8-letter words ending with LY
Dive into the specific realm of 8-letter words that conclude with the letter LY. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with LY, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| actually | 13 | in actual fact | to be nominally but not actually independent |
| probably | 17 | easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | he will probably win the election |
| suddenly | 13 | on impulse; without premeditation | he made up his mind suddenly |
| possibly | 15 | by chance | we may possibly run into them at the concert |
| recently | 13 | in the recent past | he was in Paris recently |
| honestly | 14 | in an honest manner | in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it |
| properly | 15 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave! |
| directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
| friendly | 15 | inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile | a government friendly to our interests |
| normally | 13 | under normal conditions | - |
| entirely | 11 | without any others being included or involved | was entirely to blame |
| terribly | 13 | used as intensifiers | terribly interesting |
| slightly | 15 | in a slim or slender manner | slightly built |
| secretly | 13 | in secrecy; not openly | met secretly to discuss the invasion plans |
| strictly | 13 | in a stringent manner | - |
| mentally | 13 | in your mind | he suffered mentally |
| sexually | 18 | with respect to sexuality | sexually ambiguous |
| assembly | 15 | the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | - |
| heavenly | 17 | relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | heavenly hosts |
| strongly | 12 | in a powerful manner | - |
| unlikely | 15 | not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | legislation on the question is highly unlikely |
| secondly | 14 | in the second place | - |
| urgently | 12 | with great urgency | health care reform is needed urgently |
| severely | 14 | with sternness; in a severe manner | peered severely over her glasses |
| smoothly | 16 | with no problems or difficulties | put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly |
| silently | 11 | without speaking | - |
| publicly | 17 | in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | she admitted publicly to being a communist |
| cowardly | 17 | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted | cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then |
| multiply | 15 | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | - |
| brutally | 13 | in a vicious manner | - |
| monopoly | 15 | a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die | - |
| horribly | 16 | of a dreadful kind | - |
| socially | 13 | by or with respect to society | socially accepted norms |
| politely | 13 | in a polite manner | the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...' |
| remotely | 13 | to a remote degree | it is remotely possible |
| formally | 16 | with official authorization | the club will be formally recognized |
| formerly | 16 | at a previous time | - |
| casually | 13 | in an unconcerned manner | glanced casually at the headlines |
| commonly | 17 | under normal conditions | - |
| randomly | 14 | in a random manner | the houses were randomly scattered |
| manually | 13 | by hand | this car shifts manually |
| lovingly | 15 | with fondness; with love | - |
| solemnly | 13 | in a grave and sedate manner | the judge sat there solemnly |
| brightly | 17 | with brightness | - |
| mutually | 13 | in a mutual or shared manner | the agreement was mutually satisfactory |
| abruptly | 15 | quickly and without warning | - |
| steadily | 12 | in a steady manner | he could still walk steadily |
| scarcely | 15 | almost not | they scarcely ever used the emergency generator |
| fiercely | 16 | in a physically fierce manner | they fought fiercely |
| actively | 16 | in an active manner | he participated actively in the war |
| visually | 14 | - | - |
| lawfully | 17 | by law; conforming to the law | we are lawfully wedded now |
| promptly | 17 | in a punctual manner | he did his homework promptly |
| insanely | 11 | in an insane manner | she behaved insanely |
| forcibly | 18 | in a forcible manner | keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly |
| uniquely | 20 | so as to be unique | he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound |
| decently | 14 | in the right manner; correctly; suitably | - |
| bitterly | 13 | extremely and sharply | it was bitterly cold |
| annually | 11 | by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) | - |
| verbally | 16 | as a verb | he had a habit of using nouns verbally |
| stupidly | 14 | in a stupid manner | he had stupidly bought a one way ticket |
| tenderly | 12 | with tenderness; in a tender manner | tenderly she placed her arms round him |
| fluently | 14 | in a fluent manner | she speaks French fluently |
| heartily | 14 | in a hearty manner | `Yes,' the children chorused heartily |
| securely | 13 | in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | she held the child securely |
| unfairly | 14 | in an unfair manner | they dealt with him unfairly |
| cleverly | 16 | in a clever manner | they were cleverly arranged |
| untimely | 13 | badly timed | an untimely remark |
| famously | 16 | extremely well | we got along famously |
| fatherly | 17 | like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | - |
| priestly | 13 | befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood | priestly dedication to the people of his parish |
| motherly | 16 | in a maternal manner; as a mother | - |
| globally | 14 | throughout the world | this is globally significant |
| unjustly | 18 | in an unjust manner | he was unjustly singled out for punishment |
| squarely | 20 | with firmness and conviction; without compromise | - |
| sensibly | 13 | with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner | he acted sensibly in the crisis |
| resupply | 15 | - | - |
| narrowly | 14 | in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions | he interprets the law narrowly |
| wantonly | 14 | in a licentious and promiscuous manner | - |
| arguably | 14 | as can be shown by argument | she is arguably the best |
| absurdly | 14 | in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | an absurdly rich young woman |
| unseemly | 13 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | unseemly to use profanity |
| joyfully | 24 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | - |
| modestly | 14 | with modesty; in a modest manner | the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare' |
| divinely | 15 | by divine means | the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence |
| intently | 11 | with strained or eager attention | listened intently |
| jokingly | 23 | not seriously | - |
| savagely | 15 | in a vicious manner | - |
| humanely | 16 | in a humane manner | let's treat the prisoners of war humanely |
| reliably | 13 | in a faithful manner | - |
| patently | 13 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | it is all patently nonsense |
| racially | 13 | with respect to race | racially integrated |
| potbelly | 15 | slang for a paunch | - |
| superbly | 15 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | her voice is superbly disciplined |
| squiggly | 22 | wavy and twisting | - |
| amicably | 17 | in an amicable manner | they separated amicably |
| candidly | 15 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience |
| princely | 15 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | a princely sum |
| mortally | 13 | - | - |
| wickedly | 21 | in a wicked evil manner | act wickedly |
| suitably | 13 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | - |
| westerly | 14 | of wind; from the west | - |
| covertly | 16 | in a covert manner | he did it covertly |
| shrewdly | 18 | in a shrewd manner | - |
| easterly | 11 | from the east; used especially of winds | the winds are easterly |
| joyously | 21 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | - |
| lavishly | 17 | in a wasteful manner | the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap |
| devoutly | 15 | in a devout and pious manner | she was devoutly Catholic |
| expertly | 20 | in an expert manner | he repaired the TV set expertly |
| mightily | 17 | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | they rejoiced mightily |
| clumsily | 15 | in a clumsy manner | he snatched the bills clumsily |
| wilfully | 17 | in a willful manner | - |
| ardently | 12 | in an ardent manner | the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired |
| blithely | 16 | in a joyous manner | - |
| sisterly | 11 | like or characteristic of or befitting a sister | sisterly kindness |
| lethally | 14 | - | - |
| unevenly | 14 | in an unequal or partial manner | profits were distributed unevenly |
| slovenly | 14 | negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | slovenly appearance |
| speedily | 14 | with speed | - |
| brazenly | 22 | in a brazen manner | he spoke brazenly |
| gingerly | 13 | with extreme care or delicacy | they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones |
| markedly | 18 | in a clearly noticeable manner | sales of luxury cars dropped markedly |
| woefully | 17 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | it was woefully inadequate |
| scantily | 13 | in a skimpy manner | scantily clad |
| dreamily | 14 | in a dreamy manner | `She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily |
| doolally | 12 | - | - |
| greedily | 13 | in a greedy manner | - |
| hoarsely | 14 | in a hoarse or husky voice | `Excuse me,' he said hoarsely |
| masterly | 13 | having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | a masterly performance of the sonata |
| morbidly | 16 | in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree | he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies |
| ungainly | 12 | difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl |
| ritually | 11 | in a ceremonial manner | - |
| scraggly | 15 | being very thin | - |
| unwisely | 14 | without good sense or judgment | - |
| shabbily | 18 | so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated | a shabbily dressed man |
| sparsely | 13 | in a sparse way | sparsely inhabited |
| prettily | 13 | in a pretty manner | all this is most prettily done |
| boyishly | 19 | like a boy | he smiled boyishly at his fiancee |
| fiscally | 16 | in financial matters | fiscally irresponsible |
| innately | 11 | in an innate manner | the child is said to be innately disposed to learn language |
| minutely | 13 | in minute detail | our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses |
| serenely | 11 | in a peacefully serene manner | I had the feeling that he was waiting, too--serenely patient |
| artfully | 14 | in an artful manner | her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes |
| boringly | 14 | in a tedious manner | boringly slow work |
| housefly | 17 | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases | - |
| hungrily | 15 | in the manner of someone who is very hungry | he pounced on the food hungrily |
| inwardly | 15 | with respect to private feelings | inwardly, she was raging |
| knightly | 19 | being attentive to women like an ideal knight | - |
| ruggedly | 14 | in a rugged manner | - |
| sleepily | 13 | in a sleepy manner | the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car |
| sneakily | 15 | in a surreptitious manner | - |
| rascally | 13 | lacking principles or scruples | the rascally rabble |
| beggarly | 15 | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | - |
| biweekly | 20 | twice a week | - |
| fourthly | 17 | in the fourth place | fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month |
| doggedly | 15 | with obstinate determination | he pursued her doggedly |
| gravelly | 15 | abounding in small stones | - |
| horridly | 15 | in a hideous manner | - |
| horsefly | 17 | large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | - |
| upwardly | 17 | spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | upwardly mobile |
| worthily | 17 | in a worthy manner; with worthiness | - |
| vulgarly | 15 | in a smutty manner | - |
| tangibly | 14 | in a tangible manner | virtue is tangibly rewarded |
| unitedly | 12 | with cooperation and interchange | - |
| uneasily | 11 | with anxiety or apprehension | - |
| spookily | 17 | in an unnatural eery manner | - |
| sedately | 12 | in a sedate manner | - |
| sloppily | 15 | in a sloppy manner | this work was done rather sloppily |
| passably | 15 | to certain extent or degree | - |
| raggedly | 14 | with a ragged and uneven appearance | a long beard, raggedly cut |
| drowsily | 15 | in a drowsy manner | `Time to get up,' she said drowsily |
| flexibly | 23 | with flexibility | `Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly |
| movingly | 17 | in a moving manner | she sang movingly |
