12-letter words that end in ly
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- glisteningly — In a glistening manner.
- glitteringly — In a glittering manner.
- glossarially — In the manner of a glossary.
- gluttonously — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- homonymously — in a homonymous manner
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypabyssally — in a hypabyssal manner
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.