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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8,486 words match “ALLY”

PHYSICALLY adv. 2 definitions

a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally. I am not now treating physically of light or colors. Locke.

PHYSIOLOGICALLY adv.

In a physiological manner.

PLASTICALLY adv.

In a plastic manner.

PLATONICALLY adv.

In a Platonic manner.

PLEONASTICALLY adv.

In a pleonastic manner.

In a plural manner or sense.

POETICALLY adv.

In a poetic manner.

POLITICALLY adv. 2 definitions

In a political manner.

PONTIFICALLY adv.

In a pontifical manner.

POTENTIALLY adv. 2 definitions

a potential manner; possibly, not positively. The duration of human souls is only potentially infinite. Bentley.

PRACTICALLY adv. 3 definitions

1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.

PRAGMATICALLY adv.

In a pragmatical manner.

PRELATICALLY adv.

In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates. Milton. The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Æneis.

PRETERNATURALLY adv.

In a preternatural manner or degree. Bacon.

PRIMEVALLY adv.

In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin.

PRIMORDIALLY adv.

At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.

PRINCIPALLY adv.

In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.

PRISMATICALLY adv.

In the form on manner of a prism; by means of a prism.

PRODIGALLY adv.

h profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated. Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows; Our paths with flowers she prodigally strows. Dryden.

PROFESSIONALLY adv.

ty; by profession or calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally.