9-letter words ending with Y
Dive into the specific realm of 9-letter words that conclude with the letter Y. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with Y, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| everybody | 21 | Every person. | - |
| yesterday | 16 | the day immediately before today | it was in yesterday's newspapers |
| seriously | 12 | in a serious manner | a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce |
| certainly | 14 | definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') | she certainly is a hard worker |
| obviously | 17 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | the answer is obviously wrong |
| necessary | 14 | anything indispensable | - |
| emergency | 17 | a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage | - |
| perfectly | 19 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | a perfectly idiotic idea |
| carefully | 17 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | - |
| community | 18 | a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences | - |
| basically | 16 | in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature | He is basically dishonest |
| secretary | 14 | a person to whom a secret is entrusted | - |
| extremely | 21 | to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect | extremely interesting |
| authority | 15 | official permission or approval | authority for the program was renewed several times |
| literally | 12 | (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration | our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War |
| naturally | 12 | as might be expected | naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill |
| territory | 12 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | - |
| hopefully | 20 | with hope; in a hopeful manner | we searched hopefully for a good position |
| precisely | 16 | indicating exactness or preciseness | he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do |
| temporary | 16 | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis | - |
| democracy | 19 | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | - |
| butterfly | 17 | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down | - |
| discovery | 18 | the act of discovering something | - |
| accompany | 20 | be present or associated with an event or entity | - |
| currently | 14 | at this time or period; now | currently they live in Connecticut |
| testimony | 14 | something that serves as evidence | his effort was testimony to his devotion |
| generally | 13 | usually; as a rule | - |
| pregnancy | 17 | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | - |
| publicity | 18 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | - |
| celebrity | 16 | the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | - |
| chemistry | 19 | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | - |
| correctly | 16 | in an accurate manner | the flower had been correctly depicted by his son |
| curiosity | 14 | something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | - |
| specially | 16 | to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger |
| gradually | 14 | in a gradual manner | the snake moved gradually toward its victim |
| instantly | 12 | without any delay | - |
| legendary | 14 | celebrated in fable or legend | legendary exploits of Jesse James |
| frequency | 26 | the number of occurrences within a given time period | the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second |
| specialty | 16 | an asset of special worth or utility | - |
| virginity | 16 | the condition or quality of being a virgin | - |
| sincerely | 14 | written formula for ending a letter | - |
| imaginary | 15 | not based on fact; existing only in the imagination | a small child's imaginary friends |
| regularly | 13 | in a regular manner | letters arrived regularly from his children |
| integrity | 13 | an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting | the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development |
| virtually | 15 | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | virtually all the parties signed the contract |
| strangely | 13 | in a strange manner | - |
| secondary | 15 | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | - |
| certainty | 14 | something that is certain | his victory is a certainty |
| stupidity | 15 | a stupid mistake | - |
| monastery | 14 | the residence of a religious community | - |
| sexuality | 19 | the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | - |
| machinery | 19 | a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | the complex machinery of negotiation |
| initially | 12 | at the beginning | - |
| artillery | 12 | an army unit that uses big guns | - |
| sanctuary | 14 | area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | - |
| illegally | 13 | in an illegal manner | they dumped the waste illegally |
| privately | 17 | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned | it was discussed privately between the two men |
| inventory | 15 | a detailed list of all the items in stock | - |
| evidently | 16 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | she was in bed and evidently in great pain |
| jewellery | 22 | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | - |
| mythology | 21 | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person | - |
| necessity | 14 | anything indispensable | - |
| intensity | 12 | chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | - |
| typically | 19 | in a typical manner | Tom was typically hostile |
| infirmary | 17 | a health facility where patients receive treatment | - |
| sincerity | 14 | the trait of being serious | - |
| liability | 14 | an obligation to pay money to another party | - |
| amazingly | 24 | in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | amazingly, he finished medical school in three years |
| voluntary | 15 | (military) a person who freely enlists for service | - |
| formality | 17 | a requirement of etiquette or custom | a mere formality |
| geography | 19 | study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | - |
| mentality | 14 | a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | - |
| willingly | 16 | in a willing manner | I willingly accept |
| raspberry | 16 | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | - |
| seemingly | 15 | from appearances alone | the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned |
| stability | 14 | the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation | - |
| genuinely | 13 | genuinely; with authority | - |
| diversity | 16 | noticeable heterogeneity | a diversity of possibilities |
| brutality | 14 | the trait of extreme cruelty | - |
| endlessly | 13 | continuing forever without end | - |
| mandatory | 15 | the recipient of a mandate | - |
| maternity | 14 | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | - |
| fertility | 15 | the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | - |
| allegedly | 14 | according to what has been alleged | he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife |
| primarily | 16 | of primary import | this is primarily a question of economics |
| eternally | 12 | for a limitless time | - |
| nervously | 15 | in an anxiously nervous manner | we watched the stock market nervously |
| violently | 15 | in a violent manner | they attacked violently |
| presently | 14 | at this time or period; now | he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations |
| blasphemy | 21 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | - |
| hypocrisy | 22 | an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | - |
| biography | 20 | an account of the series of events making up a person's life | - |
| partially | 14 | to some extent; in some degree; not wholly | He was partially paralyzed |
| unhealthy | 18 | detrimental to health | - |
| purgatory | 15 | a temporary condition of torment or suffering | a purgatory of drug abuse |
| matrimony | 16 | the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | - |
| accessory | 16 | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | - |
| dragonfly | 17 | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | - |
| commodity | 19 | articles of commerce | - |
| patiently | 14 | with patience; in a patient manner | he patiently played with the child |
| hostility | 15 | the feeling of a hostile person | he could no longer contain his hostility |
| mercenary | 16 | serving for wages in a foreign army | mercenary killers |
| directory | 15 | an alphabetical list of names and addresses | - |
| captivity | 19 | the state of being imprisoned | he was held in captivity until he died |
| intensely | 12 | to a great depth psychologically or emotionally | she loved him intensely |
| blueberry | 16 | any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries | - |
| auxiliary | 19 | functioning in a supporting capacity | the main library and its auxiliary branches |
| inability | 14 | lacking the power to perform | - |
| purposely | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
| magically | 17 | in a magical manner | it disappeared magically |
| mortality | 14 | the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | - |
| visionary | 15 | not practical or realizable; speculative | visionary schemes for getting rich |
| unusually | 12 | to a remarkable degree or extent | she was unusually tall |
| painfully | 17 | in or as if in pain | she moved painfully forward |
| proximity | 23 | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit | - |
| exemplary | 23 | being or serving as an illustration of a type | an action exemplary of his conduct |
| dormitory | 15 | a college or university building containing living quarters for students | - |
| astronomy | 14 | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | - |
| planetary | 14 | of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | planetary motion |
| immensely | 16 | to an exceedingly great extent or degree | was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator |
| hierarchy | 20 | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | - |
| similarly | 14 | in like or similar manner | He was similarly affected |
| treachery | 17 | an act of deliberate betrayal | - |
| hillbilly | 17 | a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | - |
| astrology | 13 | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon | - |
| adversary | 16 | someone who offers opposition | - |
| adversity | 16 | a state of misfortune or affliction | debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity |
| smilingly | 15 | with smiles; in a smiling manner | the girl reminded her smilingly of their childhood spent together |
| photocopy | 21 | reproduce by xerography | - |
| logically | 15 | in a logical manner | he acted logically under the circumstances |
| diplomacy | 19 | wisdom in the management of public affairs | - |
| radically | 15 | in a radical manner | she took a radically different approach |
| arbitrary | 14 | based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice | an arbitrary decision |
| medically | 17 | involving medical practice | medically trained nurses |
| customary | 16 | commonly used or practiced; usual | took his customary morning walk |
| residency | 15 | the act of dwelling in a place | - |
| schoolboy | 19 | a boy attending school | - |
| sociology | 15 | the study and classification of human societies | - |
| itinerary | 12 | a proposed route of travel | - |
| antiquity | 21 | extreme oldness | - |
| cranberry | 16 | any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries | - |
| miserably | 16 | in a miserable manner | I bit my lip miserably and nodded |
| pathology | 18 | any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | - |
| ingenuity | 13 | the property of being ingenious | a plot of great ingenuity |
| anxiously | 19 | with anxiety or apprehension | we watched anxiously |
| pulmonary | 16 | relating to or affecting the lungs | pulmonary disease |
| knowingly | 20 | with full knowledge and deliberation | - |
| longevity | 16 | duration of service | her longevity as a star |
| anonymity | 17 | the state of being anonymous | - |
| musically | 16 | in a musical manner | She sang very musically |
| paternity | 14 | the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | - |
| brotherly | 17 | like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | brotherly feelings |
| aimlessly | 14 | without aim; in an aimless manner | he wandered around aimlessly |
| telepathy | 17 | apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions | - |
| posterity | 14 | all of the offspring of a given progenitor | we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity |
| admiralty | 15 | the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) | - |
| animosity | 14 | a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility | - |
| telemetry | 14 | automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means | - |
| supremacy | 18 | power to dominate or defeat | - |
| routinely | 12 | - | - |
| absurdity | 15 | a message whose content is at variance with reason | - |
| dysentery | 16 | an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | - |
| obscurity | 16 | the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination | - |
| obscenity | 16 | the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | - |
| seniority | 12 | higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service | - |
| depravity | 18 | a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | - |
| predatory | 15 | characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | predatory warfare |
| candidacy | 18 | the campaign of a candidate to be elected | - |
| actuality | 14 | the state of actually existing objectively | a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality |
| profanity | 17 | vulgar or irreverent speech or action | - |
| curiously | 14 | with curiosity | the baby looked around curiously |
| diversify | 19 | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | - |
| foolishly | 18 | without good sense or judgment | He acted foolishly when he agreed to come |
| momentary | 16 | lasting for a markedly brief time | a momentary glimpse |
| expressly | 21 | with specific intentions; for the express purpose | she needs the money expressly for her patients |
| normality | 14 | (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter | - |
| unhappily | 19 | in an unfortunate way | - |
| massively | 17 | to a massive degree or in a massive manner | tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms |
| excitedly | 22 | with excitement; in an excited manner | she shook his hand excitedly |
| carpentry | 16 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
| hurriedly | 16 | in a hurried or hasty manner | the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful |
| leisurely | 12 | not hurried or forced | at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace |
| scholarly | 17 | characteristic of scholars or scholarship | scholarly pursuits |
| vasectomy | 19 | surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible | - |
| olfactory | 17 | of or relating to olfaction | - |
| quarterly | 21 | in three month intervals | interest is compounded quarterly |
| ambiguity | 17 | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | - |
| vulgarity | 16 | the quality of lacking taste and refinement | - |
| propriety | 16 | correct or appropriate behavior | - |
| honorably | 17 | in an honorable manner | he acted honorably |
| furiously | 15 | (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner | winds were blowing furiously |
| statutory | 12 | prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute | statutory restrictions |
| swordplay | 18 | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | - |
| deformity | 18 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | - |
| profusely | 17 | in an abundant manner | he thanked her profusely |
| radiology | 14 | (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation | - |
| blatantly | 14 | in a blatant manner | they blatantly violated the laws |
| awkwardly | 23 | in an awkward manner | he bent awkwardly |
| digitally | 14 | by means of the fingers | the exam was carried out digitally |
| elegantly | 13 | with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner | the room was elegantly decorated |
| ethically | 17 | in an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics | he behaved ethically |
| neurology | 13 | (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders | - |
| playfully | 20 | in a playful manner | she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully |
| judiciary | 22 | persons who administer justice | - |
| viciously | 17 | in a vicious manner | he was viciously attacked |
| distantly | 13 | from or at a distance | dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness |
| unsightly | 16 | unpleasant to look at | unsightly billboards |
| dexterity | 20 | adroitness in using the hands | - |
| earnestly | 12 | in a serious manner | talking earnestly with his son |
| notoriety | 12 | the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality | - |
| willfully | 18 | in a willful manner | she had willfully deceived me |
| selfishly | 18 | in an egotistical manner | - |
| pituitary | 14 | the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain | - |
| ethnicity | 17 | an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties | ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations |
| migratory | 15 | habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work | migratory workers |
| indemnity | 15 | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury | - |
| dastardly | 14 | despicably cowardly | the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th |
| foolhardy | 19 | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker |
| gallantry | 13 | the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | - |
| circuitry | 16 | electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits | - |
| decidedly | 17 | without question and beyond doubt | it was decidedly too expensive |
| hairspray | 17 | - | - |
| citizenry | 23 | the body of citizens of a state or country | - |
| obstinacy | 16 | resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | - |
| oligarchy | 18 | a political system governed by a few people | one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy |
| liquidity | 22 | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility | - |
| cordially | 15 | in a hearty manner | - |
| fearfully | 18 | in fear | she hurried down the stairs fearfully |
| intensify | 15 | become more intense | - |
| cosmology | 17 | the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe | - |
| favorably | 20 | showing approval | he reviewed the play favorably |
| fragility | 16 | quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | - |
| chantilly | 17 | - | - |
| sterility | 12 | the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | - |
| throwaway | 21 | thrown away | throwaway children living on the streets |
| uselessly | 12 | in a useless manner | the furniture was sitting around uselessly |
| valiantly | 15 | with valor; in a valiant manner | he fought valiantly until the end |
| immensity | 16 | unusual largeness in size or extent or number | - |
| dentistry | 13 | the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth | - |
| anthology | 16 | a collection of selected literary passages | - |
| modernity | 15 | the quality of being current or of the present | a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village |
| supremely | 16 | to the maximum degree | he was supremely confident |
| indecency | 17 | an indecent or improper act | - |
| dichotomy | 20 | being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses | the dichotomy between eastern and western culture |
| colostomy | 16 | a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus | - |
| mockingly | 21 | in a disrespectful and mocking manner | - |
| occupancy | 20 | the act of occupying or taking possession of a building | occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal |
| outwardly | 16 | with respect to the outside | outwardly, the figure is smooth |
| summarily | 16 | without delay; in a summary manner | the suspected spy was summarily executed |
| indignity | 14 | an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem | - |
| crucially | 16 | to a crucial degree | crucially important |
| crematory | 16 | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | - |
| federally | 16 | by federal government | it's federally regulated |
| genealogy | 14 | successive generations of kin | - |
| barbarity | 16 | the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | - |
| autocracy | 16 | a political system governed by a single individual | - |
| tearfully | 15 | with tears; in a tearful manner | the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife |
| horseplay | 17 | rowdy or boisterous play | - |
| drunkenly | 17 | showing effects of much strong drink | He sang drunkenly |
| frivolity | 18 | something of little value or significance | - |
| bizarrely | 23 | - | - |
| austerity | 12 | the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) | - |
| ancillary | 14 | furnishing added support | an ancillary pump |
| orthodoxy | 23 | a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards | - |
| taxidermy | 22 | the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance | - |
| tributary | 14 | tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | - |
| unearthly | 15 | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | an unearthly light |
| dignitary | 14 | an important or influential (and often overbearing) person | - |
| breakaway | 21 | the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | there was a breakaway by the discontented members |
| liberally | 14 | in a generous manner | he gave liberally to several charities |
| healthily | 18 | in a levelheaded manner | the answers were healthily individual |
| cynically | 19 | with cynicism; in a cynical manner | Larsen's frost-blackened lips curved cynically |
| fervently | 18 | with passionate fervor | both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people |
| archenemy | 19 | - | - |
| admirably | 17 | in an admirable manner | the children's responses were admirably normal |
| passively | 17 | in a passive manner | he listened passively |
| viability | 17 | capable of being done in a practical and useful way | - |
| periphery | 19 | the outside boundary or surface of something | - |
| hideously | 16 | in a hideous manner | her face was hideously disfigured after the accident |
| festivity | 18 | any joyous diversion | - |
| cacophony | 21 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| causality | 14 | the relation between causes and effects | - |
| sprightly | 18 | full of spirit and vitality | a sprightly young girl |
| unluckily | 18 | by bad luck | - |
| dystrophy | 21 | any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | - |
| cataplexy | 23 | - | - |
| centenary | 14 | of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years | - |
| centrally | 14 | in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function | The theater is centrally located |
| outdoorsy | 13 | characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life | a rugged outdoorsy life |
| pageantry | 15 | an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes | - |
| weatherly | 18 | (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled | - |
| southerly | 15 | from the south; used especially of wind | a hot southerly wind |
| cunningly | 15 | in an attractive manner | how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure |
| disparity | 15 | inequality or difference in some respect | - |
| extremity | 21 | an external body part that projects from the body | - |
| gentility | 13 | elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | - |
| capillary | 16 | a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | - |
| assuredly | 13 | without a doubt | the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone |
| seaworthy | 18 | fit for a sea voyage | - |
| soliloquy | 21 | speech you make to yourself | - |
| solemnity | 14 | a trait of dignified seriousness | - |
| refectory | 17 | a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) | - |
| constancy | 16 | the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation | early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds |
| dutifully | 16 | out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner | he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday |
| antipathy | 17 | a feeling of intense dislike | - |
| adversely | 16 | in an adverse manner | she was adversely affected by the new regulations |
| morbidity | 17 | an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind | his fear of being alone verges on morbidity |
| minimally | 16 | to a minimal degree | the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire |
| sparingly | 15 | to a meager degree or in a meager manner | - |
| objectify | 26 | make external or objective, or give reality to | - |
| viscosity | 17 | resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) | - |
| pitifully | 17 | to a pitiful degree | wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women |
| jealously | 19 | with jealousy; in an envious manner | he looked at his friend's new car jealously |
| credulity | 15 | tendency to believe readily | - |
| defiantly | 16 | in a rebellious manner | - |
| eminently | 14 | in an eminent manner | two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution |
| electrify | 17 | equip for use with electricity | electrify an appliance |
| etymology | 18 | a history of a word | - |
| frigidity | 17 | the absence of heat | - |
| gleefully | 16 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | the old man had greeted her gleefully |
| callously | 14 | in a callous way | he callously exploited their feelings |
| catalepsy | 16 | a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
| awesomely | 17 | - | - |
| nonentity | 12 | the state of not existing | - |
| sensually | 12 | in a sultry and sensual manner | the belly dancer mover sensually among the tables |
| stylishly | 18 | in a stylish manner | she was dressed very stylishly |
| uniformly | 17 | in a uniform manner | a uniformly bright surface |
| upcountry | 16 | of or coming from the middle of a region or country | upcountry districts |
| reputedly | 15 | - | - |
| husbandry | 18 | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | - |
| infirmity | 17 | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | - |
| interplay | 14 | reciprocal action and reaction | - |
| longingly | 14 | in a yearning manner | he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit' |
| lyrically | 17 | in a lyrical manner | she danced the part of the Black Swan very lyrically |
| corollary | 14 | a practical consequence that follows naturally | blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love |
| fiduciary | 18 | relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another) | a fiduciary contract |
| gallantly | 13 | in a gallant manner | he gallantly offered to take her home |
| budgetary | 16 | of or relating to a budget | budgetary considerations |
| obliquely | 23 | to, toward or at one side | - |
| patrimony | 16 | an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) | - |
| militancy | 16 | a militant aggressiveness | - |
| schmaltzy | 28 | effusively or insincerely emotional | a schmaltzy song |
| sophistry | 17 | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | - |
| soldierly | 13 | (of persons) befitting a warrior | - |
| tactfully | 17 | showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner | he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble |
| vibratory | 17 | moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down | - |
| popularly | 16 | among the people | this topic was popularly discussed |
| inaudibly | 15 | in an inaudible manner | she spoke inaudibly low |
| laterally | 12 | in a lateral direction or location | the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally |
| devotedly | 17 | with devotion | He served his master devotedly |
| gainfully | 16 | in a gainful way | are you gainfully employed now? |
| obscenely | 16 | in a lewd and obscene manner | he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely |
| peasantry | 14 | the class of peasants | - |
| sedentary | 13 | requiring sitting or little activity | forced by illness to lead a sedentary life |
| shrubbery | 19 | a collection of shrubs growing together | - |
| spatially | 14 | with regard to space | spatially limited |
| unanimity | 14 | everyone being of one mind | - |
| pointedly | 15 | in such a manner as to make something clearly evident | he pointedly ignored the question |
| repertory | 14 | a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | - |
| philology | 18 | the humanistic study of language and literature | - |
| immediacy | 19 | immediate intuitive awareness | - |
| invisibly | 17 | without being seen | these organisms enter the body invisibly |
| hesitancy | 17 | a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | - |
| dromedary | 16 | one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia | - |
| doohickey | 22 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | - |
| duplicity | 17 | a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | - |
| haltingly | 16 | - | - |
| chocolaty | 19 | - | - |
| palmistry | 16 | telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand | - |
| plurality | 14 | (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) | - |
| prudently | 15 | in a prudent manner | I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom. |
| personify | 17 | represent, as of a character on stage | - |
| intercity | 14 | - | - |
| inversely | 15 | in an inverse or contrary manner | inversely related |
| janissary | 19 | a loyal supporter | - |
| crotchety | 19 | having a difficult and contrary disposition | - |
| demystify | 21 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from | let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about |
| chicanery | 19 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
| amusingly | 15 | in an entertaining and amusing manner | Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days |
| northerly | 15 | situated in or oriented toward the north | going in a northerly direction |
| ominously | 14 | in an ominous manner | the sun darkened ominously |
| passivity | 17 | the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | - |
| mendacity | 17 | the tendency to be untruthful | - |
| midwifery | 21 | the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | - |
| saleslady | 13 | a woman salesperson | - |
| staunchly | 17 | in a staunch manner | he staunchly defended his principles |
| telephony | 17 | transmitting speech at a distance | - |
| tautology | 13 | (logic) a statement that is necessarily true | the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology |
| unequally | 21 | in an unequal or partial manner | angry at being dealt with so unequally |
| unworldly | 16 | not wise in the ways of the world | this helplessly unworldly woman |
| sublimity | 16 | nobility in thought or feeling or style | - |
| preoccupy | 20 | engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
| radiantly | 13 | in a radiant manner | the bride smiled radiantly |
| perfumery | 19 | an establishment where perfumes are made | - |
| hydrology | 20 | the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation | - |
| indelibly | 15 | in an indelible manner | this tradition has left its mark indelibly upon the social, political, educational and industrial fabric of this country |
| irritably | 14 | in a petulant manner | - |
| expiatory | 21 | having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice |
| frugality | 16 | prudence in avoiding waste | - |
| furtively | 18 | in a furtive manner | the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night |
| bimonthly | 19 | occurring every two months | bimonthly visits |
| captaincy | 18 | the post of captain | - |
| carnality | 14 | feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness | - |
| averagely | 16 | - | - |
| advisedly | 17 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
| numbingly | 17 | - | - |
| painterly | 14 | having qualities unique to the art of painting | - |
| pecuniary | 16 | relating to or involving money | he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services |
| peaceably | 18 | in a peaceable manner | the tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises |
| skilfully | 19 | with skill | - |
| signatory | 13 | someone who signs and is bound by a document | - |
| soulfully | 15 | in a soulful manner | he looked at her soulfully |
| stoically | 14 | without emotion; in a stoic manner | he stoically accepted all suffering |
| riotously | 12 | in a tumultuous and riotous manner | - |
| synchrony | 20 | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves |
| symbology | 20 | the study or the use of symbols and symbolism | - |
| thingummy | 20 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | - |
| theosophy | 20 | a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul | - |
| theocracy | 19 | a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided) | - |
| pomposity | 18 | lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | - |
| pupillary | 16 | of or relating to the pupil of the eye | - |
| relevancy | 17 | the relation of something to the matter at hand | - |
| incurably | 16 | to an incurable degree | she was incurably optimistic |
| indemnify | 18 | make amends for; pay compensation for | - |
| impotency | 18 | an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | - |
| intricacy | 16 | marked by elaborately complex detail | - |
| laughably | 18 | so as to arouse or deserve laughter | her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well |
| damselfly | 18 | slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest | - |
| diathermy | 18 | a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents | - |
| concisely | 16 | in a concise manner; in a few words | the history is summed up concisely in this book |
| comically | 18 | in a comical manner | the tone was comically desperate |
| fecundity | 18 | the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination | - |
| feelingly | 16 | with great feeling | she spoke feelingly of her early childhood |
| endoscopy | 17 | visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope | - |
| enviously | 15 | with jealousy; in an envious manner | - |
| asymmetry | 19 | (mathematics) a lack of symmetry | - |
| androgyny | 17 | showing characteristics of both sexes | - |
| amorously | 14 | in an amorous manner | he looked at her amorously |
| abysmally | 19 | in a terrible manner | - |
| nominally | 14 | in name only | nominally he is the boss |
| pederasty | 15 | sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner) | - |
| millenary | 14 | the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
| wittingly | 16 | with full knowledge and deliberation | he wittingly deleted the references |
| scatology | 15 | a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) | - |
| slaphappy | 21 | cheerfully irresponsible | - |
| slavishly | 18 | in a slavish manner | his followers slavishly believed in his new diet |
| uncannily | 14 | in an uncanny manner | uncannily human robots |
| unreality | 12 | the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact | - |
| piteously | 14 | in a piteous manner | - |
| poignancy | 17 | a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow | a moment of extraordinary poignancy |
| reversely | 15 | - | - |
| illicitly | 14 | in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom | - |
| inhumanly | 17 | - | - |
| leniently | 12 | in a permissively lenient manner | he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime |
| lethality | 15 | the quality of being deadly | - |
| legionary | 13 | a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | - |
| lobectomy | 18 | surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain) | - |
| haughtily | 19 | in a haughty manner | he peered haughtily down his nose |
| cuckoldry | 21 | the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women | - |
| dubiously | 15 | in a questionable and dubious manner | - |
| comradely | 17 | heartily friendly and congenial | - |
| factually | 17 | as a fact or based on fact | they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement |
| gimmickry | 23 | a collection of gimmicks | - |
| geniality | 13 | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | - |
| hackberry | 23 | small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States | - |
| equitably | 23 | in an equitable manner | the inheritance was equitably divided among the sisters |
| brutishly | 17 | in an inhumane manner | - |
| adamantly | 15 | inflexibly; unshakably | adamantly opposed to the marriage |
| adoringly | 14 | with adoration | he looked at his wife adoringly |
| mutuality | 14 | a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) | - |
| necrology | 15 | a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography | - |
| obscurely | 16 | in an obscure manner | this work is obscurely written |
| obliquity | 23 | the quality of being deceptive | - |
| optimally | 16 | in an optimal and most desirable way | - |
| offertory | 18 | the offerings of the congregation at a religious service | - |
| osteology | 13 | the branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton | - |
| parsimony | 16 | extreme stinginess | - |
| memorably | 18 | in a memorable manner | Horowitz could play Chopin memorably |
| maxillary | 21 | the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium | - |
| millinery | 14 | hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner | - |
| zealously | 21 | in a zealous manner | she worked zealously to raise funds for the literacy project |
| zestfully | 24 | with zest | she scrubbed the floors of the new apartment zestfully |
| slenderly | 13 | in a slim or slender manner | a slenderly built woman |
| squirrely | 21 | - | - |
| ruinously | 12 | in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree | ruinously high wages |
| teasingly | 13 | in a playfully teasing manner | `You hate things to be out of order, don't you?' she said teasingly |
| tetralogy | 13 | a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels) | - |
| truepenny | 14 | - | - |
| undyingly | 17 | - | - |
| unclearly | 14 | in a manner that is unclear | - |
| unsavoury | 15 | not pleasing in odor or taste | - |
| variously | 15 | in diverse ways | the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants |
| sublimely | 16 | to the maximum degree | He seemed irritated at Edouard's questions but, apart from that, sublimely unconcerned |
| plausibly | 16 | easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | he talked plausibly before the committee |
| puerility | 14 | a property characteristic of a child | - |
| raucously | 14 | in a rowdy manner | - |
| rancidity | 15 | the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil) | - |
| photoplay | 19 | - | - |
| phonology | 18 | the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes | - |
| picaninny | 16 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | - |
