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1. able, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1382
...In predicative use, with for (in early use also with to). Capable of, having sufficient strength or power for; ready for, fit to cope with. Now chiefly ...
2. about-face, adv. and n. View full entry 1820
...So as to face in the opposite direction; so as to reverse one's position. Also: back to front....
3. abreast, adv. and prep. View full entry a1450
...Side by side and facing or moving in the same direction. Cf. breast7....
4. ack emma, n. and adv. View full entry 1909
...The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloq.) the morning....
5. adrift, adv. and adj. View full entry 1578
...In or into a drifting condition; so as to drift without being moored, steered, propelled, etc....
6. aggressively, adv. View full entry 1793
...In an aggressive manner....
7. à la débandade, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1779
...In a manner or by a method not restricted by formation, discipline, or rules; in disordered haste; in confusion, disorder, or disarray; randomly. Occas. as ...
8. alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry c1400
...Used as a call to arms or warning of imminent danger, esp. of being attacked. Now literary (chiefly arch. and hist.)....
9. à outrance, adv. View full entry 1600
...See to (also unto) (the) outranceoutrance (also erron. à l'outrance)....
10. armorially, adv. View full entry 1861
...In an armorial manner; in a way that pertains to arms or armour....
11. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
12. asap, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1954
...As soon as possible; as quickly as possible, straightaway. Also as ...
13. athwart, adv. and prep. View full entry c1470
...Across from side to side, transversely; usually, but not necessarily, in an oblique direction....
14. atomically, adv. View full entry 1659
...Chiefly Hist. Sci. In the form of atoms, by means of atoms; (also) in accordance with the principles of atomic theory....
15. avaunt, adv., int., and prefix View full entry c1400
...Forward, to the front. Obs....
16. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
17. ballistically, adv. View full entry 1879
...In a ballistic manner; following a ballistic trajectory. Also: as regards ballistics....
18. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
19. ˈbarehanded, adj. and adv. View full entry c1440
...Having nothing in or covering the hands, esp. carrying no weapon....
20. baresark, n. and adv. View full entry 1841
...A berserker (see berserk), or wild Norse warrior; sometimes explained as a warrior fighting in his ‘bare shirt’. Also attrib....
