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1. actuarially, adv. View full entry 1864
...According to actuarial principles; on an actuarial basis....
2. actuarily, adv. View full entry 1877
...= actuarially...
3. ad crumenam, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1760
...With respect to or by means of monetary considerations; with (excessive) attention to financial interest. Also as : relating to money, financial. Cf. crumenically...
4. ad valorem, adv., n., and adj. View full entry 1662
...Esp. of a duty or tax: in proportion to value....
5. affordably, adv. View full entry 1775
...So as to be affordable; cheaply, inexpensively....
6. afloat, adj. and adv. View full entry OE
...Floating on the sea or on any stretch of water (or other liquid) of sufficient depth to support a body; not sinking, not aground; at sea, as opposed to being in dock...
7. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
8. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
9. ahead, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 1530
...With run, in figurative contexts: headlong; unrestrainedly, rashly, hastily. Cf. on head (head1f(c)(i)). Obs....
10. 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....
11. all right, adv., adj., int., and n. View full entry a1413
...Used as an intensifier at the end of a sentence or clause: certainly, indeed....
12. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
13. a-sale, adv. View full entry 1553
...On sale, for sale....
14. back, adv. View full entry c1300
...lit. In the direction of one's back, or the back of any object in question; toward the rear; away from a forward position. Often with the vb. (go, ...
15. backward, adv., adj., and n.2 View full entry a1300
...Of motion: In the direction of one's back or of that to which one's back is turned, as to lean backward, bend backward, fall backward, ...
16. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
17. bare, adj., adv., and n. View full entry c885
...Of the body or its parts: Unclothed, naked, nude....
18. beforehand, adv. and adj. View full entry ?c1225
...In anticipation of something so as to be ready for it; in advance....
19. behind, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c900
...In a place whence those to whom the reference is made have departed; remaining after the others have gone. Esp. used with leave3a (letobs.), remain...
20. behindhand, adv. (and adj.) View full entry 1530
...In arrear as to the discharge of one's liabilities, in a state of insolvency, in debt. (Const. with.)...
