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coltishly (17 points)
COLTISH like a colt
C·3+O·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
crotchety (19 points)
Out of sorts to a notable extent
Perhaps having a note of anger
Out of sorts, to a notable extent
C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
crunchily (19 points)
CRUNCHIE derogatory name for an Afrikaaner
C·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
cultishly (17 points)
CULTISH having the qualities of a cult
C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
currishly (17 points)
CURRISH like a cur
C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
dashingly (17 points)
Showily
D·2+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
diachrony (18 points)
""Time the study and description of the change or development in the structural systems of a language over a stated period of time. Also called historical linguistics . Cf. synchronic linguistics . ; diachronic , adj . Linguistics""
D·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
diathermy (18 points)
Heat treatment
Are unsure about blood group ahead of extremely messy treatment
D·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
dichogamy (21 points)
""The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.""
D·2+I·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
dichotomy (20 points)
Division into two parts or kinds
Division into two parts
Dual nature
D·2+I·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 20 pts
doggishly (18 points)
How Robbie Savage plays for Rovers (wordplay)
D·2+O·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
dollishly (16 points)
DOLLISH {pretty=adj}
D·2+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
doltishly (16 points)
In a stupid way
D·2+O·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
donnishly (16 points)
DONNISH scholarly
D·2+O·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
doohickey (22 points)
Thingamajig (#8 on the list)
What-do-you-call-it
What-you-may-call-it.
D·2+O·1+O·1+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
doughtily (17 points)
In a doughty manner.
D·2+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
dullishly (16 points)
DULLISH somewhat dull
D·2+U·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
dystrophy (21 points)
Disorder involving wasting of muscle tissue etc.
D·2+Y·4+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 21 pts
entelechy (17 points)
Actuality of organizing Henley, etc
E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
epigraphy (20 points)
Stone-inscription study
Happy Geri upset to see the writing on the wall
Inscriptions putting end to male chauvinist musical genre hastily disembowelled
E·1+P·3+I·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
epochally (19 points)
Influentially
E·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
ethically (17 points)
In a moral way
After direction, City Hall works as it should!
They are around when I summon them in a moral way
E·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
ethnicity (17 points)
Cultural identity in the new large town
Race in the bustling business centre
Racial origin
E·1+T·1+H·4+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
ethnology (16 points)
Race course (wordplay)
Study of race origins
Study of different races and cultures
E·1+T·1+H·4+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
eurhythmy (23 points)
Heart harmonious proportions in a building. Architecture
E·1+U·1+R·1+H·4+Y·4+T·1+H·4+M·3+Y·4 = 23 pts
fairishly (18 points)
FAIRISH moderately good
F·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
flightily (19 points)
In a flighty manner.
F·4+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
foolhardy (19 points)
Confuse author Thomas?
Confuse author Thomas (wordplay)
Trick Oliver (wordplay)
F·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 19 pts
foolishly (18 points)
In a foolish manner.
F·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
foppishly (22 points)
FOPPISH characteristic of a dandy
F·4+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
frenchify (23 points)
To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
F·4+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 23 pts
gawkishly (23 points)
GAWKISH {awkward=adj}
G·2+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
geography (19 points)
Scientific study of earth's surface
Place settings, collectively
You know where you are with this subject
G·2+E·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 19 pts
girlishly (16 points)
In the way a lass would
How some giggle
G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
grouchily (18 points)
GROUCH to {complain=v}
G·2+R·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
gushingly (17 points)
"", adv. 1. adv. 1.""
G·2+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
habitably (19 points)
HABIT to {clothe=v}
H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
hackberry (23 points)
A tree of the elm family with fruit resembling cherries
H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
haggardly (18 points)
In a haggard manner.
H·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
hagiology (17 points)
'Old wives' tales? N, more saintly (9)'
Saintly crone study, by the sound of it
Saint book not by Charteris
H·4+A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 17 pts
halfpenny (20 points)
Old coin, 24 to a shilling
British coin discontinued in 1984
Former coin
H·4+A·1+L·1+F·4+P·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
haltingly (16 points)
In a hesitant manner
H·4+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
haplessly (17 points)
Unfortunately, she's pally
Unfortunately
H·4+A·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
haplology (18 points)
Wooster for Worcester.