| cheekily | 20 | in a brash cheeky manner | - |
| demurely | 14 | in a demure manner | the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her |
| untidily | 12 | in a messy, untidy manner | - |
| usefully | 14 | in a useful manner | extra money could be usefully spent on this project |
| wheezily | 26 | with a wheeze | he talked wheezily |
| unlovely | 14 | without beauty or charm | - |
| rottenly | 11 | in a terrible manner | - |
| ruefully | 14 | in a rueful manner | `I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully |
| sinfully | 14 | - | - |
| snivelly | 14 | - | - |
| placidly | 16 | in a quiet and tranquil manner | the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes |
| potently | 13 | in a manner having a powerful influence | Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind |
| provably | 18 | in an obvious and provable manner | - |
| radially | 12 | in a radial manner | an imaginative dispersal of the pews radially from the central focus of the pulpit |
| adorably | 14 | in an adorable manner | the toddler behaved adorably |
| feasibly | 16 | in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible | - |
| fitfully | 17 | in a fitful manner | he slept fitfully |
| forcedly | 17 | - | - |
| frugally | 15 | in a frugal manner | in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop |
| futilely | 14 | in a futile and unproductive manner | - |
| greenfly | 15 | greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants | - |
| groggily | 14 | - | - |
| gullibly | 14 | - | - |
| jovially | 21 | in a jovial manner | he greeted his friend jovially |
| matronly | 13 | befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman | her matronly figure |
| morosely | 13 | in a morose manner | he fell morosely on the bed |
| linearly | 11 | in a linear manner | linearly polarized radiation |
| damnably | 16 | in a damnable manner | kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent! |
| daringly | 13 | in an original manner | daringly he took the first step |
| unsurely | 11 | - | - |
| unsubtly | 13 | - | - |
| unstably | 13 | - | - |
| unusably | 13 | - | - |
| unwarily | 14 | without heed or caution | - |
| unwarely | 14 | - | - |
| unreally | 11 | - | - |
| unripely | 13 | - | - |
| unpurely | 13 | - | - |
| unsafely | 14 | - | - |
| urgingly | 13 | - | - |
| urbanely | 13 | in an urbane manner | `I had tea occasionally with the Duke,' said Mr. Eggers urbanely |
| uvularly | 14 | - | - |
| vacantly | 16 | in a vacant manner | she was staring vacantly into the room |
| unwifely | 17 | - | - |
| uppishly | 18 | in a snobbish manner | - |
| waterily | 14 | - | - |
| weevilly | 17 | - | - |
| weaselly | 14 | - | - |
| whitefly | 20 | minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects | - |
| whimsily | 19 | - | - |
| woollily | 14 | - | - |
| workably | 20 | - | - |
| wooingly | 15 | - | - |
| wrathily | 17 | - | - |
| woundily | 15 | - | - |
| winterly | 14 | - | - |
| wintrily | 14 | - | - |
| wingedly | 16 | - | - |
| woodenly | 15 | without grace; rigidly | they moved woodenly |
| wontedly | 15 | - | - |
| wittolly | 14 | - | - |
| wizardly | 24 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | wizardly powers |
| zoophily | 25 | - | - |
| writerly | 14 | - | - |
| yellowly | 17 | - | - |
| yeomanly | 16 | - | - |
| yonderly | 15 | - | - |
| yeastily | 14 | - | - |
| vernally | 14 | - | - |
| venously | 14 | - | - |
| venially | 14 | - | - |
| vexingly | 22 | - | - |
| vestally | 14 | - | - |
| variably | 16 | with variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree | it will be variably cloudy |
| variedly | 15 | - | - |
| valuably | 16 | - | - |
| veiledly | 15 | - | - |
| vendibly | 17 | - | - |
| votively | 17 | - | - |
| vincibly | 18 | - | - |
| violably | 16 | - | - |
| vinously | 14 | - | - |
| viscidly | 17 | in a sticky viscid manner | - |
| virginly | 15 | - | - |
| virilely | 14 | - | - |
| stuffily | 17 | in a stuffy manner | `Come in please,' he said stuffily |
| stumpily | 15 | - | - |
| stubbily | 15 | - | - |
| stolidly | 12 | in a stolid manner | he said `no' stolidly |
| stonefly | 14 | primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones | - |
| stockily | 17 | so as to be stocky | he was stockily built |
| stodgily | 13 | in a stuffy manner | - |
