ETYM Pref. a- + main. Related to Main.
1. At full speed; with great haste.
2. With all one's strength; SYN. with full force.
To a high degree; exceedingly; at full speed.

1. In a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; SYN. disadvantageously.
2. Without skill or in a displeasing manner; SYN. poorly, incompetently.
3. Evilly or wickedly.
4. In a disobedient or naughty way; SYN. mischievously, naughtily.
5. To a severe or serious degree; SYN. severely, gravely, seriously.
6. Very much; strongly; SYN. bad.
7. With great intensity; ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly' as in or); SYN. bad.
8. With unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display.

1. At a high rate or wage.
2. Favorably or with much respect.
3. In a high position or level or rank.
4. To a high degree or extent; SYN. extremely.

In a racy manner.

In a striking manner.

With strength or in a strong manner.

Instantly; quickly.

With vigor; in a vigorous manner; SYN. smartly.

1. To strike heavy blows; to beat
2. To beat heavily and quickly
3. To make a jarring sensation, as in running.

ETYM Latin populosus, from populus people: cf. French populeux.
Densely populated; SYN. thickly settled.

ETYM Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a debauch.
Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; squeamish.

ETYM Old Eng. squaimous, sweymous, probably from Old Eng. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head.
1. Having a stomach that is easily nauseated.
2. Easily disgusted; apt to be offended.

ETYM AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Swed., and Dan. öl, Lith. alus a kind of beer, Old Slav. olu beer. Related to Irish ol drink, drinking.
(Homonym: ail).
Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.

Fellow, buddy — used in informal address

1. A wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it.
2. A strong ale formerly brewed in Norfolk, England

strong (Yorkshire) beer.

1. Taken in through the pores of a surface
2. Retained without reflection
3. Wholly engrossed as in thought; SYN. engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped.

(Old Testament) Son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning 'one who has been strong against God').
In the Old Testament, Hebrew patriarch, son of Isaac and Rebecca, who obtained the rights of seniority from his twin brother Esau by trickery. He married his cousins Leah and Rachel, serving their father Laban seven years for each, and at the time of famine in Canaan joined his son Joseph in Egypt. His 12 sons were the traditional ancestors of the 12 tribes of Israel.

Extreme revolutionary, especially of French revolution of 1789.
A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Member of an extremist republican club of the French Revolution founded at Versailles 1789. Helped by Danton’s speeches, they proclaimed the French republic, had the king executed, and overthrew the moderate Girondists 1792–93. Through the Committee of Public Safety, they began the Reign of Terror, led by Robespierre. After his execution 1794, the club was abandoned and the name “Jacobin” passed into general use for any left-wing extremist.
The Jacobins were so called because they used a former Jacobin (Dominican) friary as their headquarters in Paris.
Extremist or radical in politics.

1. Having a determined will; SYN. strong-willed.
2. Marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment.