adv. In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Primarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To a fathomless depth; profoundly. “Abysmally ignorant.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an academical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an achromatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of an acrostic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Actively. [ Obs. ] “Neither actually . . . nor passively.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of an adverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. “A murmur heard aërially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agamic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agonistic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By algebraic process. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By allodial tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Allied p. pr. & vb. n. Allying. ] [ OE. alien, OF. alier, F. alier, fr. L. alligare to bind to; ad + ligare to bind. Cf. Alligate, Alloy, Allay, Ligament. ] 1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. [ 1913 Webster ]

O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. [ 1913 Webster ]

These three did love each other dearly well,
And with so firm affection were allied. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The virtue nearest to our vice allied. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ally is generally used in the passive form or reflexively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Allies [ See Ally, v. ] 1. A relative; a kinsman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English soldiers and their French allies. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Alley, a marble or taw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allium garlic + -yl. ] (Chem.) An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amatorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. “Smelt ambrosially.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form or manner of an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an analogical sense; in accordance with analogy; by way of similitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prince is analogically styled a pilot, being to the state as a pilot is to the vessel. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an analytical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anatomical manner; by means of dissection. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With regard to ancestors. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Physically. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Yearly; year by year. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With irregularity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of antiseptics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way antithesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apathetic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably. [ 1913 Webster ]

, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of apology. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apostolic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]