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1,695 words match “ONLY”

ONLY a. 8 definitions
One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
BUFFOONLY a.
Low; vulgar. [R.] Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. Goodman.
CHIRURGEONLY adv.
Surgically. [Obs.] Shak.
COMMONLY adv. 2 definitions
Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life.
CONDITIONLY adv.
Conditionally. [Obs.]
CULLIONLY a.
Mean; base. Shak.
CURMUDGEONLY a.
Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.
FONLY adv.
Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.
LIONLY a.
Like a lion; fierce. [Obs.] Milton.
MATRONLY a. 2 definitions
Advanced in years; elderly.
MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY a.
Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
SCULLIONLY a.
Like a scullion; base. [Obs.] Milton.
SOONLY adv.
Soon. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
WANTONLY adv. 2 definitions
In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
A n.
An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.
ABBE n.
The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
ABDICATION n.
t of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
ABDUCTION n.
A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
ABIDE v.
a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.
ABSENCE n.
thdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.
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