| straggly | 13 | spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly | straggly hair |
| straitly | 11 | - | - |
| stormily | 13 | in a stormy or violent manner | - |
| sultrily | 11 | in a sultry and sensual manner | - |
| sullenly | 11 | in a sullen manner | - |
| sturdily | 12 | in a sturdy manner | feet sturdily apart |
| swankily | 18 | - | - |
| sveltely | 14 | - | - |
| swimmily | 18 | - | - |
| sweatily | 14 | - | - |
| sundrily | 12 | - | - |
| summerly | 15 | - | - |
| supinely | 13 | with the face upward | she was stretched supinely on her back |
| supplely | 15 | - | - |
| takingly | 16 | - | - |
| symphily | 21 | - | - |
| taxingly | 19 | - | - |
| tawdrily | 15 | in a tastelessly garish manner | - |
| tasselly | 11 | - | - |
| tartarly | 11 | - | - |
| tarnally | 11 | - | - |
| thrawnly | 17 | - | - |
| thornily | 14 | - | - |
| tensibly | 13 | - | - |
| tetchily | 16 | in an ill-natured and tetchy manner | `Are you sure?' he asked her tetchily |
| tonishly | 14 | - | - |
| thwartly | 17 | - | - |
| timously | 13 | - | - |
| tinselly | 11 | glittering with gold or silver | - |
| toyishly | 17 | - | - |
| trashily | 14 | - | - |
| torridly | 12 | - | - |
| torpidly | 14 | in a daze; in a dazed manner | - |
| toothily | 14 | - | - |
| towardly | 15 | - | - |
| touchily | 16 | in a touchy manner | he touchily refused all offers to help |
| truantly | 11 | - | - |
| trevally | 14 | - | - |
| tribally | 13 | - | - |
| trendily | 12 | - | - |
| trickily | 17 | in an artful manner | - |
| trustily | 11 | - | - |
| tryingly | 15 | - | - |
| turbidly | 14 | - | - |
| turgidly | 13 | in a turgid manner | - |
| tuneably | 13 | - | - |
| tunbelly | 13 | - | - |
| uncostly | 13 | - | - |
| uncomely | 15 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | - |
| unchicly | 18 | - | - |
| uncially | 13 | - | - |
| unkindly | 16 | lacking in sympathy and kindness | unkindly ancts |
| unkingly | 16 | - | - |
| unlively | 14 | - | - |
| unlordly | 12 | - | - |
| unmeetly | 13 | - | - |
| unholily | 14 | - | - |
| unhomely | 16 | - | - |
| ungently | 12 | - | - |
| sprucely | 15 | in a stylish manner | - |
| spritely | 13 | - | - |
| spunkily | 17 | - | - |
| squirely | 20 | - | - |
| spongily | 14 | - | - |
| spirally | 13 | with spirals | spirally fluted handles |
| spottily | 13 | - | - |
| sportily | 13 | - | - |
| spoonily | 13 | - | - |
| steevely | 14 | - | - |
| stievely | 14 | - | - |
| stingily | 12 | in a stingy manner | - |
| stickily | 17 | in a sticky viscid manner | he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead |
| stanchly | 16 | in a staunch manner | - |
| stalkily | 15 | - | - |
| steamily | 13 | - | - |
| starrily | 11 | - | - |
| statedly | 12 | - | - |
| rimosely | 13 | - | - |
| ribaldly | 14 | - | - |
| rovingly | 15 | - | - |
| rotundly | 12 | in a sonorous manner | - |
| rugosely | 12 | - | - |
| robustly | 13 | in a robust manner | he was robustly built |
| rootedly | 12 | - | - |
| salvably | 16 | - | - |
| saleably | 13 | - | - |
| sallowly | 14 | - | - |
| rusticly | 13 | - | - |
| sailorly | 11 | - | - |
| sacredly | 14 | by religion | - |
| scalably | 15 | - | - |
| scattily | 13 | - | - |
| satiably | 13 | - | - |
| savorily | 14 | - | - |
| savourly | 14 | - | - |
| scabbily | 17 | - | - |
| savingly | 15 | - | - |
| scriggly | 15 | - | - |
| scribbly | 17 | - | - |
| scrimply | 17 | - | - |
| scummily | 17 | - | - |
| scurvily | 16 | in a despicable, ignoble manner | - |
| scrabbly | 17 | sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush | - |
| senilely | 11 | - | - |
| serially | 11 | in a serial manner | serially composed music |
| secantly | 13 | - | - |
| secundly | 14 | - | - |
| seamanly | 13 | characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | - |
| seldomly | 14 | - | - |
| selectly | 13 | - | - |
| shittily | 14 | - | - |
| shirtily | 14 | - | - |
| shiftily | 17 | in a shifty manner | he looked at his new customer shiftily |
| sextuply | 20 | - | - |
| shauchly | 19 | - | - |
| shaggily | 16 | in a shaggy manner | shaggily unkempt mane |
| shamably | 18 | - | - |
| sickerly | 17 | - | - |
| sicklily | 17 | - | - |
| silverly | 14 | - | - |
| signally | 12 | in a signal manner | signally inappropriate methods |
| shoddily | 16 | in a shoddy manner | a shoddily built house |
