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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



603 words match “ABLY”

UNDENIABLY adv.
In an undeniable manner.
UNMOVABLY adv.
Immovably. [R.] J. Ellis.
UNPERISHABLY adv.
Imperishably.
UNPROBABLY adv. 2 definitions
Improbably.
VALUABLY adv.
So as to be of value.
VARIABLY adv.
In a variable manner.
ABANDONED a.
-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.
ACCEPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
ACCESSORY n.
Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Elmes.
ACCOMMODATELY adv.
Suitably; fitly. [R.]
ACCOMMODATION n.
ginally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. Paley.
ACCORDANTLY adv.
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
ACCORDINGLY adv.
Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak.
ACRODONT n.
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge. -- a. Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
ADVANTAGEOUSLY adv.
Profitably; with advantage.
AGALMATOLITE n.
carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
AGREEABLE a.
In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
AGREEINGLY adv.
In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]
ALEPPO BOIL; ALEPPO BUTTON; ALEPPO EVIL n.
in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.
ALLSPICE n.
(Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus flori…
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