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Words Containing ELY
5-Letter Words
(1 found)
6-Letter Words
(46 found)
- barely
- basely
- bluely
- cicely
- comely
- cutely
- direly
- elytra
- finely
- freely
- gamely
- homely
- hugely
- lamely
- lanely
- lately
- likely
- lively
- lonely
- lovely
- merely
- mutely
- namely
- nicely
- nudely
- palely
- purely
- rarely
- rifely
- ripely
- rotely
- rudely
- safely
- sagely
- sanely
- solely
- sorely
- steely
- surely
- tamely
- timely
- vilely
- widely
- wifely
- wisely
- yarely
7-Letter Words
(42 found)
- acutely
- agilely
- belying
- bravely
- brutely
- closely
- crudely
- densely
- doucely
- elysian
- elytron
- elytrum
- erosely
- falsely
- gingely
- gravely
- inanely
- irately
- jeezely
- largely
- lithely
- loosely
- misrely
- naively
- obesely
- ovately
- primely
- pronely
- relying
- shapely
- snidely
- sparely
- stalely
- stately
- suavely
- tensely
- tersely
- tinsely
- tritely
- vaguely
- weasely
- whitely
8-Letter Words
(88 found)
- actively
- affinely
- alpinely
- arcanely
- astutely
- aversely
- binately
- blithely
- bovinely
- chastely
- choicely
- coarsely
- crousely
- cymosely
- datively
- demurely
- divinely
- docilely
- effetely
- elytroid
- elytrous
- entirely
- equinely
- facetely
- facilely
- felinely
- fiercely
- finitely
- futilely
- gauchely
- hoarsely
- humanely
- impurely
- innately
- insanely
- jejunely
- jocosely
- lobately
- lunately
- lyrately
- maturely
- meagrely
- minutely
- morosely
- natively
- oblately
- obtusely
- opaquely
- ornately
- otiosely
- pedately
- politely
- princely
- ramosely
- remotely
- rimosely
- rugosely
- savagely
- scarcely
- securely
- sedately
- senilely
- serenely
- severely
- sombrely
- sparsely
- spritely
- sprucely
- squarely
- squirely
- supinely
- supplely
- sveltely
- uncomely
- uniquely
75 of 88 words shown
9-Letter Words
(88 found)
- abusively
- adversely
- amatively
- animately
- arcuately
- asininely
- austerely
- averagely
- awesomely
- baroquely
- bizarrely
- brittlely
- brusquely
- cognately
- comradely
- concisely
- connately
- contumely
- cordately
- costively
- cursively
- diffusely
- diversely
- elusively
- emotively
- eruditely
- evasively
- extremely
- fertilely
- festively
- fictively
- fulsomely
- furtively
- genuinely
- germanely
- hemelytra
- hostilely
- immensely
- intensely
- inversely
- irksomely
- leisurely
- lissomely
- massively
- mediately
- mundanely
- noisomely
- obliquely
- obscenely
- obscurely
- obversely
- operosely
- palmately
- passively
- pensively
- philately
- pinnately
- precisely
- privately
- profanely
- profusely
- proselyte
- puerilely
- purposely
- radiately
- restively
- reversely
- roseately
- routinely
- sensately
- seriately
- servilely
- sincerely
- squirrely
- steelyard
75 of 88 words shown
10-Letter Words
(90 found)
- ablatively
- abortively
- abrasively
- absolutely
- abstrusely
- accurately
- adaptively
- additively
- adequately
- adhesively
- adoptively
- allusively
- appositely
- aversively
- cocksurely
- coercively
- cohesively
- completely
- concretely
- contritely
- conversely
- creatively
- creaturely
- crescively
- curatively
- decisively
- definitely
- delicately
- delusively
- derisively
- desolately
- digitately
- discretely
- divisively
- effusively
- electively
- eruptively
- fearsomely
- femininely
- fugitively
- gladsomely
- gruesomely
- handsomely
- hemelytron
- illatively
- illusively
- immaturely
- impolitely
- inactively
- inchoately
- incisively
- infinitely
- inhumanely
- insecurely
- intimately
- lenitively
- literately
- lonesomely
- longsomely
- misrelying
- moderately
- negatively
- obdurately
- obligately
- obsoletely
- oppositely
- optatively
- pelycosaur
- perversely
- positively
- prepensely
- pristinely
- proselyted
- proselytes
- punitively
75 of 90 words shown
11-Letter Words
(124 found)
- adjectively
- affectively
- aggregately
- alternately
- assertively
- attentively
- bipartitely
- bipinnately
- burlesquely
- caressively
- causatively
- circinately
- cognitively
- collusively
- combatively
- compositely
- conjugately
- corporately
- corrosively
- deceptively
- deductively
- defensively
- desperately
- diffusively
- digestively
- disparately
- dissolutely
- effectively
- elaborately
- emulatively
- evocatively
- excessively
