| bitterly | (adverb) with bitterness; in a resentful manner | - |
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| (adverb) indicating something hard to accept | - |
| (adverb) extremely and sharply | Synonyms: bitingly, bitter, piercingly |
| brotherly | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, fraternal |
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| (adverb) (archaic as adverb) in a manner characteristic of a brother | - |
| butcherly | (adjective) accompanied by bloodshed | Synonyms: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous |
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| (adjective) poorly done | Synonyms: botchy, unskillful |
| cavalierly | (adverb) in a proud and domineering manner | Synonyms: disdainfully |
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| cleverly | (adverb) in a clever manner | Synonyms: smartly |
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| daughterly | (adjective) befitting a daughter | - |
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| disorderly | (adjective) undisciplined and unruly | - |
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| (adjective) in utter disorder | Synonyms: higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy |
| (adjective) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing | Synonyms: chaotic |
| eagerly | (adverb) with eagerness; in an eager manner | Synonyms: thirstily |
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| easterly | (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: eastern |
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| (adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: eastern |
| (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easter |
| (adverb) from the east | - |
| elderly | (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: aged, older, senior |
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| (noun) people who are old collectively | Synonyms: aged |
| fatherly | (adjective) like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | Synonyms: fatherlike |
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| formerly | (adverb) at a previous time | Synonyms: at one time, erst, erstwhile, once |
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| gingerly | (adjective) with extreme care or delicacy | - |
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| (adverb) in a gingerly manner | - |
| improperly | (adverb) in an improper way | - |
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| landlubberly | (adjective) inexperienced in seamanship | Synonyms: lubberly |
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| latterly | (adverb) in the recent past | Synonyms: late, lately, of late, recently |
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| loverly | (adjective) like or in the manner of a lover | Synonyms: loverlike |
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| lubberly | (adjective) inexperienced in seamanship | Synonyms: landlubberly |
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| (adjective) clumsy and unskilled | - |
| mannerly | (adjective) socially correct in behavior | Synonyms: well-mannered |
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| masterly | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterful, virtuoso |
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| meagerly | (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy |
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| (adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner | Synonyms: meagrely, slenderly, sparingly |
| miserly | (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | Synonyms: mean, mingy, tight |
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| motherly | (adjective) befitting a mother; warm and nurturing | - |
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| (adverb) in a maternal manner; as a mother | Synonyms: maternally |
| northeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeast |
| northerly | (adjective) coming from the north; used especially of wind | Synonyms: northern |
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| (adjective) oriented toward the north | Synonyms: northern |
| (noun) a wind that blows from the north | Synonyms: boreas, north wind, norther |
| (adverb) in a northern direction | Synonyms: north, northward, northwards |
| northwesterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northwest | Synonyms: northwest |
| orderly | (adjective) devoid of violence or disruption | - |
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| (adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: neat |
| (noun) a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients | Synonyms: hospital attendant |
| (noun) a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer | - |
| overly | (adverb) to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits | Synonyms: excessively, to a fault, too |
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| painterly | (adjective) having qualities unique to the art of painting | - |
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| properly | (adverb) in the right manner; correctly; suitably | Synonyms: decent, decently, right |
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| (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: appropriately, befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, suitably |
| (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, just, precisely |
| quarterly | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a quarter | - |
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| (noun) a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) | - |
| (adverb) in three month intervals | Synonyms: every quarter |
| (adverb) in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon | - |
| queerly | (adverb) in a questionably unusual manner | Synonyms: fishily |
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| (adverb) in a strange manner | Synonyms: funnily, oddly, strangely |
| sisterly | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a sister | Synonyms: sisterlike, sororal |
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| slenderly | (adverb) in a slim or slender manner | Synonyms: slightly, slimly |
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| (adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner | Synonyms: meagerly, meagrely, sparingly |
| soberly | (adverb) in a grave and sober manner | Synonyms: gravely, staidly |
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| soldierly | (adjective) (of persons) befitting a warrior | Synonyms: martial, soldierlike, warriorlike |
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| somberly | (adverb) in a somber manner | Synonyms: sombrely |
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| southeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the southeast | Synonyms: southeast |
| southerly | (adjective) from the south; used especially of wind | Synonyms: southern |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the south | Synonyms: southern |
| (noun) a wind from the south | Synonyms: south wind, souther |
| (adverb) from the south | - |
| (adverb) toward the south | Synonyms: southward, southwards |
| southwesterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southwest | Synonyms: southwest, southwestern |
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| (adjective) coming from the southwest | Synonyms: southwest |
| spiderly | (adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | Synonyms: arachnidian, arachnoid, spiderlike, spidery |
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| tenderly | (adverb) with tenderness; in a tender manner | - |
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| unmannerly | (adjective) socially incorrect in behavior | Synonyms: bad-mannered, ill-mannered, rude, unmannered |
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| unsoldierly | (adjective) not conforming to military standards | - |
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| utterly | (adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolutely, dead, perfectly |
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| weatherly | (adjective) (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled | - |
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| westerly | (adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: western |
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| (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westbound, westward |
| (noun) the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth | Synonyms: prevailing westerly |
| (adverb) in a westward direction | - |
| (adverb) from the west | - |