by some means not understood by the speaker

God knows how he did it, but he did climbed that steep wall


to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density


and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)


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and others (`et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)


a figure of speech used as a way to provide further information, or to be more specific or exact about something


The function is continuously differentiable


in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes


with respect to the sympathetic nervous system


without sympathy; in an unsympathetic manner

the judge listened to the accused unsympathetically


sitting snugly by the fireside while the storm raged


he did not have a chance to grow up graciously


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it would needlessly bring badness into the world


he checked whether the wound had healed improperly


oewn-properly-r oewn-decently-r oewn-decent-r oewn-right-r

in the right manner; correctly; suitably


oewn-enormously-r oewn-tremendously-r oewn-hugely-r oewn-staggeringly-r


thoroughly (including all important particulars)


he arrived at an inconveniently late hour


concretely, this meant that he was broke


the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers


in a kinesthetic manner; by means of kinesthesia


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she remained stubbornly in the same position


Virginia had defended her land victoriously


fearlessly, he led the troops into combat


hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday


we searched hopefully for a good position


without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success


according to reports or other information

she was reportedly his mistress for many years


she acted wisely when she invited her parents


He acted foolishly when he agreed to come


vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish


she acted intelligently in this difficult situation


he acted rather unintelligently in this crisis


the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly


without diplomacy; in an undiplomatic manner

she declined the invitation undiplomatically


to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time


the flower had been correctly depicted by his son


he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly


located inaccessibly on the top of a mountain


this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily


wouldst not play false and yet would wrongly win


in accordance with moral or social standards


he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time


he was unjustly singled out for punishment


the river was sliding darkly under the mist


the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful


on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow


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taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square


they were busily engaged in buying souvenirs


the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway


oewn-inescapably-r oewn-ineluctably-r oewn-inevitably-r oewn-unavoidably-r

the situation slid inescapably toward disaster


the room was decorated very imaginatively


the stage sets were designed rather unimaginatively


the boy threw himself heartily into his work


he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it


put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly


the painting featured freely brushed strokes


according to routine or established practice

he routinely parked in a no-parking zone


children are customarily expected to be seen but not heard


the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small


the ninth century was the spiritually freest period


the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined


this watercolor is unmistakably a synthesis of nature


with determination; in a determined manner


these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models


in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise

amazingly, he finished medical school in three years


the students progressed impressively fast


she scored unimpressively low in the first round of the competition


they worked together productively for two years


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when he ceases to be just interestingly neurotic and...gets locked up


without moderation; in an immoderate manner


let's look at the situation realistically


his expectations were unrealistically high


with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner


not in a reasonable or intelligent manner

she reacted unreasonably when she learned she had failed


oewn-testily-r oewn-irritably-r oewn-petulantly-r oewn-pettishly-r


showing consideration and thoughtfulness

he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share


he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday


he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th


`I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully


the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'


oewn-admirably-r oewn-laudably-r oewn-praiseworthily-r oewn-commendable-r

the children's responses were admirably normal


`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly


the box was lying on the floor upside down


he was ceremonially sworn in as President


my mother advised her children ceremoniously


in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions


oewn-broadly-r oewn-loosely-r oewn-broadly_speaking-r oewn-generally-r

without regard to specific details or exceptions


they had a most twirlingly magnificent time


remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from

when he died he left much unfinished work behind


he fell behind with his mortgage payments


showing a time that is earlier than the actual time


baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime


oewn-in_one-ap-s_own_right-r oewn-in_his_own_right-r oewn-in_her_own_right-r oewn-in_its_own_right-r

by title vested in yourself or by virtue of qualifications that you have achieved


it always came on, faithfully, like the radio


in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner


the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed


(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner


she screamed furiously at her tormentors


in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy


in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger


there are finitely many solutions to this problem


he had been trained rigorously by the monks


oewn-boastfully-r oewn-vauntingly-r oewn-big-r oewn-large-r


at or to a point across intervening space etc.


beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position


the paper commented editorially on the scandal


properly speaking, they are not husband and wife


this illusion has been sedulously fostered


his works tenuously survive in the minds of a few scholars


We want to know what is perennially new about the world


rays...streaming perpetually from the sun


let's look at this phenomenon anachronistically


with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner


this function is ineptly left to a small voice


they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously


with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound


the class was listening quietly and intently


with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')


showing disapproval; in a disparaging way


smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly


he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting


against one's will or done without conscious thought

he was involuntarily held against his will


they are geographically closer to the center of town


such a change is gloomily foreseen by many


from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)


moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden


idleness is the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work


started setting aside money to buy a car


out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)


placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose


indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

he worked away at the project for more than a year


in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)


in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences


the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'


the book was entitled, immodestly, `All about Wisdom'


the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man


oewn-each-r oewn-to_each_one-r oewn-for_each_one-r oewn-from_each_one-r oewn-apiece-r

to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)


the criminal had been living next door all this time


assuming that the distinction is maintained one may ask which is to be analytically prior?


they can read therein what our plans are


in an authoritative and magisterial manner


she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him


with speculation; in a speculative manner


she was unattractively dressed last night


with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner

he pushed her against the wall belligerently


she consciously played with the idea of inviting them


she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room


the countryside rolled greenly down into the valley


the scholarships will be awarded noncompetitively


he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk


structurally, the organization is healthy


oewn-north-r oewn-northerly-r oewn-northwards-r oewn-northward-r


happening in a short time or with great speed

these solutions cannot be found overnight!


a house with children and pets and toys always underfoot


silence broken by dogs barking ferociously


her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes


this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper


your performance will improve dramatically


in the manner of Greek and Roman culture

this exercise develops a classically shaped body


his religiousness is dialectically related to his sinfulness


he prophetically anticipated the disaster


specifically or especially distinguished from others


the candidate needs to be externally evaluated


Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard


on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle


alongside each other, facing in the same direction


oewn-per_annum-r oewn-p.a.-r oewn-per_year-r oewn-each_year-r oewn-annually-r

by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)


in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed


derived by logic, without observed facts


in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law


the president sat on the committee ex officio


for less than the standard number of hours


with the involvement of two parties or governments

they worked out an agreement bilaterally


in a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party

they worked out an agreement unilaterally


in a multilateral manner;so as to affect many parties or governments

they worked out an agreement multilaterally


make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays


in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move

please move counterclockwise in a circle!


in the direction that the hands of a clock move


he was halfway down the ladder when he fell


in the same place (used when citing a reference)


we had to punish this child in loco parentis


in the original or natural place or site


the committee recommended, inter alia, that he be promoted


ipso facto, her innocence was established


(used when listing or enumerating items) also


it is a mile away, give or take a few hundred yards


with the necessary changes having been carried out


he is the honest politician par excellence


accepting pro tem that hypothesis consistent with the facts


without a date fixed (as of an adjournment)


held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism


by ordering items listed individually on a menu


towards or into the interior of a region


we were standing breast-high in the water


as fast as possible; with all possible haste


in a set manner without serious attention; as a formality


in a way that agrees in amount, magnitude or degree


on a large scale without careful discrimination


she was adversely affected by the new regulations


this building is aesthetically very pleasing


with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner


he does his job, but he works unambitiously


off the subject; beyond the point at issue

such digressions can lead us too far afield


in or into a field (especially a field of battle)

the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance


far away from home or one's usual surroundings


replied offhand, his mind a million miles away


the dancers were directed to move upstage


the actors moved further and further downstage


in a sparing manner; without overindulgence


the professor's abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students


he behaves antagonistically toward his colleagues


the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired


in the old days she had been harsh and stiff; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid


she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself


`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively


unassertively, she always follows her husband's suggestions


the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone


an idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him


whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information


the prepositional phrase here is used adverbially


there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift


this building is ugly, but architecturally interesting


he talked inarticulately about the accident that had just taken his wife's life


she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law


without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood

the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly


he lectured bombastically about his theories


with hands on hips and elbows extending outward


in mentally perceptive and responsive way

she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs


as known or named at another time or place


the early Norse poets wrote alliteratively


he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress


did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes


away from the correct or expected course


she worked assiduously on the senior thesis


oewn-astutely-r oewn-shrewdly-r oewn-sagaciously-r oewn-sapiently-r oewn-acutely-r


rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones


when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit


with antithesis; in an antithetical manner


oewn-seasonably-r oewn-timely-r oewn-well-timed-r oewn-apropos-r


in an arch manner; with playful slyness or roguishness


she answered the judge's questions artlessly


we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide


at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane


near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments


at right angles to the center line of a ship


out of view of the public; behind the scenes

Working backstage to gain political support for his proposal


told her friend privily that she was planning to be married


this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work.


oewn-bang-r oewn-slap-r oewn-slapdash-r oewn-smack-r oewn-bolt-r


he chased her barefoot across the meadow


this medicine will act beneficially on you


oewn-beseechingly-r oewn-importunately-r oewn-imploringly-r oewn-pleadingly-r oewn-entreatingly-r

`You must help me,' she said imploringly


oewn-bewitchingly-r oewn-captivatingly-r oewn-enchantingly-r oewn-enthrallingly-r


oewn-bluffly-r oewn-bluntly-r oewn-brusquely-r oewn-flat_out-r oewn-roundly-r


oewn-bountifully-r oewn-bounteously-r oewn-plentifully-r oewn-plenteously-r


he behaved rather bumptiously and offended the hostess


his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her


there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris, islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea


the weather has been freakishly variable


as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact


one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands


oewn-endlessly-r oewn-ceaselessly-r oewn-incessantly-r oewn-unceasingly-r oewn-unendingly-r oewn-continuously-r

dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste


all the time; seemingly without stopping

a theological student with whom I argued interminably


the birthday of this city is being celebrated centennially


`when I was a girl,' she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle'


the store owner treated his customers churlishly


these four friends always act clannishly, and don't let us participate in their activities


in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating


in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution


could be seen clearly under the microscope


they were used to a climatically different environment


she could not talk coherently after the accident


he talked incoherently when he drank too much


this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn


in a self-collected or self-possessed manner

he announced the death of his father collectedly


particles were colloidally dispersed in the medium


`Don't trespass onto my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively


one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form


liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank


he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher


an equally gallant little wife and mother uncomplainingly keeping up the production of tasty and nourishing meals


she did her work, but she did so complainingly


the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied.


computationally, this is a tricky problem


(archaic as adverb) in a manner characteristic of a brother


in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.


in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.


`Are you all right,' he asked concernedly


oewn-concisely-r oewn-briefly-r oewn-shortly-r oewn-in_brief-r oewn-in_short-r

the history is summed up concisely in this book


with concise and precise brevity; to the point

Please state your case as succinctly as possible


Larsen's frost-blackened lips curved cynically


he looked cursorily through the magazine


mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively


in violation of the law; in a criminal manner

the alterations in the document were ruled to be criminally fraudulent


he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated


with condescension; in a patronizing manner


we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.


crossing one another in opposite directions


oewn-craftily-r oewn-cunningly-r oewn-foxily-r oewn-knavishly-r oewn-slyly-r oewn-trickily-r oewn-artfully-r

he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced


Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him


he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held


`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'


it is my task to look critically and constructively at the flaws and the failures


contemporaneously, or possibly a little later, there developed a great Sumerian civilisation


contrastingly, both the rooms leading off it gave an immediate impression of being disgraced


without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher


oewn-incredibly-r oewn-improbably-r oewn-implausibly-r oewn-unbelievably-r


oewn-credibly-r oewn-believably-r oewn-plausibly-r oewn-probably-r

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

he talked plausibly before the committee


the woman looked up at her incredulously


the children followed the teacher credulously


`we will meet again', he said cryptically


how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure


in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner


kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!


a scarf was tied round her head but the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her left eye


he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't matter so much


the Fisher Act of 1918 decisively raised their status and pay


the voted settled the argument decisively


the battle ended indecisively; neither side had clearly won but neither side admitted defeat