- exclusively
- excursively
- expansively
- expensively
- explosively
- exquisitely
- extensively
- factitively
- festinately
- formatively
- fortunately
- grandiosely
- grotesquely
- heartsomely
- hortatively
- housewifely
- imitatively
- immediately
- impassively
- importunely
- imprecisely
- impulsively
- inanimately
- inceptively
- inclusively
- inductively
- insatiately
- insensately
- insincerely
- intensively
- intricately
- intrusively
- intuitively
- invectively
- inventively
- inviolately
- irruptively
- iteratively
- lamellately
- lightsomely
- loathsomely
- lucratively
- masculinely
75 of 124 words shown
12-Letter Words
(117 found)
- afflictively
- aggressively
- appositively
- articulately
- assaultively
- attractively
- blithesomely
- capacitively
- collectively
- collegiately
- compulsively
- concessively
- conclusively
- connectively
- consummately
- convulsively
- coordinately
- correctively
- corruptively
- cumbersomely
- cumulatively
- decoratively
- definitively
- degenerately
- degressively
- deliberately
- depressively
- derivatively
- detractively
- digressively
- diminutively
- discursively
- dismissively
- dispersively
- disruptively
- dissuasively
- exhaustively
- expressively
- extractively
- federatively
- figuratively
- illiterately
- immaculately
- immoderately
- imperatively
- impressively
- imputatively
- inaccurately
- inadequately
- inappositely
- inchoatively
- incompletely
- indecisively
- indefinitely
- indelicately
- indicatively
- infinitively
- innovatively
- inordinately
- inveterately
- irrelatively
- irresolutely
- lachrymosely
- legitimately
- meditatively
- oppressively
- palliatively
- passionately
- pejoratively
- perceptively
- percussively
- perfectively
- permissively
- persuasively
- possessively
75 of 117 words shown
13-Letter Words
(91 found)
- acquisitively
- adumbratively
- adversatively
- affirmatively
- aggregatively
- alternatively
- appellatively
- applicatively
- appropriately
- approximately
- associatively
- assortatively
- attributively
- clandestinely
- coextensively
- comparatively
- competitively
- compressively
- conjunctively
- connotatively
- consecutively
- considerately
- consumptively
- contrastively
- cooperatively
- correlatively
- declaratively
- descriptively
- destructively
- determinately
- disjunctively
- distinctively
- explanatively
- explicatively
- exploratively
- facultatively
- imaginatively
- implicatively
- importunately
- inattentively
- ineffectively
- inexpensively
- informatively
- inoffensively
- inopportunely
- inquisitively
- inscriptively
- insensitively
- instinctively
- instructively
- intemperately
- interactively
- legislatively
- noninvasively
- originatively
- penultimately
- perspectively
- picturesquely
- precipitately
- predicatively
- predominately
- preparatively
- prepositively
- presumptively
- progressively
- prohibitively
- proselytising
- proselytizers
- proselytizing
- prospectively
- provocatively
- qualitatively
- quarrelsomely
- radioactively
- rebarbatively
75 of 91 words shown
14-Letter Words
(40 found)
- accumulatively
- affectionately
- alliteratively
- appreciatively
- apprehensively
- commensurately
- constitutively
- constructively
- contributively
- deliberatively
- disconsolately
- distributively
- exploitatively
- extortionately
- illegitimately
- illustratively
- inarticulately
- inconclusively
- inexpressively
- intellectively
- intermediately
- interpretively
- intransitively
- introversively
- manipulatively
- opinionatively
- postpositively
- preoperatively
- preponderately
- prescriptively
- proscriptively
- quantitatively
- remuneratively
- reproductively
- substitutively
- unattractively
- unpersuasively
- unregenerately
- unresponsively
- vituperatively
15-Letter Words
(26 found)
- argumentatively
- authoritatively
- collaboratively
- commemoratively
- communicatively
- compassionately
- comprehensively
- contemplatively
- demonstratively
- dispassionately
- inappropriately
- inconsiderately
- indeterminately
- insubordinately
- interrogatively
- introspectively
- postoperatively
- proportionately
- proselytization
- reduplicatively
- remonstratively
- retrogressively
- retrospectively
- sculpturesquely
- unimaginatively
- uninformatively
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