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1. accidently, adv. View full entry ?a1425
...In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally)...
2. according, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...With to. Corresponding to something; agreeing, matching. Obs....
3. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
4. ahind, prep. and adv. View full entry 1753
...= behind (in various senses)....
5. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
6. altogether, adj., n., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying the object or complement of a clause, indicating that the whole of what it refers to is involved: all of (something); constituting or representing the entirety of (a place, group, etc.);...
7. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
8. anyways, adv. and conj. View full entry c1560
...In any way, in any respect, at all....
9. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
10. athwart, adv. and prep. View full entry c1470
...Across from side to side, transversely; usually, but not necessarily, in an oblique direction....
11. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
12. beaˈtifically, adv. View full entry 1627
...In a beatific manner; in a way that blesses; catachr. with supreme felicity....
13. hugger-mugger, n., adj., and adv. View full entry a1529
...Concealment, secrecy; esp. in phr. in hugger-mugger: in secret, secretly, clandestinely. Formerly in ordinary literary use, now archaic or vulgar....
14. lovely, adv. View full entry eOE
...Lovingly, affectionately. Obs....
15. much, adj., adv., pron., and n. View full entry a1154
...Of any physical object or entity: great in size or dimension; spec. (of a person) tall, large, bulky; (formerly also) †adult, grown up, mature (obs.). Now only in...
16. neither, adv. (and conj.), pron., and adj. View full entry c1150
...Introducing reference to alternatives or different things, about each of which a negative statement is made....
17. nice, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person: foolish, silly, simple; ignorant. Obs....
18. nohow, adv. and adj. View full entry 1775
...By no course of action, method, or agency; in no way, by no means, not at all....
19. not, adv., n., and int. View full entry 1299
...Preceding a simple tense or form of a verb. Now usually (chiefly N. Amer.) with a subjunctive verb in a subordinate clause....
20. nowheres, adv., pron., and n. View full entry 1847
...In or at no place; to no place. Cf. nowhere...
