p.a.

by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received); "he earned $100,000 per annum"; "we issue six volumes per annum" ;

p.m.

between noon and midnight; "let's meet at 8 P.M." ;

pacifically

in a peaceable manner; "the tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing the several covenants herein on his part contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises" ;

pacifistically

in a pacifistic manner; "the pacifistically inclined liberals" ;

painfully

unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious" ; in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded" ;

painlessly

without pain; "after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly" ;

painstakingly

in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling" ;

palatably

in a palatable way ;

palely

in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color; "his wife, always palely appealing" ; in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" ;

pallidly

in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" ;

palmately

in a palmate manner; "palmately cleft" ;

palpably

so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous" ;

pantingly

as someone winded and out of breath; "he came running after us pantingly" ;

par excellence

to a degree of excellence; "he is the honest politician par excellence" ;

paradoxically

in a paradoxical manner; "paradoxically, ice ages seem to occur when the sun gets hotter" ;

parasitically

in a parasitic manner ;

pardonably

in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree; "he was excusably late" ;

parentally

in a parental manner ;

parenterally

by parenteral means; "the drug is intended to be administered parenterally" ;

parenthetically

in a parenthetical manner; "he added parenthetically that he would not attend the wedding ceremony" ;

pari passu

used in legal language ;

parochially

in a parochial manner; "parochially narrow in his outlook" ;

part

in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" ;

part-time

for less than the standard number of hours; "he works part-time" ;

partially

in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" ;

particularly

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger" ; uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles ; specifically or especially distinguished from others; "loves Bach, particularly his partitas"; "recommended one book in particular"; "trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular" ;

partly

in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" ;

passably

to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" ;

passim

used to refer to cited works ;

passing

to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective" ;

passionately

in a stormy or violent manner ; with passion; "she kissed him passionately" ;

passively

in a passive manner; "he listened passively" ;

past

so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes past" ;

pat

completely or perfectly; "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat" ;

patchily

in spots ;

patently

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" ;

paternally

in a paternal manner; "he behaves very paternally toward his young bride" ;

pathetically

arousing scornful pity; "they had pathetically little money"; "it was pathetically bad" ; in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically" ;

pathogenically

in a pathogenic manner ;

pathologically

with respect to pathology; "pathologically interesting results" ;