cynical | (adjective) believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | Synonyms: misanthropic, misanthropical |
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cynically | (adverb) with cynicism; in a cynical manner | - |
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cytogenetical | (adjective) of or relating to cytogenetics | Synonyms: cytogenetic |
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cytological | (adjective) of or relating to the science of cytology | Synonyms: cytologic |
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cytophotometrically | (adverb) by cytophotometric means | - |
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cytoplasmically | (adverb) by means of cytoplasm | - |
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demagogical | (adjective) characteristic of or resembling a demagogue | Synonyms: demagogic |
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democratically | (adverb) in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles | - |
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dermatological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing dermatology | Synonyms: dermatologic |
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despotical | (adjective) belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot | Synonyms: despotic |
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diabolical | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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(adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
diabolically | (adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner | Synonyms: devilishly, fiendishly |
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diacritical | (adjective) capable of distinguishing | Synonyms: diacritic |
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diagrammatical | (adjective) shown or represented by diagrams | Synonyms: diagrammatic |
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diagrammatically | (adverb) in a diagrammatic manner | Synonyms: graphically |
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dialectical | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectic |
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dialectically | (adverb) in a dialectic manner | - |
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diametrical | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametric |
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(adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, opposite, polar |
diametrically | (adverb) as from opposite ends of a diameter | - |
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didactical | (adjective) instructive (especially excessively) | Synonyms: didactic |
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didactically | (adverb) in a didactic manner | Synonyms: pedagogically |
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dietetical | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietary, dietetic |
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diplomatical | (adjective) using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people | Synonyms: diplomatic |
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diplomatically | (adverb) with diplomacy; in a diplomatic manner | - |
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dogmatical | (adjective) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | Synonyms: dogmatic |
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dogmatically | (adverb) in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner | - |
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domestically | (adverb) with respect to home or family | - |
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(adverb) with respect to the internal affairs of a government | - |
dominical | (adjective) of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ | - |
dramatically | (adverb) in a dramatic manner | - |
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(adverb) with respect to dramatic value | - |
(adverb) in a very impressive manner | - |
dramaturgical | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgic |
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drastically | (adverb) in a drastic manner | - |
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dropsical | (adjective) swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | Synonyms: edematous |
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duncical | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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dynamical | (adjective) characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality | Synonyms: dynamic |
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dynamically | (adverb) in a forceful dynamic manner | - |
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eccentrically | (adverb) not symmetrically with respect to the center | - |
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(adverb) in an eccentric or bizarre manner | - |
ecclesiastical | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastic |
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ecclesiastically | (adverb) in an ecclesiastic manner | - |
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ecological | (adjective) of or relating to the science of ecology | Synonyms: bionomic, bionomical, ecologic |
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(adjective) characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment | Synonyms: ecologic |
ecologically | (adverb) with respect to ecology | - |
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economical | (adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth | Synonyms: economic |
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(adjective) using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness | Synonyms: economic |
(adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting |
economically | (adverb) with respect to economic science | - |
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(adverb) with respect to the economic system | - |
(adverb) in an economical manner | - |
ecstatically | (adverb) in an ecstatic manner | Synonyms: rapturously, rhapsodically |
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ecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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(adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical |
ecumenicalism | (noun) (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity | Synonyms: ecumenicism, ecumenism |
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egoistical | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egocentric, egoistic, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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egotistical | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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(adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | Synonyms: egotistic, narcissistic, self-loving |
egotistically | (adverb) in an egotistical manner | Synonyms: selfishly |
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electrical | (adjective) relating to or concerned with electricity | - |
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(adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | Synonyms: electric |
electrically | (adverb) by electricity | - |
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electrochemical | (adjective) of or involving electrochemistry | - |
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electromechanical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device | - |
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electronically | (adverb) by electronic means | - |
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electrostatically | (adverb) in an electrostatic manner | - |
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elliptical | (adjective) characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements | Synonyms: elliptic |
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(adjective) rounded like an egg | Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, oval-shaped, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate |
emblematical | (adjective) serving as a visible symbol for something abstract | Synonyms: emblematic, symbolic, symbolical |
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empathetically | (adverb) in a sympathetic manner | Synonyms: sympathetically |
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emphatically | (adverb) without question and beyond doubt | Synonyms: by all odds, decidedly, definitely, in spades, unquestionably |
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empirical | (adjective) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: empiric |
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(adjective) relying on medical quackery | Synonyms: empiric |
empirically | (adverb) in an empirical manner | Synonyms: by trial and error, through empirical observation |
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encyclical | (adjective) intended for wide distribution | - |
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(noun) a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world | Synonyms: encyclical letter |
endemical | (adjective) of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality | Synonyms: endemic |
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energetically | (adverb) in an energetic manner | - |
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enigmatical | (adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatic, puzzling |
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enigmatically | (adverb) in a cryptic manner | Synonyms: cryptically, mysteriously |
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enthusiastically | (adverb) with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner | - |
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(adverb) in a lavish or enthusiastic manner | Synonyms: sky-high |
entomological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological science of entomology | Synonyms: entomologic |
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epical | (adjective) constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic | Synonyms: epic |
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epicalyx | (noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus, false calyx |
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epicyclical | (adjective) of or relating to an epicycle | Synonyms: epicyclic |
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epideictical | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictic |
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epidemiological | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiologic |
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episodically | (adverb) in an episodic manner | - |
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epistemological | (adjective) of or relating to epistemology | Synonyms: epistemic |
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eremitical | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living | Synonyms: eremitic |
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(adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: anchoritic, eremitic, hermitic, hermitical |
eristical | (adjective) given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments | Synonyms: eristic |
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erotically | (adverb) in an erotic manner | - |
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erratically | (adverb) in an erratic unpredictable manner | Synonyms: unpredictably |
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eschatological | (adjective) of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world | - |
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eschatologically | (adverb) in relation to eschatology | - |
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esthetical | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetic |
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esthetically | (adverb) in a tasteful way | Synonyms: aesthetically |
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ethical | (adjective) conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics | - |
(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: honorable, honourable |
ethicality | (noun) The state, quality or manner of conforming to accepted standards of conduct. | - |
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ethically | (adverb) in an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics | - |
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ethnical | (adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | Synonyms: cultural, ethnic |
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ethnically | (adverb) with respect to ethnicity | - |
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ethnographical | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographic |
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ethnological | (adjective) of or relating to ethnology | Synonyms: ethnologic |
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etiological | (adjective) relating to the etiology of a disease | Synonyms: aetiologic, aetiological, etiologic |
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(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of causation | Synonyms: aetiologic, aetiological, etiologic |
etymological | (adjective) based on or belonging to etymology | - |
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euphemistically | (adverb) in a euphemistic manner | - |
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euphonical | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonic |
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evangelical | (adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament | - |
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(adjective) relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels | - |
(adjective) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | Synonyms: evangelistic |
evangelicalism | (noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation | - |
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exegetical | (adjective) relating to exegesis | Synonyms: exegetic |
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fanatical | (adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | Synonyms: fanatic, overzealous, rabid |
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fanatically | (adverb) in a passionately fanatic manner | - |
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fantastical | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastic, grotesque |
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(adjective) existing in fancy only | Synonyms: fantastic |
fantastically | (adverb) exceedingly; extremely | Synonyms: fabulously, incredibly |
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