifically

unspecifically (comparative more unspecifically, superlative most unspecifically)

more unspecifically (comparative)
most unspecifically (superlative)

From unspecific + -ally or un- + specifically.

In an unspecific manner; not specifically


posolutely

(informal, humorous or childish) Positively and absolutely.


absitively

absitively (comparative more absitively, superlative most absitively)

more absitively (comparative)
most absitively (superlative)

Curfew absitively must not ring!

1919, Peter Clark MacFarlane, The Exploits of Bilge and Ma, Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, →LCCN, →OL, page 108:

His heart being weak, of course they couldn't draft him, but anyhow they just absitively insisted on his going to work.

1919, George Allen England, Keep Off the Grass, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, →LCCN, →OL, ch. VII, page 94:

"Colonel Blake has okayed my transfer."
"You're serious, Frank. You're leaving."
"Absitively."
"Gee, Frank, this place won't seem the same without you. It'll be terrific."

1973 March 11, “Major Fred C. Dobbs”, in M*A*S*H, season 1, episode 22:

(informal, humorous or childish) Absolutely and positively.


sence

(dialectal) Alternative spelling of since


translationally

translationally (comparative more translationally, superlative most translationally)

more translationally (comparative)
most translationally (superlative)

By means of, or in terms of, translation (in all senses).


swooningly

swooningly (comparative more swooningly, superlative most swooningly)

more swooningly (comparative)
most swooningly (superlative)

From Middle English swouningli, zownyngly, equivalent to swooning + -ly.

swooningly handsome


thorough-stitch

I might also blame him, that having undertaken a resolution (in my judgment, rather brave than rash) to caste himselfe inconsiderately, weake and unarmed, amidst a tempestuous ocean of senselesse and mad men, he should have gone through stitch with it, and not leave the person he represented in the briers […].

(obsolete) Thoroughly, through to the end.


spectrally

spectrally (comparative more spectrally, superlative most spectrally)

more spectrally (comparative)
most spectrally (superlative)

Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the silence of the land went home to one’s very heart, - its mystery, its greatness, the amazing reality of its concealed life.

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 215:


ecotoxicologically

ecotoxicologically (comparative more ecotoxicologically, superlative most ecotoxicologically)

more ecotoxicologically (comparative)
most ecotoxicologically (superlative)


innard

innard (comparative more innard, superlative most innard)

more innard (comparative)
most innard (superlative)


cotranslationally

In a cotranslational manner; whilst being translated.


advectively

(earth science, chemistry, physics) In an advective manner.


macroscopically

macroscopically (comparative more macroscopically, superlative most macroscopically)

more macroscopically (comparative)
most macroscopically (superlative)


seld

seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)

more seld (comparative)
most seld (superlative)

From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).

knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.

(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Seldom.


ungenerously

ungenerously (comparative more ungenerously, superlative most ungenerously)

more ungenerously (comparative)
most ungenerously (superlative)


gullibly

gullibly (comparative more gullibly, superlative most gullibly)

more gullibly (comparative)
most gullibly (superlative)


sithence

Great threasure sithence we did finde

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

(obsolete) Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.


nice and

The pie came out of the oven nice and hot.

Everything they're doing is nice and legal, thanks to the tireless work of their lobbyists. [sarcastic tone of approval]

so be sure to lace their boots up nice and tight for maximum ankle support.

1997 March, Jonathan Dorn, “Boots for little feet”, in Backpacker, volume 25, number 2, page 212:

Keep those bass notes nice and steady, and you'll be in good shape.


symbiotically

symbiotically (comparative more symbiotically, superlative most symbiotically)

more symbiotically (comparative)
most symbiotically (superlative)


fatedly

fatedly (comparative more fatedly, superlative most fatedly)

more fatedly (comparative)
most fatedly (superlative)

In a fated, foreordained or predetermined manner; in a way established in advance by fate.


antiferromagnetically

(physics) In an antiferromagnetic manner


parentally

parentally (comparative more parentally, superlative most parentally)

more parentally (comparative)
most parentally (superlative)


hawse

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

(nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.


biblically

Most of them showed an intimate knowledge of the young blonde, leading Seth to the conclusion they had known her biblically.

2003, L. D. White, Forever House, page 3:

in the biblical sense
in the biblical sense

(euphemistic) Carnally; in the biblical sense.


biosynthetically

Biosynthetically, xenognosins A and B fall within the flavanoids, a specific class of the phenylpropanoids.

