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adv. In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Advisedly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [ Archaic ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bellicose manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a close manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Secretly; privately. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe
Her dainty couch with tears which
closely she did weepe. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. owned by a relatively few shareholders; -- of business organizations; as, a closely-held corporation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a concise manner; briefly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Confusedly; obscurely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In corymbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dense, compact manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a diffuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In different ways; differently; variously. “Diversely interpreted.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

How diversely love doth his pageants play. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In different directions; to different points. [ 1913 Webster ]

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously. “O falsely, falsely murdered.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely ? Jer. vii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Neatly; gracefully; properly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

adv. In a globular manner; globularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a harsh, grating sound or voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In immense manner or degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an incised manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Intently. [ Obs. ] J. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To an extreme degree; as, weather intensely cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inversely proportional. See Directly proportional, under Directly, and Inversion, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a loose manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an obtuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an obverse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a perverse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a premeditated manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a profuse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. proselite, OF. proselite, F. proselytus, Gr. &unr_;, adj., that has come, n., a new comer, especially, one who has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion; &unr_; toward, to + (prob.) the root of &unr_; to come. ] A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye [ Scribes and Pharisees ] compass sea and land to make one proselyte. Matt. xxiii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fresh confidence the speculatist takes
From every harebrained proselyte he makes. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Convert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Proselyted p. pr. & vb. n. Proselyting. ] To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prosélytisme. ] 1. The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conversion to a religion, system, or party. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. proselytized p. pr. & vb. n. Proselytizing ] To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte. [ 1913 Webster ]

One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make converts or proselytes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who proselytes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With purpose or design; intentionally; with predetermination; designedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

In composing this discourse, I purposely declined all offensive and displeasing truths. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng
By chance go right, they purposely go wrong. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a recluse or solitary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Righteously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a rimose manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Scarcely; hardly. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] Robynson (More's Utopia) [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Silly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scattered or sparse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In suspense. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a transverse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]