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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,000+ words match “MANNER”

DEXTEROUSLY adv.

In a dexterous manner; skillfully.

DIALECTICALLY adv.

In a dialectical manner.

DIALOGICALLY adv.

In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.

DIAMAGNETICALLY adv.

In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.

DIAMETRICALLY adv.

In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.

DIATONICALLY adv.

In a diatonic manner.

DICTATION n. 2 definitions

The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictatio.

DICTATORIAL a. 2 definitions

aracteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n.

DIDACTICALLY adv.

In a didactic manner.

DIE v. 15 definitions

To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. Letting the secret die within his own breast. Spectator. Great deeds can not die. Tennyson.

DIETETICALLY adv.

In a dietetical manner.

DIFFERENTLY adv.

In a different manner; variously.

DIFFERINGLY adv.

In a differing or different manner. Boyle.

DIFFIDENTLY adv.

In a diffident manner. To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. Hobbes.

In a diffuse manner.

DIFFUSIVELY adv.

In a diffusive manner.

DIGESTEDLY adv.

In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.

In a dilated manner. Feltham.

DILIGENTLY adv.

In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity. Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17.

DIMINISH v. 5 definitions

To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase. Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. Barrow.