1988, G. H. Wagman, R. Cooper, Natural Products Isolation, page 571:

In terms of, or by means of, biosynthesis.


hammer and tongs

When they had an argument they went at it hammer and tongs.

She sort of let things go, didn't get me a proper dinner when I came home from work, and if I said anything, flew out at me. And I flew back, hammer and tongs.

1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:

(idiomatic) In a manner indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm.

ganga í af lífs og sálar kröftum

With tools indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm


horrifyingly

horrifyingly (comparative more horrifyingly, superlative most horrifyingly)

more horrifyingly (comparative)
most horrifyingly (superlative)


asynchronously

These allow scripts to specify functions that should be invoked asynchronously when certain events occur.

2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide:

Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.

2014, Richard Blewett, Andrew Clymer, Pro Asynchronous Programming with .NET, page 25:


shiveringly

shiveringly (comparative more shiveringly, superlative most shiveringly)

more shiveringly (comparative)
most shiveringly (superlative)

I shiveringly walked into the cold graveyard at night.

While shivering, for example with fright.

Old and new ballads delivered in shiveringly strong and colored voice.

1983 April 9, Walta Borawski, “Midler in Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

A breath of shiveringly cold air stirred, like an invisible icy hand searching behind the furniture and down unseen halls for what it had lost.

2010 September 9, Kate Elliott, Cold Magic, Orbit, →ISBN:

In a manner or to an extent that makes one shiver.


where it counts

True, Madeline does not have a lot of book smarts, but she is plenty wise enough where it counts.

At first the boycott's impact was barely noticeable, but now the protesters are hurting the store where it counts.

A girl's best weapon — and one that should be used sparingly — is a swift kick where it counts.


bulllike

bulllike (comparative more bulllike, superlative most bulllike)

more bulllike (comparative)
most bulllike (superlative)

Relatively recent (late 20th century) spelling of bull-like.

He was breathing bulllike from anger.

This is one of the few English words with triple letters. Others include


in vacuo

The distillation is performed in vacuo to avoid decomposition of the compounds under study.

But we don't understand sentences like this in vacuo. We understand them relative to certain larger categories of experience […]

1980, George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, chapter 24, in Metaphors We Live By:


srsly

srsly (comparative more srsly, superlative most srsly)

more srsly (comparative)
most srsly (superlative)

Shortening of seriously by removing the vowels, as is common on IRC or texting.

A: She's srsly afraid to go out now.
B: Yeah, that's understandable.

Srsly though, graduation isn't a forever goodbye and your future reunions will recapture the feelings you're leaving behind, believe it or not.

2024 May 2, Nicole Pomarico, Kayleigh Roberts, Starr Bowenbank, “The Best Graduation Songs of All Time”, in Cosmopolitan:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Seriously.


hell-bent

hell-bent (comparative more hell-bent, superlative most hell-bent)

more hell-bent (comparative)
most hell-bent (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-hell-bent.wav

From hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, in the sense “determined like hell”.

compound

(originally US, informal) In a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly.


in concreto

en-adv

in concreto (comparative more in concreto, superlative most in concreto)

more in concreto (comparative)
most in concreto (superlative)

the sources of cognition on which alone the teacher can draw lie nowhere other than in the essential and genuine principles of reason, and consequently cannot be derived from anywhere else by the student, nor disputed in any way, precisely because reason is here used in concreto though nevertheless a priori, founded, that is, in pure and therefore error-free intuition, and excludes all deception and error

1781, Immanuel Kant, The Critique on Pure Reason, Cambridge University Press, page 694:

Not a deity in concreto, not a superhuman person, but the immanent divinity in things, the essentially spiritual structure of the universe, is the object of the transcendentalist cult.

1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 31–32:


six ways till Sunday

six ways to Sunday
six ways to Sunday#English

(rare) Alternative form of six ways to Sunday


apostrophically

(rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.

apostroficznie

using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue

(orthography, humorous) With apostrophes.


uber

From German über (“above”, preposition), which is also used as a prefix (über-); cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche's use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super, and hyper.

