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548 words match “RELY”

RELY v.
ence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in. Go in thy native innocence; rely On what thou hast of virtue. Milton. On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Gray.
AUSTERELY adv.
Severely; rigidly; sternly. A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay.
BARELY adv. 4 definitions
Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak.
CREATURELY a.
Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [R.] "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.
DEMURELY adv.
avely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden.
DIRELY adv.
In a dire manner. Drayton.
ENTIRELY adv. 2 definitions
In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost. Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. Raleigh.
EPICURELY adv.
Luxuriously. Nash.
FEATURELY a.
Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [R.] Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge.
FUTURELY adv.
In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.
IMMATURELY adv.
In an immature manner. Warburion.
IMPURELY adv.
In an impure manner.
INSECURELY adv.
In an insecure manner.
INSINCERELY adv.
Without sincerity.
INTIRE; INTIRELY a.
See Entire, a., Entirely, adv.
LEISURELY a. 2 definitions
Characterized by leisure; taking abundant tome; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
MATURELY adv. 3 definitions
In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.
MEAGERLY; MEAGRELY adv.
Poorly; thinly.
MERELY adv. 2 definitions
Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman.
OBSCURELY adv.
In an obscure manner. Milton.
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