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Search phrase: singly

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All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iii.180of the inter'gatories. Demand them singly.of the intergatories. Demand them singly.
CoriolanusCor II.ii.85Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years,Be singly counter-poys'd. At sixteene yeeres,
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.168This pausingly ensued: " Neither the King nor's heirs,This pausingly ensu'de; neither the King, nor's Heyres
King LearKL III.vii.47I have a letter guessingly set downI haue a Letter guessingly set downe
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.vi.15That neither singly can be manifestedThat neither (singly) can be manifested
OthelloOth III.iii.72When I have spoke of you dispraisingly(When I haue spoke of you dispraisingly)
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.526Look thee, 'tis so. Thou singly honest man,Looke thee, 'tis so: thou singly honest man,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.247He must fight singly tomorrow with Hector,Hee must fight singly to morrow with Hector,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.ii.31have missingly noted he is of late much retired fromhaue (missingly) noted, he is of late much retyred from

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Glossary

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dispraisinglydisparagingly, critically, depreciatingly
fairsuccessfully, promisingly, favourably
fairlypromisingly, favourably, propitiously
guessinglyas conjecture, by guesswork
ill-favouredlybadly, unpleasingly, offensively
missinglyby being aware of absence, with a sense of loss
pausinglywith pauses, hesitantly, haltingly
sightlyappropriately, handsomely, pleasingly
singlyby another person, by a single individual
singlyuniquely, solely; or: truly, sincerely
strangelyunaccountably, surprisingly, unusually
sweetlydelightfully, charmingly, pleasingly

Thesaurus

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pleasinglysweetly
pleasinglysightly
promisinglyfair
promisinglyfairly
surprisinglystrangely
unpleasinglyill-favouredly

Themes and Topics

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Latin...riter (adv ) mw iv i 38   singly sit (v ) 3h6 i iii 48 su...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GUESSBASICguessingly adv
MISSBASICmissingly adv
PAUSEBASICpausingly adv
PRAISENOTdispraisingly adv
SINGLEBASICsingly adv

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