`I will come along,' she said decisively


when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen


delightedly, she accepted the invitation


the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated


the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her


old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built


The children were packed compactly into the car


oewn-possibly-r oewn-perchance-r oewn-perhaps-r oewn-maybe-r oewn-mayhap-r oewn-peradventure-r


possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true)


to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means

they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?


long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation


in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree


oewn-derisively-r oewn-scoffingly-r oewn-derisorily-r oewn-mockingly-r


these topics need to be treated not just descriptively


he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season


the team chalked up another victory, the last one quite undeservedly, in my opinion


`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly


the socialists are further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are not only wicked but also devilishly clever


`Let's all have a drink together,' he said congenially


`Let's go and have a drink,' she said convivially


he looked at his friend's new car jealously


in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure


oewn-daftly-r oewn-dottily-r oewn-balmily-r oewn-nuttily-r oewn-wackily-r

the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily


in a manner suggestive of delicate beauty or grace

the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold


daringly, he set out on a camping trip in East Africa


he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously


oewn-defenseless-r oewn-defenceless-r oewn-defenselessly-r oewn-defencelessly-r

the child was standing in the middle of the crossfire, defenselessly


the general conviction that our side is in the right and acting defensively over what Russians call the German question and Americans the Berlin crisis


`I felt it better you should know,' said Sir Cedric defensively


`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said


he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences


that wretched beast, the elephant, breathing inoffensively not a pace behind me


urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate


in a distinct and distinguishable manner

the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion


he always acts so deferentially around his supervisor


his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong


in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects


his writing could be diabolically satiric


`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'


oewn-detestably-r oewn-repulsively-r oewn-abominably-r oewn-odiously-r

I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably


he got the promotion by behaving deviously


she lives diagonally across the street from us


the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin


when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?


in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator

this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues


Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina


we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint


seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully


`I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably


in disappointment; in a disappointed manner

she left the gambling table disappointedly


the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary


the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began


he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her


with discontent; in a discontented manner

he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets


oewn-disgracefully-r oewn-ingloriously-r oewn-ignominiously-r oewn-discreditably-r oewn-shamefully-r oewn-dishonorably-r oewn-dishonourably-r

in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree


disgustedly, she averted her eyes when they brought in the mutilated body of the horse


oewn-disgustingly-r oewn-distastefully-r oewn-revoltingly-r oewn-sickeningly-r

in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree


in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it


he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend


(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that


he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching


he was honorably discharged after many years of service


disingenuously, he asked leading questions about his opponent's work


`We're not married, not really married,' she said, and slowly, reluctantly, disjointedly it came out


government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically


his men acted disloyally and betrayed him in the end


as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed


in August 1914, there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future


obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking


he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do


although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately


these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'


the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances


he made displeasingly cutting remarks about his friends


his benefits were disproportionately generous


your salary will rise proportionately to your workload


in a way that is in correspondence among the constituents of another entity

the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions


the disquietingly close sounds of gunfire


might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?


he treats his parents rather disrespectfully


dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness


a distastefully explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life


`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully


marine vertebrates have their weight supported distributively by the water


as individuals or as separate units (not collectively)

taken distributively, their rights are imperceptible


the details of the kidnapper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing


he is a dogmatically opinionated critic of Modern Art


his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army


the housewife bored us with her domestically limited conversation


with respect to the internal affairs of a government

domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy


now let's play the piece again double-quick


running downhill, he gained a lot of speed


your performance has been going downhill for a long time now


`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily


I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope


he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone


out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner

he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday


they traveled westward toward the setting sun


Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression


the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed


ecologically speaking, this idea is brilliant; economically, it is a disaster


he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa


with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge


the assistant masters formed a committee of their own to consider what could be done educationally for the town


Bismarck was constantly criticized by the more liberal newspapers, and he retaliated by passing an emergency decree that effectually muzzled the press


she tried ineffectually to light the primus, and Thomas came to help her


these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion


he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively


he acted unselfishly when he helped her get the promotion


the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do


with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner


without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner

the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately


the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing


two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution


she emulously tried to outdo her older sister


`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student


the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high


with the end forward or toward the observer


in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise


`Let's go up that mountain,' she said enterprisingly


Byron's consumed memoirs possessed the merit of being well and entertainingly written


the new recycling policy is environmentally safe


the inheritance was equitably divided among the sisters


their father's possessions were inequitably divided among the sons


he talked eruditely about Indian mythology


in an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics


his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away


her husband seemed to know many of the people who were named, but he replied evasively when asked who they were


in an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view

the mutation has been evolutionarily successful


letters arrived regularly from his children


in an inconstant manner, not according to fixed rate or schedule


in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way

a class evenly divided between girls and boys


at the time of its appearance, the movie must have seemed excitingly new, even revolutionary


this painting was nothing more but an unexcitingly grey canvas with a few red speckles


in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree


in an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree


prices are exorbitantly high in the capital


an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her


a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar


the population in Central America is growing explosively


the political situation in Kashmir and Jammu is explosively unstable


with expression; in an expressive manner

she gave the order to the waiter, using her hands very expressively


without expression; in an inexpressive manner


the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap


the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church


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to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely


a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened


Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group


in a manner or to an extent that is well known


he followed the teachings of his guru fanatically


the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated


his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man


she seemed to make a point of being unfashionably dressed


he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative


the nurse whispered fatefully to call the priest


these statements were faultily attributed to me


a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions


reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win


the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway


she spoke feelingly of her early childhood


unfeelingly, she required her maid to work on Christmas Day


he chose his words rather infelicitously


both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people


fifthly, we must adhere to the rules set by the local government


by first class conveyance; with first class accommodations


the old man's muscles were sagging flabbily


`Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly


`You will--because you must!,' Madam told her inflexibly


he answered the reporters' questions flippantly


it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor


we are seeing this film too late to feel its original impact forcefully


emotionlessly and heartlessly; with deliberate cruelty or callousness

he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss


keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly


without forgiveness; in an unforgiving manner

unforgivingly, he insisted that she pay her debt to the last penny


a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard


the constant risk that attends the exchanges of human beings formidably armed


used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly


used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly


a direction in music; to be played very softly


a direction in music; to be played very loudly


this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists


the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years


fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month


the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump


we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere


in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop


the two units are functionally interdependent


the disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true


`Come in if you have to,' he said frostily


she spends her time frivolously enjoying the easy life of a rich and spoiled girl


