26K+ Words That Rhyme With DEFTLY

• taking care or paying attention

• as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact

• an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)

• arousing or provoking laughter

• beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

• not as expected

• experiencing odd bodily sensations

• with low volume

• in a manner that is pleasing to the senses

• with little weight or force

• used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

• to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)

• sufficiently; more than adequately

• referring to a quantity

• and nothing more

• without any others being included or involved

• with nevertheless the final result

• in the final outcome

• except that

• never except when

• as recently as

• being the only one; single and isolated from others

• exclusive of anyone or anything else

• in actual fact

• used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

• at present

• as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; as a modifier to add slight emphasis

• used as intensifiers

• of a dreadful kind

• in a terrible manner

• a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

• the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)

• an immature childish person

• an unborn child; a human fetus

• a very young mammal

• a project of personal concern to someone

• a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

• treat with excessive indulgence

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

• be identical to; be someone or something

• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

• have an existence, be extant

• happen, occur, take place

• be identical or equivalent to

• form or compose

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

• represent, as of a character on stage

• spend or use time

• have life, be alive

• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

• be priced at

• (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception

• each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified

• a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

• offensive term for a homosexual man

• a social unit living together

• primary social group; parents and children

• a collection of things sharing a common attribute

• people descended from a common ancestor

• a person having kinship with another or others

• (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

• containing or composed of fat

• a rotund individual

• a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

• transport by boat or aircraft

• transport from one place to another

• transport by ferry

• travel by ferry

• covering with fine light hairs

• indistinct or hazy in outline

• confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out

• enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

• marked by good fortune

• eagerly disposed to act or to be of service

• well expressed and to the point

• to a considerable degree

• in a heavy-footed manner

• with great force

• in a manner designed for heavy duty

• slowly as if burdened by much weight

• in a labored manner

• indulging excessively

• with hope; in a hopeful manner

• it is hoped

• a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; quantifier, plural pronoun; quantifier, plural

• by chance

• the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

• wealth reckoned in terms of money

• the official currency issued by a government or national bank

• small dun-colored North American flycatcher

• the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

• (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon

• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• to certain extent or degree

• pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

• (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

• in accordance with truth or fact or reality

• in actual fact

• in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers)

• used to give emphasis

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• bad; unfortunate

• without merit; of little or no value or use

• causing dejection

• with success; in a successful manner

• a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• a strong feeling of anxiety

• be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

• be concerned with

• disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

• be on the mind of

• lacerate by biting

• touch or rub constantly

• prior to a specified or implied time

• in the recent past

• knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

• a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

• in a swift manner

• United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933)

• completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

• totally and definitely; without question

• any specific behavior

• the state of being active

• an organic process that takes place in the body

• (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically

• from appearances alone

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• to a severe or serious degree

• (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

• evilly or wickedly

• in a disobedient or naughty way

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• without skill or in a displeasing manner

• in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage

• unfavorably or with disapproval

• with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• male goat

• without doubt or question

• in an intelligible manner

• clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

• in an easily perceptible manner

• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely

• so as to be complete; with everything necessary

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• the territory occupied by a nation

• the people who live in a nation or country

• an area outside of cities and towns

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• without question and beyond doubt

• at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

• being or occurring at an early stage of development

• of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

• during an early stage

• before the usual time or the time expected

• in good time

• belonging to the distant past

• very young

• expected in the near future

• holding or containing nothing

• a container that has been emptied

• devoid of significance or force

• needing nourishment

• emptied of emotion

• make void or empty of contents

• become empty or void of its content

• leave behind empty; move out of

• remove the contents of a container

• excrete or discharge from the body

• indicating exactness or preciseness

• just as it should be

• in a precise manner

• a young female horse under the age of four

• the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

• a stupid mistake

• the quality of being rash and foolish

• foolish or senseless behavior

• (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface

• a manner that is serious and solemn

• a solemn and dignified feeling