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| Word | Modifies | Used in a Sentence | Definitions |
| 61. deleteriously | verb | It deleteriously caused many problems. | having a harmful effect; injurious |
| 62. derisively | verb | They derisively answered our objections. | mocking; jeering |
| 63. desolately | adjective | it was a desolately dingy cottage. | dreary; dismal; bereft of hope |
| 64. despondently | verb | She despondently spoke of her loss. | feeling hopelessness; forlorn, heartbroken |
| 65. destructively | verb | He destructively criticized our plan. | injurious, detrimental, hurtful, designed to discredit |
| 66. deviously | verb | Deviously she described her activities. | not straightforward; shifty; underhanded |
| 67. diabolically | verb | He diabolically planned her downfall. | appropriate to a devil, especially in degree to wickedness |
| 68. dictatorially | verb | The King dictatorially ruled the country. | tending to dominate; autocratic |
| 69. dimly | verb | He dimly recounted the accident. | lacking brightness; obscure to the mind; lacking luster |
| 70. disastrously | verb | It disastrously caused us to lose face. | causing distress; extremely bad; terrible |
| 71. discourteously | verb | She discourteously dismissed her employee. | rude, ill-mannered, disrespectful, impolite |
| 72. discriminatingly | verb | They discriminatingly accused everyone of malice. | show preference or prejudice without regard to merit |
| 73. disdainfully | verb | She disdainfully maligned her Father. | scornful and contemptuous; mocking, derisive |
| 74. disgracefully | verb | He disgracefully appealed for leniency. | bringing or warranting shame |
| 75. dismally | verb | Dismally we faced the future. | causing gloom or depression; dreary; doleful |
| 76. disobediently | verb | She disobediently followed the guidelines. | refusal or failure to obey or follow orders |
| 77. disparagingly | verb | She disparagingly spoke about her husband. | speak in a slighting way; belittle; reduce in esteem |
| 78. dissolutely | verb | He dissolutely described her attitude. | lacking moral restraint; indulging is sensual pleasures |
| 79. distressingly | verb | Distressingly she recalled the events of the day. | causing strain, anxiety, or suffering; uneasiness |
| 80. dogmatically | verb | He dogmatically ran the office . | authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved principles |
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