the champagne poured frothily into the glasses


he was seen by a shepherd, gamely negotiating a particularly tricky section of the mountain road to San Doloroso


the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers


he charted his family tree genealogically


these animals are not related generically


geologically speaking, this area is extremely interesting


gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket


(musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)


he spoke gloatingly about people he had cheated out of their money


how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time


where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded


on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip


the trailer rode piggyback across the country


he stared gloweringly at this morning's headlines


expressing anger, despair, frustration, approval, or surprise


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the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards


lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons


the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival


behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies


he grudgingly agreed to have a drink in a hotel close by


he ungrudgingly agreed to pay for everybody's dinner when the guests found themselves without cash


in the manner of someone who has committed an offense


without enthusiasm; in a half-hearted manner


India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men


the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard


the problem of absorbing immigrants harmoniously into British society is as important to the immigrants as to the British


with rough motion as over a rough surface


with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')


the runner slid headlong into third base


he fell headlong in love with his cousin


she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers


`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly


in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.

the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises


in the preceding part of the current text


hereupon, the passengers stumbled aboard


he became reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms


her face was hideously disfigured after the accident


in or to a high position, amount, or degree


he behaved high-handedly toward his employees


he talks high-mindedly, but we don't know whether he acts according to his principles


they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions


he had replied insolently to his superiors


a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally


she was received hospitably by her new family


she was received inhospitably by her new family


`Don't bother to call me back,' he said huffily


let's treat the prisoners of war humanely


the prisoners of war were treated inhumanely


Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral


he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors


in the manner of someone who is very hungry


the block is then tested hydraulically to its full design test pressure on each stream separately


the meat is unhygienically processed on wooden tables


she screamed hysterically when she heard the news


`Mr. Powell finds it easier to take it out of mothers, children and sick people than to take on this vast industry,' Mr Brown commented icily


with complete identity; in an identical manner

he is fitted with an identically similar one


what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically


this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people


the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf


they lived ignorantly in their own small world


of biological parents not married to each other


let's get married so our child can be born legitimately


in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom

He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold


he acted logically under the circumstances


she acted illogically under the pressure


logically, you should now do the same to him


Einstein, the illustriously famous physicist of the 20th century


gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored


the mountains brooded immovably above the river


he acted morally under the circumstances


he acted immorally when his own interests were at stake


in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree

the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly


when I told him about Russ I found it difficult to speak impersonally


speaking personally, I would not want to go


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a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently


in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions

he often acts impulsively and later regrets it


the young members challenged their leader impiously


he implicitly assumes that you know the answer


in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly


for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion


in an important way or to an important degree

more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself


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the sight of that bland, impregnably righteous face has been enough to make their blood run cold


providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies


I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom.


imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy


in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree


in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree

the temporary camps were inadequately equipped


People may even misunderstand our purpose and cuttingly criticise us


in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company


in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree


in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree


his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously


in a manner tending to attract attention

there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place


in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention


this tradition has left its mark indelibly upon the social, political, educational and industrial fabric of this country


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she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton


their relationship was of an indeterminably vague nature


with indifference; in an indifferent manner


Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry


with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint

I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this


without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint

she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health


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in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted

it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers


I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised


they hoed up weeds industriously all morning


motives inspired by Mammon were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to Caesar and to God


`I can't tell you when the manager will arrive,' he said rather uninformatively


in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room


a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the `white ones'


she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss


the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting


they really believed that the treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust


the child is said to be innately disposed to learn language


he claimed to have purchased the contraband innocently


he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner


he arrived rather opportunely just when we needed a new butler


Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly


in an insatiable manner; with persistence but without satisfaction

he clawed insatiably at the traditional precepts


the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held


the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection


our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money


in a confident and unselfconscious manner

he acts very securely in front of the camera


in a tentative and self-conscious manner

she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father


she questioned the rape victim very sensitively about the attack


the police officer questioned the woman rather insensitively about the attack


she praised him sincerely for his victory


she congratulated him somewhat insincerely


the art book has art to sell, insinuatingly, and for a purpose, like the American muse, which has in fact a tradition to sell, and one which doesn't exist, in painting


with inspiration; in an inspiring manner


not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness


he behaves insultingly toward his parents


these various courses all seemed insuperably difficult to the student


this memo was circulated interdepartmentally


(spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds

the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly


intermittently we questioned the barometer


he reacts rather tolerantly toward his son's juvenile behavior


you can use the verb `eat' transitively or intransitively


you can use the verb `drink' intransitively, without a direct object


inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles


Picasso's liberated shapes and excitingly applied and inventively combined colours


these organisms enter the body invisibly


ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan


suddenly and irrelevantly, she asked him for money


in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used


the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence


this old tradition is irreversibly disappearing


his teenage son still behaves very immaturely


She rose stiffly, jerkily from the window seat


I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express


they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly


he is being journalistically crucified in his own country


let's use these intelligence tests judiciously


these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years


he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings


their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them


he was hanging around the house lackadaisically


`I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely


landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands


he was sprawling languorously on the sofa


at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)


the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally


such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin


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her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well


he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime


I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air


toward or on the left; also used figuratively


toward or on the right; also used figuratively


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We studied the development of the children longitudinally


he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely


this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously


he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'