| sleazily | 20 | - | - |
| slangily | 12 | with slang; in a slangy manner | he expresses himself slangily |
| skimpily | 19 | in a skimpy manner | a skimpily dressed woman |
| sizeably | 22 | - | - |
| smearily | 13 | - | - |
| smirkily | 17 | - | - |
| snazzily | 29 | - | - |
| snarkily | 15 | - | - |
| smudgily | 15 | - | - |
| smuttily | 13 | in a smutty manner | - |
| snappily | 15 | - | - |
| slippily | 15 | - | - |
| slinkily | 15 | - | - |
| slushily | 14 | - | - |
| smalmily | 15 | - | - |
| smarmily | 15 | in an unctuous manner | - |
| somberly | 15 | in a somber manner | `That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly |
| sombrely | 15 | in a somber manner | - |
| snobbily | 15 | - | - |
| snoopily | 13 | - | - |
| snootily | 11 | in a snobbish manner | - |
| snottily | 11 | - | - |
| sniffily | 17 | - | - |
| snippily | 15 | - | - |
| sociably | 15 | in a gregarious manner | - |
| soddenly | 13 | - | - |
| snuffily | 17 | - | - |
| spiffily | 19 | - | - |
| spinally | 13 | in the spine | spinally administered |
| souterly | 11 | - | - |
| sordidly | 13 | in a sordid or squalid way | - |
| sottedly | 12 | - | - |
| sortably | 13 | - | - |
| sparkily | 17 | - | - |
| sovranly | 14 | - | - |
| sowbelly | 16 | salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass | - |
| repandly | 14 | - | - |
| remissly | 13 | - | - |
| retrally | 11 | - | - |
| patchily | 18 | in spots | - |
| patronly | 13 | - | - |
| passibly | 15 | - | - |
| pastorly | 13 | - | - |
| peachily | 18 | - | - |
| pedately | 14 | - | - |
| pettedly | 14 | - | - |
| pitiably | 15 | in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion | - |
| placably | 17 | - | - |
| pitchily | 18 | - | - |
| plaguily | 14 | in a disagreeable manner | - |
| pipingly | 16 | - | - |
| plyingly | 17 | - | - |
| pliantly | 13 | - | - |
| plurally | 13 | - | - |
| plushily | 16 | - | - |
| pluckily | 19 | in a plucky manner | he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods |
| plugugly | 15 | - | - |
| postally | 13 | - | - |
| popishly | 18 | like the Pope; in a popish manner | - |
| porterly | 13 | - | - |
| posingly | 14 | - | - |
| portably | 15 | - | - |
| porously | 13 | - | - |
| preppily | 17 | - | - |
| primally | 15 | - | - |
| preapply | 17 | - | - |
| provenly | 16 | - | - |
| pryingly | 17 | in a curious and prying manner | `Do you have a boyfriend,' she asked her prospective tenant pryingly |
| prissily | 13 | in a prissy manner | the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily |
| prolixly | 20 | - | - |
| putridly | 14 | - | - |
| quaintly | 20 | in a strange but not unpleasant manner | the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly |
| pulpally | 15 | - | - |
| pulingly | 14 | - | - |
| punchily | 18 | - | - |
| rakishly | 18 | in a rakish manner | she wore her hat rakishly at an angle |
| ramosely | 13 | - | - |
| ramously | 13 | - | - |
| ragingly | 13 | - | - |
| queasily | 20 | in a queasy manner | `Do I have to remove the liver,' the medical student asked queasily |
| quirkily | 24 | - | - |
| quotably | 22 | - | - |
| rateably | 13 | - | - |
| rancidly | 14 | - | - |
| ravingly | 15 | in a raving manner | - |
| readerly | 12 | - | - |
| readably | 14 | in a legible manner | - |
| reflexly | 21 | in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes | such effects can be induced reflexly |
| redbelly | 14 | freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell | - |
| rectally | 13 | - | - |
| overholy | 17 | - | - |
| pallidly | 14 | in a manner lacking interest or vitality | - |
| panderly | 14 | - | - |
| palpably | 17 | so as to be palpable | she was palpably nervous |
| paltrily | 13 | - | - |
| overwily | 17 | - | - |
| owlishly | 17 | in an owlish manner | the gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him |
| amorally | 13 | without regard for morality | - |
| amusedly | 14 | - | - |
| animally | 13 | - | - |
| alpinely | 13 | - | - |
| amenably | 15 | - | - |
| amazedly | 23 | - | - |
| apically | 15 | - | - |
| anodally | 12 | - | - |
| arcanely | 13 | - | - |
| arrantly | 11 | - | - |
| argutely | 12 | - | - |
| aversely | 14 | - | - |
| avowably | 19 | - | - |
| avowedly | 18 | as acknowledged | - |
| atonally | 11 | without tonality | he composes atonally |
| astrally | 11 | - | - |