The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane

Admittedly, churches do some incredibly goofy things when they pursue relevance for the sake of being uber hip and ultra cool. One pastor I know got so many piercings that he looked like a rack of lures at the Bass Pro Shop

2009, Mark Driscoll with Gerry Breshears, Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods, page 268:

The film's parallel story depicts Max (Jason Patric) as an uber powerful operative, barking wild orders at right-hand man Wade (Holt McCallany)

2010 April 29, “'Losers' minus one”, in Pasadena Weekly:


thereinto

/ðɛəɹɪnˈtuː/

/ðɛəˈɹɪntuː/


p'raps

It's about time somebody sent me a tip for Thundercats. Such a classy little game, so fast, such marvy graphics, so pretty, so why no tips? Who knows, p'raps folks spend so much time noodling about wiv the game, they haven't got any time left to lift a pen and send me a letter.

1988, Your Sinclair, number 27, page 45:


buffly

buffly (comparative more buffly, superlative most buffly)

more buffly (comparative)
most buffly (superlative)

We enter a loud bar with a buffly built bouncer blocking the door.

2003, H. T. Brashears, Dragon Hues, page 43:

Jul 18, 2006 Future of Japanese anime and manga looking bright in US San Francisco Chronicle -
"yaoi" goes against the grain of traditional rendering of men as buffly masculine.

(slang) in a buff manner; attractively or muscularly.


polymodally

polymodally (comparative more polymodally, superlative most polymodally)

more polymodally (comparative)
most polymodally (superlative)


polyrhythmically

polyrhythmically (comparative more polyrhythmically, superlative most polyrhythmically)

more polyrhythmically (comparative)
most polyrhythmically (superlative)

From polyrhythmic + -ally or polyrhythmical + -ly.

In a polyrhythmic manner; by the use of polyrhythm


unapologetically

unapologetically (comparative more unapologetically, superlative most unapologetically)

more unapologetically (comparative)
most unapologetically (superlative)

It [Derby] is an unapologetically modern station.

2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, page 50:

In an unapologetic manner; in a manner that withholds or refuses to offer an accompanying apology for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.


phasically

phasically (comparative more phasically, superlative most phasically)

more phasically (comparative)
most phasically (superlative)


workably

workably (comparative more workably, superlative most workably)

more workably (comparative)
most workably (superlative)


unworkably

unworkably (comparative more unworkably, superlative most unworkably)

more unworkably (comparative)
most unworkably (superlative)


pastorally

pastorally (comparative more pastorally, superlative most pastorally)

more pastorally (comparative)
most pastorally (superlative)


noways

But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it.

1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):


predominately

predominately (comparative more predominately, superlative most predominately)

more predominately (comparative)
most predominately (superlative)

In the case of gibnut (Agouti paca), however, my memories are occupied predominately with my efforts to avoid eating this creature.

2011, Helen R. Haines, “A Rat by Any Other Name: Conflicting Definitions of “Dinner” in Belize, Central America”, in Helen R. Haines, Clare A. Sammells, editors, Adventures in Eating: Anthropological Experiences in Dining from Around the World, Boulder, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, section I (The Main Course), page 45:

(dated or nonstandard) In a predominate manner; predominantly.


calculatedly

calculatedly (comparative more calculatedly, superlative most calculatedly)

more calculatedly (comparative)
most calculatedly (superlative)


citywide

The sale of liquor (which is banned by state law anyhow) at bootlegging liquor stores was banned citywide.

1965, Natchez Hurries Bi-racial Talks as Fear Grips the City, “Jet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume XXVIII, number 23, page 14:

[…] tickets are available citywide in yellow automated machines at selected stops or at magazine and tobacco shops.

2008, Hana Mastrini, Frommer's Prague & the Best of the Czech Republic, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 260:

Within a few years, forty-six playgrounds opened citywide.

2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: A Biography, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 170:


countrywide

…America, with such vital power, with a people ambitious, wealthy, great and of a noble past, has a task before it, into which it will enter with a will, since the need is felt countrywide.

1919 November 15, A. M. Graham, “The Memorial Building a Living Tribute”, in Arts & Decoration, volume XII, number 1, page 22:

On such a day the streets of Peking and other cities could be peaceful, as if order had been restored countrywide.

1988, John Maxwell Hamilton, Edgar Snow: A Biography, Indiana University Press,, →ISBN, page 259:

The operation lifted Mujahidin pride and morale countrywide.

2011, Peter Tomsen, The Wars of Afghanistan, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, pages 216–217:


antemortem

Learned borrowing from Latin ante mortem (“before death”).

lbor

Coordinate term: perimortem

These teeth have small pieces of enamel missing from the edges of the crowns, but it was not possible to establish if this had happened antemortem or postmortem.

