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saleslady (13 points)
Important worker Colloq.
Important worker: Colloq.
Department store worker.
S·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
saliently (12 points)
Sticking out by way of a projection
Most importantly
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
saltatory (12 points)
Making leaps and bounds.
Specialised for jumping
Proceeding by leaps
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
salubrity (14 points)
Healthiness.
S·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sapiently (14 points)
With insight and wisdom
Wisely
S·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
scatology (15 points)
Excessive interest in obscene things
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
schmaltzy (28 points)
Insincerely or effusively sentimental
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Old-fashioned and sentimental
S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 28 pts
scholarly (17 points)
Likewise, cars with holly (wordplay)
Likewise (wordplay)
Erudite student has left over a year
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
schoolboy (19 points)
In-form style of humour (wordplay)
Pupil of sorts
Rowe of Tiger fame
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
scrappily (18 points)
In a scrappy manner; in scraps.
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
scruffily (20 points)
SCRUFF the back of the neck
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
searingly (13 points)
So hot as to burn
S·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sectility (14 points)
The state or quality of being sectile.
S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
secularly (14 points)
In a way not related to religion
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
seemingly (15 points)
To all appearances.
On the surface
Apparently
S·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
selfishly (18 points)
With concern just for one's own gain
How misers act
In an unfeeling manner.
S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
semblably (18 points)
In like manner.
S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
seminally (14 points)
In an innovative and memorable way
From the very beginning
Seems that half the North is on your side in such a seedy way
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
semiology (15 points)
The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiotics.semiotics.
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
sensately (12 points)
SENSATE to {sense=v}
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sensually (12 points)
In a self-indulgent way.
How some massages are done
In a seductive way
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
seriately (12 points)
SERIATE to put in a series
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
seriously (12 points)
Joking apart, your isles are awful!
All joking apart
Extremely sour lies spread by unknown
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
serriedly (13 points)
SERRIED serry
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
servilely (15 points)
In a servile manner; slavishly.
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
servility (15 points)
Abject submissiveness
Slave-like deference of riotous liver in said city
Submissiveness
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
severally (15 points)
Cut and then join together one by one
One at a time
Not all together
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
severalty (15 points)
""A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.""
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sexlessly (19 points)
SEXLESS lacking sexual charactistics
S·1+E·1+X·8+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
sexuality (19 points)
State that may be fluid (wordplay)
Wrongly say I exult in carnal desires
Gender preference
S·1+E·1+X·8+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
shadowily (19 points)
SHADOW to make dark or gloomy
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
shallowly (18 points)
In a superficial manner
Secretive about worship, in a way that lacks depth
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
sickishly (21 points)
SICKISH somewhat sick
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
similarly (14 points)
In like manner
In the same vein
Likewise.
S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sincerely (14 points)
In a genuine way
In heartfelt manner.
One way to close a letter
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sinlessly (12 points)
SINLESS without sin
S·1+I·1+N·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sinuously (12 points)
In a wavy manner
Stray autobus bypassing the odd arch in a meandering way
S·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sketchily (21 points)
Just roughly, in an artistic manner
In a manner lacking details
The vessel I got roughly drawn into this in a sly manner
S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
slaphappy (21 points)
Whack a dwarf (wordplay)
Insult Mrs. Rockefeller?
Insult Mrs. Rockefeller (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
slavishly (18 points)
Foxy Liberal secured for Strictly
In the manner of a servant that's wasteful, cloaked in cunning
S·1+L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
slenderly (13 points)
In a gracefully thin manner
In a thin fashion
Slightly cunning about someone who might help with money (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
slouchily (17 points)
""SLOUCH to sit, stand, or move with a drooping posture""
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
sluiceway (17 points)
Artificial channel for water
S·1+L·1+U·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
smilingly (15 points)
With an amused expression
In a cheerful manner.
Cheerfully
S·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sociality (14 points)
Fellowship.