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in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner

he was lukewarmly received by his relatives


in a manner marked by complexity and richness of detail

this suave, culture-loving and luxuriantly good-looking M.P.represents the car-workers of Coventry


extremely abundant in growth or production

whiskers grew luxuriantly from his ample jowls


`This house is unmanageably large,' she complained


in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man

having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home


without qualities thought to befit a man


he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life


she walked lightsomely down the long staircase


the body was hanging limply from the tree


she is related lineally to the Royal Family


her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly


data plotted logarithmically with respect to time is shown in Figure 2


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`When I was young,' she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things'


in the lowest position; nearest the ground

the branch with the big peaches on it hung lowest


his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion


it was luridly described in the book as the place where mystics took refuge


I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches


she danced the part of the Black Swan very lyrically


magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him


flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes


in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads


in a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree

he was maniacally obsessed with jealousy


masochistically he insisted on an even greater workload


to a massive degree or in a massive manner

tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms


in a skillfully masterful manner; with the skill of a master

the young boy played the violin sonata masterfully


one should not approach life materialistically


she loved her students almost maternally


the violinist played that piece mawkishly


the cells maximally responsive to lines in this orientation will fire


the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire


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to a meager degree or in a meager manner

these voices are meagerly represented at the conference


to an ample degree or in an ample manner


the river ran meanderingly through the valley


in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful


they lived meanly and without ostentation


this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society


to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement

the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man


Handel achieves a huge breadth of musical thought when composing almost mechanistically in the least weighty of styles


round and round, while meditatively, as a cow chewing the cud, he let his eyes rest on the flat water ahead of him


she acted melodramatically when she called for help


here, the hero is melodramatically reunited with the heroine


the voice at the other end of the line dropped menacingly


I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave


I told him truthfully that I had just returned from my vacation


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he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House


Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card


the door gave access to a tidily furnished sitting-room where chintz and oak predominated


the chair rocked rhythmically back and forth


these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards


all day long, he mindlessly filled out forms


at or near or toward the center of a ship

in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear


in the manner of a minister or clergyman

he was called on to visit ministerially on the dying man


our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses


my hand grasped the gun that was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger tips


the summits of the mountains were mistily purple


the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful


in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic


in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree

he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies


in a morphological manner; with regard to morphology

these two plants are morphologically related


in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.)

a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle


he saw the black-haired man waiting motionlessly behind the opposite side of the platform


the young man stared into his glass mournfully


the young man spoke so mundanely of university life


the huge dog bore down on them with bared fangs and barking murderously


`It's funny about that bar,' he said musingly


(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation

gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out


he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money


Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised


in an exposed manner; without protection or defense

they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill


narrow-mindedly, the authorities closed down the cafe where teenagers used to hang out


the authorities broad-mindedly permitted the opening of a center for teenagers


`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily


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his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair


not this merely but also; not only so but

each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique


(comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance


(superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance

that was the time he came nearest to death


we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe


even or close in a race or competition or comparison


in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree


they are finely, not to say neurotically adjusted


our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch


without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up


we are flying nonstop from New York to Tokyo


they spent an hour together, talking nostalgically as they wandered slowly down the coast road


European emigres, who notoriously used to repair to the British Museum to write seditious pamphlets


in ten years' time the Oxbridge mathematicians, scientists, and engineers will not be much more significant numerically than the Oxbridge medical schools are now


you cannot look at these facts subjectively


obstreperously, he demanded to get service


messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom


nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty


he acted very obstructively when we tried to carry out our project


illegally in advance of the ball or puck


reported the machine operationally satisfactory


`We have a good chance of winning,' he exclaimed optimistically


he evaluated his chances for survival rather pessimistically


this government building is sumptuously appointed


organizationally, the conference was a disaster!


with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner

Mr Khrushchev ostentatiously wooed and embraced Castro at the U.N. general assembly


the Bavarian was outlandishly dressed in lederhosen


he was outspokenly critical of the Government's new social policy


Willie eased himself overside into the sea


the gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him


painstakingly learn the routines of selling


The vegetables looked unpalatably wilted


in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color


in a manner lacking interest or vitality


the drug is intended to be administered parenterally


he added parenthetically that he would not attend the wedding ceremony


he behaves very paternally toward his young bride


in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion


patriotically, he buys only U.S.-made products


unpatriotically he contrived a way of avoiding military service


the tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises


these interpretations are called `schemas' or, more pedantically, `schemata'


the author treats his subject penetratingly


this task is perceptually very difficult


he was playing perfidiously one side against the other


stuck perkily, like a bustle on a woman's skirt


this red line runs perpendicularly to the green line


he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently...


he struggled pertinaciously for the new resolution


what is singular about his use of them is that no other artist, of his time or any other, has painted them so directly, intimately and pertinently


pharmacologically, this plant could have important applications


the Post Office honors great Americans philatelically


in the building trade such a trader is picturesquely described as a `brass plate' merchant


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the research structure has developed piecemeal


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I put the questions, and she answered them placidly


the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes


I asked him point-blank whether he wanted the job


these piano pieces were published posthumously


this passage should be played prestissimo


this passage should be played rallentando


beyond recognition; in an unrecognizable manner


I must regretfully decline your kind invitation


the piratically published edition of his book


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wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women


the last note of the song rang out plaintively


she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully


an empire destined to enter the Commonwealth plenarily


this writer ploddingly accumulates detail after detail


plop came the ball down to the corner of the green


straight down especially heavily or abruptly


at the present time the transmission is very often done hydraulically or pneumatically


he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery


he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods


conforming to the direction of a plumb line


the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets


he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife


Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind


the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist


in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible


in a practical manner, as opposed to theoretically or idealistically

we want to build a democratic society, but we must act pragmatically


to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner

a wide variety of pre-eminently contemporary scenes


being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with


the mountains rose precipitously from the shore


conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate


in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree


(of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation


more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation


years ago in her white-painted infancy it must have hung presentably on the deck of some luxury liner


he presumptuously overstepped the doctor's orders


she was unpretentiously dressed even though she was the guest of honor


this professor acts so priggishly--like a moderator with a gavel!