1978, BARInternational Series, British Archaeological Reports, →ISBN, page 167:

Stranded animals provide useful information on effects of the physiology and, therefore, samples should be collected and analyzed to confirm results of studies done antemortem.

1985, “Part A: Biological Methods”, in Oil in the Sea: Inputs, Fates, and Effects, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, →ISBN, “Fish, Seabirds, and Mammals”, “Marine Mammals”, “Spills of Opportunity”, page 194:

Since the process of healing has distinctive characteristics, injuries that occur antemortem usually can be distinguished from those that occur at the time of, or after, death.

2016, Steven N. Byers, “Chapter 11: Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton”, in Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, 4th edition, Routledge, →ISBN, “Timing of Bone Injury”, “Antemortem Trauma”, page 243:

Having occurred or having been inflicted before death.


tantivy

A fox-hunting term, said to be from the note of a hunting horn.

Fryar John began to paw, neigh and whinny at the Snout's end, as one ready to leap, or at least to play the Ass, and get up and ride tantivy to the Devil like a Beggar on Horseback.

1737, John Ozell, ed., The Works of Francis Rabelais, M.D., fourth book, J. Brindley and C. Corbett, page 213


upbound

en-adv

upbound (comparative more upbound, superlative most upbound)

more upbound (comparative)
most upbound (superlative)

The ore boat sailed upbound through the locks last week.

Up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream


cutesily

cutesily (comparative more cutesily, superlative most cutesily)

more cutesily (comparative)
most cutesily (superlative)


nail-bitingly

nail-bitingly (comparative more nail-bitingly, superlative most nail-bitingly)

more nail-bitingly (comparative)
most nail-bitingly (superlative)


repeatably

repeatably (comparative more repeatably, superlative most repeatably)

more repeatably (comparative)
most repeatably (superlative)

In a repeatable manner, capable of being repeated.


repellently

repellently (comparative more repellently, superlative most repellently)

more repellently (comparative)
most repellently (superlative)

The gourmet 'treat' glistened repellently. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot chopstick.


wherefrom

(interrogative) from what? from where? whence?


beforetime

/bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/

There was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same cite, used witchecrafte and bewithched the people, sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges.

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:

Thou shalt see
Gold tarnished, and the grey above the green
And as the thing thou seest thy face shall be
And no more as the thing beforetime seen.

1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Burdens, lines 33–36:


reductively

reductively (comparative more reductively, superlative most reductively)

more reductively (comparative)
most reductively (superlative)


so much as

Without so much as asking, he walked into the office and started digging through their files.

If she so much as looked at another man, I’d divorce her!

“Well, she seems to have lost all interest in the horses. For a week now she has driven past the stables with never so much as ‘good morning’!”

1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, London: John Murray, […], published June 1927 (May 1952 printing), →OCLC, page 280:

Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected.

I'm not enjoying the meal so much as admiring the atmosphere.


no less

From Middle English no lesse, na leasse. Compare none the less and Old English nōhte þon lǣssa (“none the less”).

cog

He graduated this year — at the top of his class, no less!

By making her a widow, Fielding allows Mark Darcy to remain as implausibly perfect in death as he was in life (killed by a landmine while negotiating the release of aid workers in Sudan, no less), […]

2013 October 12, Stephanie Merritt, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding – review”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

“You have a young son, yet you involve yourself in the world of organised crime. Robbing a bank no less! Stealing half a million pounds! Money, I might add, that has never been recovered. You must know where the money is hidden, and yet, Mr Goodie, you refuse to inform the police. You must have had accomplices, but you will not name them. This no doubt is the criminals’ code of honour.”

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

Diet sodas are no less unhealthy than regular ones.

The driver had drunk no less than eight pints of beer.

(literally) Just as, equally, as much/many as, not less, none the less.


down the road, not across the street

en-au-down the road, not across the street.ogg

We repeated the words ‘down the road, not across the street’ when discussing the use of knives. […] To cut horizontally was to commit the gravest possible sin for a young woman: to do something for attention.