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sociology (15 points)
A human science
Study of human behaviour
College major
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
soldierly (13 points)
Like fighters possibly making Doris yell
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
solemnify (17 points)
SOLEMN {serious=adj}
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
solemnity (14 points)
It may hang over a memorial
Measure of seriousness
Single idiot interrupting my serious mood
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
soliloquy (21 points)
Caesarean delivery (wordplay)
Talk to yourself (wordplay)
Monologue on stage
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
solvently (15 points)
SOLVENT a substance capable of dissolving others
S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
songfully (16 points)
SONGFUL melodious
S·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sonically (14 points)
SONIC pertaining to sound
S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sottishly (15 points)
SOTTISH resembling a sot
S·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
soulfully (15 points)
With deep feeling
S·1+O·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
southerly (15 points)
Like some winds
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sparingly (15 points)
Very little cutting, calculating nicks
Mean to be doing it this way
In a frugal manner.
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
spatially (14 points)
How orbits are arranged
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
specially (16 points)
For a particular purpose
In particular
Particularly small diamonds quietly picked up by friend
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
specialty (16 points)
Special subject of study
Pediatrics, for example
Strong suit
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
splashily (17 points)
SPLASH to scatter liquid about
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
splintery (14 points)
""Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.""
S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
spluttery (14 points)
SPLUTTER to speak rapidly and confusedly
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sprightly (18 points)
What one ply's about? That's right
Full of life
Lively odds justly followed
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
springily (15 points)
With elasticity
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
squalidly (22 points)
In a squalid manner.
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
squashily (24 points)
Wily chap is about to reverse current, so I make my way through marshland
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
stability (14 points)
By a list it gets impaired (wordplay)
What a gyroscope may provide
Monetary policy goal
S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
starchily (17 points)
STARCH to stiffen a fabric
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
staunchly (17 points)
In a loyal way
Without ambivalence
S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
sterilely (12 points)
How one with writer's block works
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sterility (12 points)
Inability to breed
Inability to reproduce
State of being unproductive or barren
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
stiltedly (13 points)
How the actor playing the giant spoke (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
stoically (14 points)
By way of resignation
With a poker face
With fortitude
S·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
stolidity (13 points)
The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
strangely (13 points)
Play golf the Curtis way (wordplay)
In an odd manner
In a weird way...
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
studiedly (14 points)
In deliberate and premeditated manner
In deliberate or contrived manner
Duly edits in intentionally contrived manner
S·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
stylishly (18 points)
Still shy about start of year with class
How models dress
A la mode
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
suability (14 points)
Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
S·1+U·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
suasively (15 points)
SUASIVE persuasive
S·1+U·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
subacidly (17 points)
ACIDLY {sourly=adv}
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
subcolony (16 points)
COLONY a settlement of emigrants in a new land
S·1+U·1+B·3+C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
subduedly (16 points)
SUBDUED subdue
S·1+U·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
subfamily (19 points)
""One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.""
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+A·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
sublimely (16 points)
In a magnificent manner
In a spiritual way
In an outstanding way
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sublimity (16 points)
The quality or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sublunary (14 points)
Any worldly thing.
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
subtilely (14 points)
""SUBTILE insidious, also SUBTLE""
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
summarily (16 points)
In a summary manner.
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
superably (16 points)
""SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
supremely (16 points)
In a supreme manner.
S·1+U·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
surreally (12 points)
SURREAL having dreamlike qualities
S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
suturally (12 points)
In a sutural manner.
S·1+U·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
swinishly (18 points)
SWINISH resembling {swine=n}
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
swordplay (18 points)
Foiling son by clever verbal repartee!
Fencing - 's my sport (wordplay)
One of D'Artagnan's fortes.
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
syllabary (17 points)
""A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.""
S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
syllabify (20 points)
To form or divide into syllables.
S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
symbology (20 points)
'The Da Vinci Code' field
S·1+Y·4+M·3+B·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 20 pts
sympetaly (19 points)
Having united petals; gamopetalous.
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts

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