the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily


with reference to the origin or beginning


we can calculate the position of the particles probabilistically


to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree

we are still prodigally rich compared to others


he kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him


I applied my attention prosaically to my routine


somewhat prosily and repetitively expounded


in the manner of something that has become a byword

this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood


in a providential manner; as determined by providence


providentially the weather remained good


she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste


`Do you have a boyfriend,' she asked her prospective tenant pryingly


war that caught them in its toils either psychologically or physically


he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels


he wrote pungently about his contemporaries


he caught the motorcycles in the full glare of his headlights, braked and slipped purposefully out of the car


let's not purposelessly dispense the aid


the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly


this discoloration qualitatively suggests that the substance is low in inorganic iron


in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon


`Do I have to remove the liver,' the medical student asked queasily


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Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow


these were estates his father questionably acquired


the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass


sent to jail for two years, he has quixotically refused to clear himself by betraying his colleagues


an imaginative dispersal of the pews radially from the central focus of the pulpit


a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods


I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly


in a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree


the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press


in the manner of someone delivering a rebuke


in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality


she spoke reminiscently of her days in college


when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy


this type of border display is used repetitively in advertising


the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister


with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner

resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted


he then so resoundingly denounced his former friend


in a decent and morally reputable manner

the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married


this relative clause is used restrictively


in a manner contemplative of past events

retrospectively, he seems like a great artist


he plotted vindictively against his former superiors


in an opposite way; so as to be reversed


`What can be done?' he asked rhetorically


in a manner expressive of love or romance


the required influence lines are found by subjecting the model to small displacements horizontally, vertically and rotationally


the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously


with an outward or horizontal swing of the arm


the crowd got drunk and started to behave rowdily


in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree


the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers


`Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically


she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody


you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting!


funny to the point where screams of laughter are excited


one paper scurrilously described how Edward was neglecting a bereaved mother to dance attendance on Wally


`Are you really happy with him,' asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly


in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy

the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite


in an uncomfortably self-conscious manner

the little girl self-consciously recited the poem


they were naked, unshy, and unselfconsciously beautiful


in the summer of 1958 the pianist had a sensationally triumphant return


these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed


sensuously delighting in the wine and food


the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables


`I miss the good old days,' she added sentimentally


unsentimentally, she threw out her dead son's toys


with possibility of separation or individuation


I had the feeling that he was waiting, too--serenely patient


the population of this village increased sevenfold in the past 100 years


seventhly, you have no right to cancel the lease in mid-year


the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room


so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated


in a manner characterized by trembling or shaking

`I--I'm going to make you a cup of tea', she explained shakily


this theory is rather shakily supported by some obscure data


quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies


the dress hung shapelessly on her thin body


One day, she lost her temper, completely, suddenly and, even to herself, shockingly


She took him up short before he could continue


at some point or distance before a goal is reached


without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash


shudderingly, she acknowledged to herself that she dared not face what lay before her


darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face


with the side toward someone or something


a term that is used signally rather than symbolically


with a lack of courage and determination

simperingly, the accused begged for mercy


in a singular manner or to a singular degree

Lord T. was considered singularly licentious even for the courts of Russia and Portugal; he acquired three wives and fourteen children during his Portuguese embassy alone


the population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills


fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology


(with verb `to blow') destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces


in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny


at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction


the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house


yachts ran slap-bang into the convoy at 15 knots an hour


his followers slavishly believed in his new diet


the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car


`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'


the girl reminded her smilingly of their childhood spent together


the bureaucrats explained smugly that the facts provided by their own experts show no cause for concern


`Don't talk to me now,' she said snappishly


I always felt sneakingly that I wanted to be a concert pianist


with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner

`I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly


they snobbishly excluded their less wealthy friends from the party


sobbingly, the teenager admitted killing the baby


sociably, the new neighbors invited everyone on the block for coffee


the new neighbors behave quite unsociably


sociologically speaking, this is an interesting phenomenon


`Don't you feel well?' his mother asked solicitously


`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly


the mother talked soothingly to her child


they were soullessly grubbing for profit


he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door


he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers


I began to write intermittently and spasmodically


the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner


the speech spectrum was displayed spectrographically


in a manner indicating that one is deprived of speech by physical weakness or emotion


so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner


he was sitting unsuspectingly beyond that wall only a few yards from the burglar


the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary


`I would rather not touch,' he said squeamishly


`I cannot show my face at her house,' he declared theatrically


standoffishly, he declined the invitation to the office party


the black walls rose starkly from the snow


He was starkly unable to achieve coherence


placed statutorily under the council's supervision


the street rose steeply up to the castle


he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead


their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily


he talked stirringly about his days during the war


he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks


in the following part of a given matter, as in a document or speech


with all the appurtenances fitting thereto


I have learned that whatever state I am, therewith to be content


thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal remit thy other forfeits


he is suavely charming and all the ladies love him


it is an enormous, fruit-packed wine, smelling sublimely of ripe blackcurrants


late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy


she fantasized romantically about eloping with her boyfriend


without romance; in an unromantic manner

we got married, rather unromantically, in a dingy office in the town hall


`What else could I do?' said Graham sulkily


the suspected spy was summarily executed


superfluously, he added his silly comments to the discussion


superstitiously he refused to travel on Friday the 13th


he called the tune to me and I supinely took it up


he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby


he sweepingly condemned the entire population of the country for the war crimes


in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly


in four-chambered hearts, the two auricles move synchronously


some of these drugs have been derived from opium and others have been produced synthetically


in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement

they are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day


showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner

he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble


at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly


the tactically useful province is still firmly in the rebels' hands


the labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely


`Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly


without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner


`You hate things to be out of order, don't you?' she said teasingly


the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife


a particular bird, exactly and tersely described in the book of birds


each of the four legs contains a simple screw jack with a thrust bearing that is operated telescopically inside of two tubes


the plain manner of its style all the more tellingly points up the horror of the case


these preferences are temperately stated


he used the privileges of his office temperately


the paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities


(in enumerating something, such as topics or points of discussion) in the tenth place


he dealt with the problem of evil theologically, not philosophically


the candidate was found theologically sound


the temperature is thermostatically controlled


our rent increased threefold in the past five years


according to tradition; in a traditional manner

traditionally, we eat fried foods on Hanukah


spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue

after a few drinks he was beginning to speak thickly


spread 1/4 lb softened margarine or cooking fat fairly thickly all over the surface


spread the margarine thinly over the meat


we drank thirstily from the bottle that was passed around


a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket


this cylinder measures 15 inches through


the next day, the day after, following the present day


the geological environment is the primary factor in determining the character of a country not only topographically but historically


in a transcendental way or to a transcendental extent


these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process


as a transitional step or in a transitional manner


the red brilliance of the claret shines transparently in our glasses


so as to be easily understood or seen through


the leaves rustled tremulously in the wind


he defended his client's civil rights trenchantly


we can prove trivially that this theorem is false


the boy looked up truculently at his teacher


they strive for security by truculently asserting their own interests


the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously


undergraduates are better taught tutorially


beyond the scope or in excess of legal power or authority


in the book, a tycoon unaccountably becomes the hero's friend


oewn-unalterably-r oewn-unchangeably-r oewn-unassailably-r oewn-immutably-r

in an unalterable and unchangeable manner


you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any company


she is unassumingly skeptical of her own work


in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree


without forethought or plan; inadvertently


unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements


his principal opponent unblushingly declared victory before the ballots had been counted


unchivalrously, the husbands who had to provide such innocent indulgences eventually began to count the costs


a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find


war was breaking out in Europe, but she unconcernedly planned for a holiday


uncouthly, he told stories that made everybody at the table wince


to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner

she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class


in or into a state of subordination or subjugation


children six and under will be admitted free


with the hand swung below shoulder level


under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath

we could see the original painting underneath


on the lower or downward side; on the underside of

a chest of drawers all scratched underneath


she was unduly pessimistic about her future


this pleasant state of affairs had continued peacefully and uninterruptedly for many years


his other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose


I can unreservedly recommend this restaurant!


she unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants


without swerving; in a direct and unswerving manner

the ship travelled unswervingly through the night


he silenced the whisperings which connected her, untruly and unfairly, with his separation from his wife


in an unwarrantable manner or to an unwarranted degree

in this painting, the relationship of the upper part of the body to the lower is uneasy and the right thigh seems unwarrantably stressed


to or in the interior of a country or region


in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind


`I had tea occasionally with the Duke,' said Mr. Eggers urbanely


extra money could be usefully spent on this project


the furniture was sitting around uselessly


with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree


he vehemently denied the accusations against him


oewn-verbosely-r oewn-windily-r oewn-long-windedly-r oewn-wordily-r


indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute


an old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face


he sneaks voyeuristically around the swimming pool


the animals were killed wantonly for sport


the speech was weighty and it was weightily delivered


he adopted wholeheartedly some of the policies that he had previously criticized


the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies


where in the world; location, singular, elective existential pronoun


his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel


guns fired witheringly at the railroad cars


he would wittily chime into our conversation


`I wonder what to do,' she said worriedly


he looked at her, not wrathfully now, but quizzically


`I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly


I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice


she worked zealously to raise funds for the literacy project


she scrubbed the floors of the new apartment zestfully


dancing all the dances with little rest between


in the higher atmosphere above the earth


at or to great height; high up in or into the air


in an irreproachable and blameless manner

she had lived blamelessly until she met this man


at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship


insofar as the circumstances are concerned

the account was circumstantially accurate


she bought it half-price during the sale


with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details


per person; for each person; of each person

we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district


the distinctively conservative district of the county


the movement is philosophically indebted to Rousseau


the mayor inaugurally drove the spade into the ground


he became demandingly dominant over the years


changing suddenly in direction and degree


`I can't wait,' she answered smolderingly


mites are arachnids, but they have a lot in common with insects


in common with families in general, one parent families have been getting smaller


in a manner that is pleasing to the senses


she managed to live rather expansively on her modest income


the students at this college are homogeneously middle-class


following one another in quick succession


so as to leave much space or distance between


some people living insignificantly among us


he was fatally ill equipped for the climb


the child clung desperately to her mother


before another in time, space, or importance


in an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree

she was outstandingly successful in her profession


he walked heavily up the three flights to his room


the rays of the sun struck the earth mellowingly


in the recent past; only a short time ago


used with question words to convey surprise


the convicted killer listened unblinkingly to the reading of his sentence


she sprawled out luxuriously on the sofa


she hit her arm heavily against the wall


his hair was caught aggravatingly in the branches of the tree


the man began quaveringly to question the soldier


after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly


from a position of superiority or authority


the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight


in a setting where one is or feels inappropriate or incongruous

he felt out of place in the lingerie shop


the branches of the trees moved soughingly in the breeze


so as to be positive; in a positive manner

she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively


the river flows northeastward to the gulf


the river flows southeastward to the gulf


as an adjective; in an adjectival manner


not symmetrically with respect to the center


in an artificial environment outside the living organism


in an irreparable manner or to an irreparable degree


within range of a movie or television camera

the senator didn't realize that he was speaking on camera


the death rate in Russia has been stably high


the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon


(of drugs or muscles) in a synergistic or interactive manner


(of group) in a synergistic or cooperative manner


the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed


her footsteps echoed hollowly in the empty hall


in an extremely arrogant or conceited manner


oewn-suddenly-r oewn-all_of_a_sudden-r oewn-on_the_spur_of_the_moment-r oewn-of_a_sudden-r oewn-abruptly-r oewn-dead-r oewn-short-r


there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members


a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position


a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing


the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare


the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process

there were wide variations in the conditions of observation


an illness, disease, or other medical problem


a particular functioning condition or arrangement


(physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle


(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)


the condition of being noisy (as in a communication channel)


the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)


the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable


the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)


a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence


(chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor


the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)


a condition or position in which you find yourself

the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils


a position particularly well suited to the person who or organization which occupies it

he found his niche in the academic world


the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

there was keen competition for the nomination


If you were in my place what would you do?