2021, Sarah Walker, The First Time I Thought I Was Dying, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN:

(idiomatic, of the technique for committing suicide) Along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.


relaxedly

en-adv

relaxedly (comparative more relaxedly, superlative most relaxedly)

more relaxedly (comparative)
most relaxedly (superlative)

With the day finally over, he sat back relaxedly.


synergistically

synergistically (comparative more synergistically, superlative most synergistically)

more synergistically (comparative)
most synergistically (superlative)


stratigraphically

In a stratigraphic manner; with respect to stratigraphy


taxonomically

Humans and mice are taxonomically related by both being mammals.


colloidally

The moon and stars shimmer colloidally above as he stops by a fence post to piss, a short way from the Beldam West’s.

2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 18:


coordinatively

(organic chemistry) In a coordinative manner; with regard to coordination


teasingly

teasingly (comparative more teasingly, superlative most teasingly)

more teasingly (comparative)
most teasingly (superlative)


downfield

He stole an occasional glance as the mule again worked its way downfield.


upfield

upfield (comparative more upfield, superlative most upfield)

more upfield (comparative)
most upfield (superlative)

The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way.

2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.


afaik

Alternative spelling of AFAIK (“as far as I know”)


by turns

I am by turns angry and amused. I am the butchest of the three roommates; obviously she thought I was the most likely to get over my “bisexual phase.”

1995, Robin Sweeney, “Too Butch to Be Bi (or You Can't Judge a Boy by Her Lover)”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Binghamton: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 185:

One after the other; successively; alternating.

felváltva

[They] feel by turns the bitter change.

1667, John Milton, “Book II”, 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:

(obsolete) At intervals; from time to time.


outstate

I go outstate to spend time in nature.

To a part of a state of the United States away from major metropolitan areas.


pleasurefully

pleasurefully (comparative more pleasurefully, superlative most pleasurefully)

more pleasurefully (comparative)
most pleasurefully (superlative)

Callum's strip poker fantasy contains a hopeful element as well that somehow he will find a way to interact pleasurefully with women.

2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin, published 2008, page 227:

In a pleasureful way; in a way which brings pleasure.


waggishly

waggishly (comparative more waggishly, superlative most waggishly)

more waggishly (comparative)
most waggishly (superlative)

‘Doctor,’ says I, looking waggishly at him, ‘do you know ever a rhyme for Aristotle?’ ‘Port, if you plaise,’ says Mr. Goldsmith, laughing. And we had six rhymes for Aristotle before we left the coffee-house that evening.

1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “My Pedigree and Family.—Undergo the Influence of the Tender Passion.”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 14:

"Who was ahead?"
Leper smiled waggishly. "I couldn't see that...."

1959, John Knowles, chapter 11, in A Separate Peace:


serologically

(medicine) With respect to the analysis of blood.


sternwards

sternwards (comparative more sternwards, superlative most sternwards)

more sternwards (comparative)
most sternwards (superlative)


nonselectively

(chemistry) Describing the isotopic labelling of a compound in which the position and numbering of the labelled nuclides are undefined; such a compound is nonselectively labelled


recognisably

recognisably (comparative more recognisably, superlative most recognisably)

more recognisably (comparative)
most recognisably (superlative)

In a way or manner that is recognisable.


straight up

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From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up.

der

She told me straight up that she didn't want to go, then surprised me by coming.

She straight up hates him.

"You lied. Straight up lied to me to my face. I thought we were better than that, Nickey. I asked you if you were sleeping with him, if you two were serious. You said no."

2008 March 25, La Jill Hunt, No More Drama, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 108:

"It took a while though," he lied straight up to his brother. I knew damn well that if he could read minds, then his brother could too, but I guessed he wouldn't have wanted to.

2020 November 24, Eileen Aiyana Taylor, The Vampire Peasant: A Sinister Heart Novel, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly.

Wow, this food is straight up delicious.

(slang, modifying an adjective) To the utmost degree; really.

Gimme a margarita, straight up.

Chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and served in a cocktail glass, with no ice. (of an alcoholic drink)


out of context

en-adv

out of context (comparative more out of context, superlative most out of context)

more out of context (comparative)
most out of context (superlative)

They took his statements out of context and made him sound like an extremist.

Without context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning.

el kunteksto

without context that is needed for understanding


owtte

(Internet slang, text messaging, exam mark schemes) Or words to that effect.


salvifically

salvifically (comparative more salvifically, superlative most salvifically)

more salvifically (comparative)
most salvifically (superlative)

Jesus was salvifically crucified, according to the New Testament.


intemperately

intemperately (comparative more intemperately, superlative most intemperately)

more intemperately (comparative)
most intemperately (superlative)


hereinto

Into this circumstance, matter, place, or situation; into this.


hereat

Greatly distressed hereat, they declared themselves to deserve a fine, as lagarts; [...]


whereinto

the troubles whereinto the state of Athens fell

1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):


thereagainst

From Middle English ther ageynste, ther agenst, þerageyns, ther-ayens, þare agaynes, þer-aȝens, equivalent to there (“that”) + against.

(archaic) In opposition to or against it; contrary to it; against that.


undescribably

undescribably (comparative more undescribably, superlative most undescribably)

more undescribably (comparative)
most undescribably (superlative)


ex tempore

ex tempore (comparative more ex tempore, superlative most ex tempore)

more ex tempore (comparative)
most ex tempore (superlative)

From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).


unrestrictedly

unrestrictedly (comparative more unrestrictedly, superlative most unrestrictedly)

more unrestrictedly (comparative)
most unrestrictedly (superlative)

Without restriction; freely, completely.


quoad hunc

(law) With reference to the non-consummation of a marriage


sillier

comparative form of sillily: more sillily


word to the wise

From a longer saying: "A word to the wise is sufficient".

Well have fun, but, word to the wise, don't let your sister take control.

(idiomatic) Used to emphasis following as a piece of significant advice.

a buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan


boredly

boredly (comparative more boredly, superlative most boredly)

more boredly (comparative)
most boredly (superlative)

Amy stared boredly out of the window, waiting for the rain to stop.


risoluto

(music) (To be played) boldly, resolutely


provably

provably (comparative more provably, superlative most provably)

more provably (comparative)
most provably (superlative)


iver

(dialectal) Alternative spelling of ever


latently

latently (comparative more latently, superlative most latently)

more latently (comparative)
most latently (superlative)


metonymously

metonymously (comparative more metonymously, superlative most metonymously)

more metonymously (comparative)
most metonymously (superlative)

Synonym of metonymically, by means of metonymy.


transcriptionally

With regard to transcription (of genes etc)


metonymically

metonymically (comparative more metonymically, superlative most metonymically)

more metonymically (comparative)
most metonymically (superlative)

From metonymic + -ally and metonymical + -ly.


ab intra

/ˌæb ˈɪn.tɹə/

Borrowed from New Latin ab intrā (“from within”).

We need to get information ab intra to win this case.

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ab extra

First attested in the mid 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”) From Late Latin ab (“from”) extra (“outside”).

learned borrowing

Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra.


duplicitously

en-adv

duplicitously (comparative more duplicitously, superlative most duplicitously)

more duplicitously (comparative)
most duplicitously (superlative)


sophistically

sophistically (comparative more sophistically, superlative most sophistically)

more sophistically (comparative)
most sophistically (superlative)

From Middle English sofisticali, sofistically, sofisticaly, sophisticali, sophystycallye; equivalent to sophistical + -ly.


FTMFW

(Internet slang, vulgar, initialism) For the motherfucking win.


traverse

traverse (comparative more traverse, superlative most traverse)

more traverse (comparative)
most traverse (superlative)

From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).


diminutively

diminutively (comparative more diminutively, superlative most diminutively)

more diminutively (comparative)
most diminutively (superlative)


ferally

ferally (comparative more ferally, superlative most ferally)

more ferally (comparative)
most ferally (superlative)

Wildly; in the manner of an undomesticated animal.


uptempo

uptempo (comparative more uptempo, superlative most uptempo)

more uptempo (comparative)
most uptempo (superlative)


melancholily

melancholily (comparative more melancholily, superlative most melancholily)

more melancholily (comparative)
most melancholily (superlative)


swarthily

swarthily (comparative more swarthily, superlative most swarthily)

more swarthily (comparative)
most swarthily (superlative)


non partant

From French non partant (“not leaving, not departing”).

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(cycling) Not starting; not participating.


diviningly

diviningly (comparative more diviningly, superlative most diviningly)

more diviningly (comparative)
most diviningly (superlative)


posteriorly

posteriorly (comparative more posteriorly, superlative most posteriorly)

more posteriorly (comparative)
most posteriorly (superlative)


anteriorly

anteriorly (comparative more anteriorly, superlative most anteriorly)

more anteriorly (comparative)
most anteriorly (superlative)


vomitously

vomitously (comparative more vomitously, superlative most vomitously)

more vomitously (comparative)
most vomitously (superlative)


existentialistically

existentialistically (comparative more existentialistically, superlative most existentialistically)

more existentialistically (comparative)
most existentialistically (superlative)


well nigh

The household cock had given his first summons, and the night was well nigh spent.

