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1. abandonedly, adv. View full entry 1723
...In an abandoned manner; spec.without moral or sexual constraint, profligately;without bounds or restriction, freely....
2. abandonly, adv.2 View full entry 1757
...Without constraint....
3. abeam, adv. View full entry 1789
...On a line at right angles to a ship's course; opposite the middle of a vessel. Later also of an aircraft. Cf. beam17....
4. abeigh, adv. View full entry c1707
...Aloof, apart; away, at a distance....
5. abhorrently, adv. View full entry 1779
...With abhorrence or revulsion; in a manner indicative of disgust or loathing. Now rare....
6. abloom, adj. and adv. View full entry 1729
...In predicative use only: that is in bloom; covered with flowers. Also fig....
7. aboil, adv. and adj. View full entry 1774
...Chiefly Sc. In or into a boiling state; at boiling point. Also fig....
8. Abrahamically, adv. View full entry 1708
...With reference to the biblical patriarch Abraham, in an Abrahamic manner; in accordance with the practices and beliefs established by Abraham....
9. abridgedly, adv. View full entry 1704
...In an abridged form; concisely, in brief....
10. abruptedly, adv. View full entry 1784
...= abruptly...
11. abundante cautela, adv. View full entry a1726
...= ex abundante cautela...
12. a cappella, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1785
...Without instrumental accompaniment (originally applied to choral music)....
13. accelerando, adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1784
...With a gradual increase of speed. Freq. as an instruction in a score....
14. acceleratedly, adv. View full entry 1753
...In an accelerated manner; with ever increasing speed....
15. accommodatingly, adv. View full entry 1796
...In an accommodating manner; so as to suit or convenience; conveniently, obligingly....
16. accusatively, adv. View full entry 1743
...Grammar. In the form or manner of an accusative....
17. achingly, adv. View full entry 1765
...In an aching manner; so as to cause continuous dull pain; fig. acutely, intensely....
18. acicularly, adv. View full entry 1796
...In the manner of needles or aciculae; in needle-shaped forms....
19. acrimoniously, adv. View full entry 1753
...In an acrimonious manner; with bitterness or severity....
20. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
