abstemiously

in a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails" ;

abstractedly

in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently" ;

abstractly

in abstract terms ;

abstrusely

in a manner difficult to understand; "the professor's abstrusely reasoned theories were wasted on his students" ;

absurdly

in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly rich young woman" ;

abundantly

in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely" ;

abusively

in an abusive manner; "he behaved abusively toward his children" ;

abysmally

in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" ;

academically

in regard to academic matters; "academically, this is a good school" ;

accelerando

with increasing speed; "here you must play accelerando" ;

acceptably

in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner; "she plays tennis tolerably" ;

accidentally

without advance planning; "they met accidentally" ; without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally" ; in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" ;

accommodatingly

in accommodation; "obligingly, he lowered his voice" ;

accordingly

(sentence connectors) because of the reason given; "consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor" ; in accordance with; "she acted accordingly" ;

accurately

with few mistakes; "he works very accurately" ; strictly correctly; "repeated the order accurately" ;

accusingly

in an accusing manner; "he looked at her accusingly" ;

acoustically

with respect to acoustics; "acoustically ill-equipped studios" ;

across

transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" ; to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across" ;

across the board

including all; "we got a pay raise across the board" ;

across the country

extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" ;

across the nation

extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" ;

actively

in an active manner; "he participated actively in the war" ;

actually

used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous" ; in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" ; as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually" ; at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air" ;

acutely

having a rapid onset; "an acutely debilitating virus" ; in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" ; in an acute manner; "she pitied her sister acutely"; "acutely aware" ; changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes" ;

ad

in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; "in AD 200" ;

ad hoc

for one specific case; "they were appointed ad hoc" ;

ad infinitum

to infinity; without or seemingly without limit; "talked on and on ad infinitum" ;

ad interim

for an intervening time; temporarily; "elected to serve ad interim" ;

ad lib

without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" ;

ad libitum

without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" ;

ad nauseam

to a sickening extent; "he played the song ad nauseam" ;

ad val

in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed; "the goods were taxed ad valorem" ;

ad valorem

in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed; "the goods were taxed ad valorem" ;

adagio

slowly; "here you must play adagio" ;

adamantly

inflexibly; unshakably; "adamantly opposed to the marriage" ;

adaxially

in an adaxial manner ;

additionally

by way of addition; furthermore; "he serves additionally as the CEO" ;

adequately

in an adequate manner ; in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree; "he was adequately prepared" ;

adjectivally

as an adjective; in an adjectival manner ;

adjectively

as an adjective; "nouns are frequently used adjectively" ;