1816, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Antiquary. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 70:


unstoppably

His feet were pounding slowly onwards, unstoppably, as he stared at the ball gripped in his helpless hand.

1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 150:


all in good time

Don't worry! I'm sure it will arrive all in good time.

When are you going to mend the door?...

All in good time!

(as a set phrase) One should be patient.

a la corta o a la larga, el tiempo todo lo alcanza


hereunder

From Middle English here-under; equivalent to here + under.


irreplaceably

In an irreplaceable manner; (frequently) uniquely, singularly.


hand-in-hand

All-in-all, these are significant benefits for Welsh users and go hand-in-hand with improved train services, [...]

2020 January 2, Barry Doe, “Excellent fares changes on Transport for Wales”, in Rail, page 63:


delusively

delusively (comparative more delusively, superlative most delusively)

more delusively (comparative)
most delusively (superlative)


unitively

unitively (comparative more unitively, superlative most unitively)

more unitively (comparative)
most unitively (superlative)


combinably

combinably (comparative more combinably, superlative most combinably)

more combinably (comparative)
most combinably (superlative)


tectonically

tectonically (comparative more tectonically, superlative most tectonically)

more tectonically (comparative)
most tectonically (superlative)

(geology, seismology) Involving tectonic plates.


asswards

asswards (comparative more asswards, superlative most asswards)

more asswards (comparative)
most asswards (superlative)

(Canada, US, slang) Ass first; backwards.


assward

assward (comparative more assward, superlative most assward)

more assward (comparative)
most assward (superlative)

(Canada, US, informal) Ass first; backward.


modificatory

modificatory (comparative more modificatory, superlative most modificatory)

more modificatory (comparative)
most modificatory (superlative)

In a modifying manner; tending or serving to modify.


irremissibly

irremissibly (comparative more irremissibly, superlative most irremissibly)

more irremissibly (comparative)
most irremissibly (superlative)

In an irremissible manner; unpardonably.


remissibly

remissibly (comparative more remissibly, superlative most remissibly)

more remissibly (comparative)
most remissibly (superlative)


statutorily

statutorily (comparative more statutorily, superlative most statutorily)

more statutorily (comparative)
most statutorily (superlative)

In a statutory manner; according to statute; lawfully.


foresightedly

foresightedly (comparative more foresightedly, superlative most foresightedly)

more foresightedly (comparative)
most foresightedly (superlative)

Larry Flynt […] foresightedly parlayed $1,500 in savings into a chain of go-go bars in Ohio called the Hustler Clubs.

With foresight; in a foresighted manner.


sororally

sororally (comparative more sororally, superlative most sororally)

more sororally (comparative)
most sororally (superlative)


à outrance

Borrowed from French à outrance. Compare to the outrance.

Here a crucial political decision was taken by unaminous vote: the armed revolt under preparation would not be one single blow aimed at drawing concessions from France, but an "unlimited revolution" à outrance to continue until full independence was achieved.

1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 79:

However, apart from Windham and Fitzwilliam (and also the King, whose views hardly counted any more), no one in Government had any relish left for an ideological war à outrance.

2006, Boyd Hilton, A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People?:

Two other young men, both tutors to her sons, also figured sentimentally in her diaries, though not à outrance.

2012, Catherine Peters, “Court in the Act”, in Literary Review, number 399:


in two shakes

by George! we would souse the Lords o' the Admiralty themselves, if they were here, in a couple of shakes

1833, J. E. Alexander, chapter 18, in Transatlantic Sketches, volume I:

She tried to get the case open. . . . "I wish Father was here," said Phyllis; "he'd get it open in two shakes."

1906, Edith Nesbit, chapter 2, in The Railway Children:

I'll have coffee ready in two shakes of a cow's tail.

1910, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 5, in A Texas Ranger:

I'll be back in two shakes of a dog's tail.

1922, Agatha Christie, chapter 19, in The Secret Adversary:

In two shakes of a duck's tail Gussie, with all that lapping about inside him, will be distributing the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School.

1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Right Ho, Jeeves:

Skilled sheep shearers can get the wool off a ewe in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

2005 December 15, Adrian Higgins, “And All the Trimmings”, in Washington Post, page H01:

(dated, idiomatic) Very quickly; without delay.