H·4+A·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 18 pts
harmfully (20 points)
HARMFUL capable of harming
H·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
hatefully (18 points)
In a malicious manner
How some letters to the editor may be written
H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
haughtily (19 points)
In a haughty manner; arrogantly.
H·4+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
hawkishly (25 points)
HAWKISH {warlike=adj}
H·4+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 25 pts
healthily (18 points)
Ill with the hay fever - hardly living thus
Salutarily
H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
hedgingly (18 points)
HEDGING the work of a hedger
H·4+E·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
heedfully (19 points)
HEEDFUL paying close attention
H·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
heinously (15 points)
In a wicked and odious manner
Outrageously wickedly
Boatman saved from abuse in holy order, shockingly
H·4+E·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
helically (17 points)
HELICAL shaped like a helix
H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hellishly (18 points)
HELLISH horrible
H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
helpfully (20 points)
HELPFUL giving help
H·4+E·1+L·1+P·3+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
heptarchy (22 points)
""A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.""
H·4+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 22 pts
herbivory (20 points)
HERBIVORE One of the Herbivora.
H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
hesitancy (17 points)
Slowness to act
Indecisiveness.
Indecision
H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
hideosity (16 points)
Abstract noun (-ity)
H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hideously (16 points)
House idly refurbished in a frightful way
Nearly retreat, knowing how ugly sisters behave (wordplay)
Horribly
H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hierarchy (20 points)
Status ranking system
System arranged in graded ranks
Governing levels of organisation
H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
hillbilly (17 points)
Clampett with two pairs (wordplay)
Jed Clampett, for one
Unsophisticated country person in USA
H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
histology (16 points)
Branch of biology, studies the structure of tissue
Microscopic study of plant and animal tissues
Branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of tissue
H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
hoggishly (20 points)
""HOGGISH coarsely selfish, also HOGLIKE""
H·4+O·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
homophony (22 points)
Sameness of sound.
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
homoplasy (19 points)
See Homogeny. Homogeny.
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
homospory (19 points)
HOMOS homo
H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
honorably (17 points)
""In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.""
H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hopefully (20 points)
If all goes well
Part 2 of the quotation
In a promising way
H·4+O·1+P·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
horseplay (17 points)
Messing about (as a steed?)
Boisterous antics in Equus (wordplay)
Drama about Trigger (wordplay)
H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
hortatory (15 points)
Surprise in mid thirties for a British politician giving advice
H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
hostilely (15 points)
Steps through church so described with enmity
H·4+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
hostility (15 points)
A state of deep-seated ill-will
The wrong attitude if you're being an entertainer, perhaps
Aggression
H·4+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
howlingly (19 points)
HOWLING a mournful cry
H·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
hugeously (16 points)
HUGEOUS {huge=adj}
H·4+U·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hurriedly (16 points)
In haste
H·4+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
hurtfully (18 points)
Within jury (wordplay)
H·4+U·1+R·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
husbandly (18 points)
Frugal; thrifty.
H·4+U·1+S·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
husbandry (18 points)
The business of farming
Thrift makes old man cut drink
Economical management or thrift
H·4+U·1+S·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
hybridity (21 points)
Hybridism.
H·4+Y·4+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
hydrology (20 points)
""The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.""
H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 20 pts
hymnology (21 points)
Music of a special form.
H·4+Y·4+M·3+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 21 pts
hypergamy (23 points)
""GAMY plucky, also GAMEY""
H·4+Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 23 pts
hypocrisy (22 points)
Pretense of virtue
Dishonesty of hard copy reflecting most of the risk on unknown quantity
The only vice that cannot be forgiven, per William Hazlitt
H·4+Y·4+P·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
inharmony (17 points)
*On the same page
On the same page
Singing like Pentatonix, e.g
I·1+N·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
inhumanly (17 points)
On island, Greek character with muscles squeezes head of Hector cruelly
In stupidly wasting last of after-shave, smell like an animal
I·1+N·1+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
knavishly (22 points)
In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.
K·5+N·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
laughably (18 points)
LAUGH to express mirth by explosive inarticulate sounds
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
lengthily (16 points)
In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
L·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+T·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
lethality (15 points)
Deadliness
Fatalness
L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
lithology (16 points)
""The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
lithotomy (17 points)
""The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
logomachy (20 points)
An argument about words.
Dispute concerning words
Leave Mum in lake and start your verbal sparring
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
loutishly (15 points)
LOUTISH ill-mannered and coarse
L·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
lumpishly (19 points)
LUMPISH {stupid=adj}
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
machinery (19 points)
Girl reaches across ravine to get plant
Plant herb, not rose, around ravine
Right inside a chimney, uprooted plant
M·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
mannishly (17 points)
MANNISH resembling a {man=n}
M·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
marshalcy (19 points)
""MARSHAL to put in proper order, also MARSHALL""
M·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
mawkishly (24 points)
In a mawkish way.
M·3+A·1+W·4+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
monophagy (20 points)
Eating only one kind of food.
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+Y·4 = 20 pts
monophony (19 points)
Music
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
monophyly (22 points)
Adverb
M·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
moonishly (17 points)
MOONISH {fickle=adj}
M·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
mycophagy (25 points)
Fungivorous.
M·3+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+Y·4 = 25 pts
mythology (21 points)
Edith Hamilton's forte
Leg ends with this
Leg ends here
M·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 21 pts
naughtily (16 points)
Duck having bitten top off flower is in a bad way
N·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
northerly (15 points)
Lorry then crashed in wind
From cold parts
Wind blowing south
N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
ohmically (19 points)
OHMIC relating to a ohm
O·1+H·4+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
oligarchy (18 points)
Government by a few
Government by small elite
Government by the few
O·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
orography (18 points)
""That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe. as, the orography of Western Europe.""
O·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
orthodoxy (23 points)
What most people believe
Accepted belief and practice
Conforming belief
O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+O·1+X·8+Y·4 = 23 pts
overhasty (18 points)
Rash; too fast
Too hurried
Too quick so to hover above wherer the pigs are
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
patchouly (19 points)
""A small shrubby mintlike plant (Pogostemon cablin syn. Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.Pogostemon cablin syn. Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.""
P·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
pathology (18 points)
Study of hiking choices (wordplay)
Branch of medicine
The study of the sidewalk diseases (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 18 pts
peevishly (20 points)
Model veils hype in a petulant way
With ill temper
Around six, he yelps about in a petulant way
P·3+E·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
pentarchy (19 points)
Government by five persons
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 19 pts
periphery (19 points)
Line acting as a boundary
Surrounding region
Outer limits
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
pettishly (17 points)
PETTISH {peevish=adj}
P·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
phenocopy (21 points)
PHENE an old name for benzene
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
phenology (18 points)
""The science of the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena, as the migrations and breeding of birds, the flowering and fruiting of plants, etc.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 18 pts
philately (17 points)
Donahue's hobby (wordplay)
Hobby of our thirty-second President.
Injured hip not long ago in a pursuit
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
philology (18 points)
Study of languages
Study of language
Literary study
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 18 pts
phonology (18 points)
Study of speech sounds
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 18 pts
photocopy (21 points)
Use a certain office machine
Use an office machine
Duplicate made with an office machine
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
photoplay (19 points)
Waldo Salt supply
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
phrasally (17 points)
PHRASAL pertaining to a group of two or more associated words
P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
phycology (23 points)
""The science of alg\'91, or seaweeds; algology.""
P·3+H·4+Y·4+C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 23 pts
phylogeny (21 points)
""The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.""
P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
piggishly (19 points)
PIGGISH greedy or dirty
P·3+I·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
polymathy (22 points)
The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 22 pts
polyphagy (23 points)
The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+Y·4 = 23 pts
polyphony (22 points)
Music institution once fraudulent
Old college not genuine? Conflicting noises perhaps here (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
preachify (22 points)
Go on at length and pacify her rages
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 22 pts
preachily (19 points)
PREACH to deliver a sermon
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
prudishly (18 points)
In a nice-Nelly way
In bluenosed fashion
In a Victorian manner
P·3+R·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
puckishly (23 points)
In a mischievous manner
P·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
raffishly (21 points)
RAFFISH {flashy=adj}
R·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
rakehelly (19 points)
Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.
R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
raunchily (17 points)
RAUNCH to tear away
R·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
rhizotomy (26 points)
Pl. rhizotomies Surgical severance of spinal nerve roots to relieve pain or hypertension.
R·1+H·4+I·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 26 pts
roguishly (16 points)
With great mischief
In a mischievous manner
R·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
ruthfully (18 points)
RUTHFUL full of compassion
R·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
ruttishly (15 points)
RUTTISH {lustful=adj}
R·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+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
seaworthy (18 points)
Reliable, in the main (wordplay)
Fit to be untied (wordplay)
In a fit state for ocean voyage
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 18 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
shadberry (18 points)
SHADE to screen from light or heat
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 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
showbizzy (38 points)
SHOWBIZ show business
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+B·3+I·1+Z·10+Z·10+Y·4 = 38 pts
shrubbery (19 points)
Area of small bushes
Bushy part of garden
Games pitch out in the garden
S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 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
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
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
sophistry (17 points)
Intentionally deceptive reasoning.
Subtle but misleading reasoning
Subtly fallacious reasoning.
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 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
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
speechify (22 points)
Orate
Harangue.
Harangue
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 22 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
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
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
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
stitchery (17 points)
Embroidered samplers and the like
Ornamental needlework
S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 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
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
synchrony (20 points)
The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
taphonomy (19 points)
The study of the conditions and processes by which organisms become fossilized.
T·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
teachably (19 points)
TEACH to {instruct=v}
T·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
teacherly (17 points)
TEACHER one who {teaches=v}
T·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
telepathy (17 points)
Brain picking (wordplay)
Thinking of making contact (wordplay)
Exchange of thoughts (wordplay)
T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
telephony (17 points)
Sound transmission science
Process of sound transmission wrapped in polythene
System in which one calls plastic polythene
T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
tetrarchy (17 points)
The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
T·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
theocracy (19 points)
Rule by priests
Opposite of a state of disbelief
Government by priests
T·1+H·4+E·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
theophany (20 points)
""A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.""
T·1+H·4+E·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
theosophy (20 points)
Blavatsky's boy and girl (wordplay)
The round girl becomes philosophical
Hope to shy (anagram) - mystical belief
T·1+H·4+E·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
thermally (17 points)
The 'Jolly Fellow' - how gliders ascend
How insulating clothing is designed to work
Heatedly from that friend of yours on the Bench
T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
thingummy (20 points)
Spare toothless so-and-so
The whatsit was watery and sticky
Teh whatsit is sticky but not stiff
T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 20 pts
thinkably (21 points)
THINK to formulate in the mind
T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
thirstily (15 points)
With great eagerness
With eagerness
T·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
thriftily (18 points)
Using fiscal prudence
T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
throatily (15 points)
THROAT to utter in a hoarse voice
T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
throughly (19 points)
Thoroughly.
T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
throwaway (21 points)
Not a line an actor should discard!
Casual fling abroad
Intended to be discarded after use
T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
toxophily (24 points)
O, Philip! It's so beastly in 19 across
Archery
T·1+O·1+X·8+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
tracheary (17 points)
Tracheal; breathing by means of trache\'91.
T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
treachery (17 points)
Traitor's act
Back-stabbing from three racy nuts
Betrayal destroyed thy career
T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
twitchily (20 points)
TWITCH to move spasmodically
T·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
uncouthly (17 points)
UNCOUTH uncultured
U·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
unearthly (15 points)
Heavenly or ghostly
Not of this world, supernatural
Heavenly haunt with lyre playing
U·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
unhandily (16 points)
HANDILY in a handy manner
U·1+N·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
unhappily (19 points)
Regrettably, unfortunately
U·1+N·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
unhealthy (18 points)
Maybe too much salt is dangerous
Not in good condition, ill
Harmful, in a way
U·1+N·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
unshapely (17 points)
Not well-proportioned
Peacekeepers recklessly say help is out of proportion
Play? Removing top in the Sun for circulation: that's not graceful
U·1+N·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
unsightly (16 points)
Perhaps blind to how ugly this is
Ugly view unsettling us nightly
In a mess.
U·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
unthrifty (18 points)
Not thrifty; profuse.
U·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

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