a situation in which an increase in income results in a loss of benefits so that you are no better off


a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole


the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

the present international situation is dangerous


a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth


a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)

he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship


a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries


a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services

he asked to see the executive who handled his account


a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)


the friendship characteristic of blood brothers


oewn-company-n oewn-companionship-n oewn-fellowship-n oewn-society-n


a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests


a relationship less intimate than friendship


oewn-affiliation-n oewn-association-n oewn-tie-n oewn-tie-up-n


(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure


the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family


the state of being friends (or friendly)


a relationship involving sexual intimacy


oewn-affair-n oewn-affaire-n oewn-intimacy-n oewn-liaison-n oewn-involvement-n oewn-amour-n

a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship


ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects


state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror


the state of being acceptable and accepted

torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club


a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation

HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame


they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power


the condition of being without offspring


a situation or condition that is complex or confused


a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests


an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

they went bankrupt during the economic crisis


a situation in which people or things are crowded together

he didn't like the crowding on the beach


a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)


loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others


the situation in which you are happiest and most effective


he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room


a stable situation in which forces cancel one another


a state of affairs in which you have no privacy


a highly contentious or hazardous situation

talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest


a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)


an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation


the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will


a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner


a situation resembling a terrifying dream


a situation in which a favorable outcome is impossible; you are bound to lose whatever you do


a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs


a situation treated as an observable object


a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement


a temporary condition of torment or suffering


the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail

the police are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men


a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables


the condition in which a standard has been successfully established

standardization of nuts and bolts had saved industry millions of dollars


(optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point


(optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point


the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group


a wild primitive state untouched by civilization


the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers


oewn-degree-n oewn-level-n oewn-stage-n oewn-point-n

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process


ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress


oewn-acme-n oewn-height-n oewn-elevation-n oewn-peak-n oewn-pinnacle-n oewn-summit-n oewn-superlative-n oewn-meridian-n oewn-tiptop-n oewn-top-n

the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty


the point or degree to which something extends


a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group

they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country


the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time


the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance


the expected or commonplace condition or situation


a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity


the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)


the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood


in that event, the first possibility is excluded


a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend


the circumstances under which competition occurs

the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe


a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed


a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence


an urgent situation calling for prompt action


her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly


(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage


the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction


an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime


the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society


oewn-equality-n oewn-equivalence-n oewn-equation-n oewn-par-n

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced


egality represents an extreme leveling of society


a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game


oewn-social_station-n oewn-social_status-n oewn-social_rank-n oewn-rank-n

the British are more aware of social status than Americans are


proper or appropriate position or location

a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen


social or financial or professional status or reputation


the status of being acknowledged as a star


(baseball) an unofficial title won by a batter who leads the league in hitting average, runs batted in, and home runs


(horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness


a position of superiority over opponents or competitors


oewn-seniority-n oewn-senior_status-n oewn-higher_status-n oewn-higher_rank-n

higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service


status established in order of importance or urgency

...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals


dozens of cases were put on the back burner


the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines


the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits


a position attracting much attention and publicity


(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order


a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation


a secondary or inferior position or status

tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding


an achievement that puts everything else in the shade


theology should be the handmaiden of ethics


the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment


the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf


the status of being born to parents who were not married


the status of being born of a morganatic marriage


the status of a citizen with rights and duties


the corporation has just undergone a change in command


the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization


status with respect to the relations between people or groups


the state of being retired from one's business or occupation


oewn-being-n oewn-beingness-n oewn-existence-n oewn-face_of_the_earth-n

a point of view gradually coming into being


the state of actually existing objectively

a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality


(Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality


the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him


an event known to have happened or something known to have existed


the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be

businessmen have to face harsh realities


the state of having in fact existed in the past


oewn-truth-n oewn-the_true-n oewn-verity-n oewn-trueness-n

they debated the truth of the proposition


a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife


existing in a former state or previous to something else


the state of existing in reality; having substance


the state of being present; current existence


the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain


the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic

the inherence of polysemy in human language


the state of existing and being localized in space


the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)


the state of being there--not here--in position


things are really there...capture the thereness of them


the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap


the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding


he received little recognition working in the shadow of his father


the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact


argument could not determine its truth or falsity


he was surprised by the absence of any explanation


the state of being elsewhere than in particular place


the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living


oewn-animation-n oewn-life-n oewn-living-n oewn-aliveness-n

the condition of living or the state of being alive


the absence of life or state of being dead

he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life


oewn-rest-n oewn-eternal_rest-n oewn-sleep-n oewn-eternal_sleep-n oewn-quietus-n

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)


a characteristic state or mode of living


any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping


a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience


the condition of being married or unmarried


oewn-marriage-n oewn-matrimony-n oewn-union-n oewn-spousal_relationship-n oewn-wedlock-n

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)


the state of having two spouses at the same time


a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex

parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage


a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony


marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law


marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law


a marriage for expediency rather than love


an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)


a marriage with a person of inferior social status


the state of having only one husband at a time


the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time


a succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces)


a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other


the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery


the state of having more than one husband at a time


the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time


a form of polygamy in which a man has multiple wives


a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years

sigeh legally wraps premarital sex in an Islamic cloak


the condition or quality of being a virgin


the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)


the state of being a widow who has not remarried


the state of being employed or having a job


the state of being unemployed or not having a job


established customary state (especially of society)


the form of government of a social organization


a state of order in which events conform to the law


an untroubled state; free from disturbances


a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole


harmonious relations; freedom from disputes


a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect


courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another


the state prevailing during the absence of war


a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered


a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms


harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters


the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests


the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled

there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed