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In a rimose manner.

Scarcely; hardly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Robynson (More's Utopia)

In a scattered or sparse manner.

In suspense. [Obs.] Hales.

In a transverse manner.

To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte. Fuller.

Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [Written also unsilly.] [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Un*se"li*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In an unwise manner; foolishly.

In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom. And wisely learn to curb thy sorrows wild. Milton.

ses; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.

To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage. The . . . tellers of news abused the general. Macaulay.

Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.] Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. Bacon.

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. Watts.

A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.