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1. aback, adv. View full entry OE
...In a backward direction; to or towards the rear; back. Also fig. and in extended use: from the scene of action, away, to a distance; to a former place or...
2. † abackstays, adv. View full entry 1630
...In line with the direction of the wind; with sails positioned in this way, thus presenting no surface to the wind....
3. abackward, adv. View full entry c1275
...= backward...
4. † abackwards, adv. View full entry a1477
...= back5. Cf. abackward...
5. abaft, adv. and prep. View full entry a1400
...Chiefly Naut. To or towards the rear; backward....
6. abaht, adv. and prep. View full entry 1839
...About....
7. † abandon, adv. View full entry a1250
...Under control or authority; at one's disposal....
8. abandonedly, adv. View full entry 1723
...In an abandoned manner; spec.without moral or sexual constraint, profligately;without bounds or restriction, freely....
9. † abandonly, adv.1 View full entry 1487
...Recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly....
10. abandonly, adv.2 View full entry 1757
...Without constraint....
11. † abase, adv. View full entry a1450
...Down, low; back....
12. abasedly, adv. View full entry 1830
...In an abased, humbled, or humiliated manner; abjectly....
13. abashedly, adv. View full entry ?a1500
...In an abashed manner....
14. abbreviately, adv. View full entry 1599
...In an abbreviated manner or form; shortly, briefly, concisely....
15. abdominally, adv. View full entry 1831
...In or with reference to the abdomen; in a manner that involves the abdomen....
16. 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....
17. abeat, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1857
...Esp. with reference to the heart: so as to beat, in a state of beating (typically quickly, because of excitement or strong emotion); freq. in to set abeat. Also as...
18. abed, adv. View full entry c1300
...In bed. Now somewhat arch....
19. † abeere, adv. View full entry a1450
...On, upon, or to a bier. Only in to bring abeere: to send to the grave, to kill....
20. † abefore, adv. View full entry 1431
...Before, formerly....
