Definition of descriptively

"descriptively" in the adverb sense

1. descriptively

by giving a description

"these topics need to be treated not just descriptively"

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descriptively in Scrabble®

The word descriptively is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters descriptively:

DESCRIPTIVELY
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (152 words)

cervids, clerisy, credits, crested, crisped, crisply, cryptid, deceits, deciles, decries, decrypt, deicers, deistic, deities, delicts, deliver, delvers, depicts, deprive, derives, despite, devices, devilry, deviser, diciest, diester, dieters, dietics, dieties, directs, dirties, dirtily, discept, distyle, ditsier, diverse, diverts, drivels, eclipse, ectypes, eidetic, elicits, epicyte, epistle, erectly, evicted, evilest, eyelids, eyepits, eyeslit, livider, pedicel, pedicle, pelites, pelitic, pelters, periled, perlite, pestled, petrels, picrite, pierced, pierces, pieties, pitiers, precise, predict, preedit, prelect, preside, pyrites, pyritic, receipt, recipes, recited, recites, reclips, reedits, relived, relives, repiled, repiles, replied, replies, reptile, reslice, respect, respelt, respice, respite, resplit, restive, restyle, retiled, retiles, retyped, retypes, reviled, reviles, revised, revisit, riptide, riveted, scepter, sceptre, seedily, service, servile, servlet, sidelit, sievert, siltier, silvery, specter, spectre, spicery, spicier, spicily, spidery, spirted, spliced, splicer, steeply, sterile, stivier, striped, stripey, strived, stylier, svelter, sylvite, tepider, tepidly, tersely, tiderip, tidiers, tipsier, tipsily, tiredly, triceps, tripeds, tripled, triples, veilers, veilier, verdict, vesicle, visited, ycleped, yelpers, yielder, yperite

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word descriptively

DESCRIPTIVELY
(261)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(252)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(174)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(168)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(116)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(112)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(112)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(112)
DESCRIPTIVELY
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DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(104)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(96)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(96)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(96)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(78)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(68)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(64)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(52)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(40)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(36)
DESCRIPTIVELY
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DESCRIPTIVELY
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DESCRIPTIVELY
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DESCRIPTIVELY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In descriptively

DESCRIPTIVELY
(261)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(252)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(174)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(168)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(116)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(112)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(112)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(112)
YCLEPED
(110 = 60 + 50)
CRYPTID
(110 = 60 + 50)
DECRYPT
(110 = 60 + 50)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DECRYPT
(107 = 57 + 50)
CRYPTID
(107 = 57 + 50)
YCLEPED
(107 = 57 + 50)
EPICYTE
(106 = 56 + 50)
DEVILRY
(106 = 56 + 50)
SPICERY
(106 = 56 + 50)
ECTYPES
(106 = 56 + 50)
SPICILY
(106 = 56 + 50)
CRISPLY
(106 = 56 + 50)
PYRITIC
(106 = 56 + 50)
SPICILY
(104 = 54 + 50)
PYRITIC
(104 = 54 + 50)
ECTYPES
(104 = 54 + 50)
CRISPLY
(104 = 54 + 50)
YCLEPED
(104 = 54 + 50)
CRYPTID
(104 = 54 + 50)
ECTYPES
(104 = 54 + 50)
CRYPTID
(104 = 54 + 50)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(104)
DEVILRY
(104 = 54 + 50)
DECRYPT
(104 = 54 + 50)
DEVILRY
(104 = 54 + 50)
YCLEPED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SPICERY
(104 = 54 + 50)
CRYPTID
(104 = 54 + 50)
DECRYPT
(104 = 54 + 50)
EPICYTE
(104 = 54 + 50)
VERDICT
(102 = 52 + 50)
SPIDERY
(102 = 52 + 50)
SYLVITE
(102 = 52 + 50)
DEPRIVE
(102 = 52 + 50)
TEPIDLY
(102 = 52 + 50)
EVICTED
(102 = 52 + 50)
RETYPED
(102 = 52 + 50)
CERVIDS
(102 = 52 + 50)
DEVICES
(102 = 52 + 50)
SILVERY
(102 = 52 + 50)
CRISPLY
(101 = 51 + 50)
CRISPLY
(101 = 51 + 50)
RETYPED
(101 = 51 + 50)
ECTYPES
(101 = 51 + 50)
RETYPED
(101 = 51 + 50)
ECTYPES
(101 = 51 + 50)
PYRITIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPICYTE
(101 = 51 + 50)
CRYPTID
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPICYTE
(101 = 51 + 50)
DEPRIVE
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPICYTE
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPICERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
DECRYPT
(101 = 51 + 50)
SYLVITE
(101 = 51 + 50)
CERVIDS
(101 = 51 + 50)
SYLVITE
(101 = 51 + 50)
DEVICES
(101 = 51 + 50)
YCLEPED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EVICTED
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPIDERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPICILY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPICILY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPICILY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPICERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SPICERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SILVERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SILVERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
TEPIDLY
(101 = 51 + 50)
SILVERY
(101 = 51 + 50)
VERDICT
(101 = 51 + 50)
CERVIDS
(101 = 51 + 50)
PYRITIC
(101 = 51 + 50)
SYLVITE
(101 = 51 + 50)
PEDICEL
(98 = 48 + 50)
YCLEPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PEDICLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEPRIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
VESICLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
YCLEPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
YCLEPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EVICTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
VESICLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PIERCED
(98 = 48 + 50)
YCLEPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
DECRYPT
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREDICT
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEPICTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
ERECTLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PYRITES
(98 = 48 + 50)
ERECTLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
VERDICT
(98 = 48 + 50)
EVICTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PYRITES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CERVIDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
DECRYPT
(98 = 48 + 50)
STEEPLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
TIPSILY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CLERISY
(98 = 48 + 50)
CLERISY
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPLICED
(98 = 48 + 50)
TIPSILY
(98 = 48 + 50)
STEEPLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
STRIPEY
(98 = 48 + 50)
DISCEPT
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEVICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
STRIPEY
(98 = 48 + 50)
YPERITE
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEVILRY
(98 = 48 + 50)
YPERITE
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPIDLY
(98 = 48 + 50)
SPIDERY
(98 = 48 + 50)
SERVICE
(98 = 48 + 50)
DECRYPT
(98 = 48 + 50)
SERVICE
(98 = 48 + 50)
DECRYPT
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRYPTID
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRYPTID
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRYPTID
(98 = 48 + 50)
YELPERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
YELPERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
RETYPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
RETYPES
(98 = 48 + 50)
EYEPITS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRISPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
RETYPES
(98 = 48 + 50)
RETYPES
(98 = 48 + 50)
SERVICE
(98 = 48 + 50)
EYEPITS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRYPTID
(96 = 46 + 50)
DECRYPT
(96 = 46 + 50)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(96)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(96)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(96)
DELVERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
ECTYPES
(95 = 45 + 50)
ECTYPES
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
RETYPES
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPED
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ECTYPES
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DRIVELS
(95 = 45 + 50)
REVILED
(95 = 45 + 50)
REVISED
(95 = 45 + 50)
RIVETED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SEEDILY
(95 = 45 + 50)
ECTYPES
(95 = 45 + 50)
RETYPED
(95 = 45 + 50)
YELPERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEPRIVE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PYRITIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
VERDICT
(95 = 45 + 50)
CERVIDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
RELIVED
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEPICTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
YELPERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
DECRYPT
(95 = 45 + 50)
DRIVELS
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPICYTE
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRYPTID
(95 = 45 + 50)
DERIVES
(95 = 45 + 50)
SERVICE
(95 = 45 + 50)
DIVERSE
(95 = 45 + 50)
DIVERTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
STRIVED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SPLICED
(95 = 45 + 50)
TIPSILY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVICES
(95 = 45 + 50)
STEEPLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
YPERITE
(95 = 45 + 50)
STRIPEY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVISER
(95 = 45 + 50)
CLERISY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVILRY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVILRY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVILRY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVILRY
(95 = 45 + 50)
TEPIDLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEVILRY
(95 = 45 + 50)
SPLICED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SPIDERY
(95 = 45 + 50)
ERECTLY
(95 = 45 + 50)
SPICERY
(95 = 45 + 50)

descriptively in Words With Friends™

The word descriptively is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 27

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters descriptively:

DESCRIPTIVELY
(333)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(333)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (152 words)

cervids, clerisy, credits, crested, crisped, crisply, cryptid, deceits, deciles, decries, decrypt, deicers, deistic, deities, delicts, deliver, delvers, depicts, deprive, derives, despite, devices, devilry, deviser, diciest, diester, dieters, dietics, dieties, directs, dirties, dirtily, discept, distyle, ditsier, diverse, diverts, drivels, eclipse, ectypes, eidetic, elicits, epicyte, epistle, erectly, evicted, evilest, eyelids, eyepits, eyeslit, livider, pedicel, pedicle, pelites, pelitic, pelters, periled, perlite, pestled, petrels, picrite, pierced, pierces, pieties, pitiers, precise, predict, preedit, prelect, preside, pyrites, pyritic, receipt, recipes, recited, recites, reclips, reedits, relived, relives, repiled, repiles, replied, replies, reptile, reslice, respect, respelt, respice, respite, resplit, restive, restyle, retiled, retiles, retyped, retypes, reviled, reviles, revised, revisit, riptide, riveted, scepter, sceptre, seedily, service, servile, servlet, sidelit, sievert, siltier, silvery, specter, spectre, spicery, spicier, spicily, spidery, spirted, spliced, splicer, steeply, sterile, stivier, striped, stripey, strived, stylier, svelter, sylvite, tepider, tepidly, tersely, tiderip, tidiers, tipsier, tipsily, tiredly, triceps, tripeds, tripled, triples, veilers, veilier, verdict, vesicle, visited, ycleped, yelpers, yielder, yperite

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word descriptively

DESCRIPTIVELY
(333)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(333)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(279)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(234)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(234)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(124)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(124)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(120)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(120)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(78)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(74)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(62)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(41)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(36)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(36)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(35)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(35)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(33)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(32)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(31)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(30)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In descriptively

DESCRIPTIVELY
(333)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(333)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(279)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(234)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(234)
EVICTED
(134 = 99 + 35)
SPICILY
(131 = 96 + 35)
SERVICE
(131 = 96 + 35)
SPICERY
(128 = 93 + 35)
EPICYTE
(128 = 93 + 35)
CRISPLY
(125 = 90 + 35)
SYLVITE
(125 = 90 + 35)
DISCEPT
(125 = 90 + 35)
CRYPTID
(125 = 90 + 35)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(124)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(124)
RESPECT
(122 = 87 + 35)
SPECTRE
(122 = 87 + 35)
PICRITE
(122 = 87 + 35)
DEVILRY
(122 = 87 + 35)
SCEPTRE
(122 = 87 + 35)
CERVIDS
(122 = 87 + 35)
ECTYPES
(122 = 87 + 35)
SPICIER
(122 = 87 + 35)
DEVICES
(122 = 87 + 35)
YCLEPED
(122 = 87 + 35)
RESPICE
(122 = 87 + 35)
TRICEPS
(122 = 87 + 35)
SPECTER
(122 = 87 + 35)
SCEPTER
(122 = 87 + 35)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(120)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(120)
SPICILY
(119 = 84 + 35)
DECRYPT
(119 = 84 + 35)
PEDICEL
(116 = 81 + 35)
YCLEPED
(116 = 81 + 35)
PEDICEL
(116 = 81 + 35)
PEDICLE
(116 = 81 + 35)
SPLICED
(116 = 81 + 35)
LIVIDER
(116 = 81 + 35)
STEEPLY
(116 = 81 + 35)
VERDICT
(116 = 81 + 35)
DEPRIVE
(116 = 81 + 35)
DRIVELS
(116 = 81 + 35)
RELIVED
(116 = 81 + 35)
VERDICT
(116 = 81 + 35)
YCLEPED
(116 = 81 + 35)
DEPRIVE
(116 = 81 + 35)
VESICLE
(116 = 81 + 35)
CERVIDS
(116 = 81 + 35)
PIERCED
(113 = 78 + 35)
SERVILE
(113 = 78 + 35)
SILVERY
(113 = 78 + 35)
SVELTER
(113 = 78 + 35)
CRYPTID
(113 = 78 + 35)
SILVERY
(113 = 78 + 35)
EVILEST
(113 = 78 + 35)
STRIVED
(113 = 78 + 35)
SERVICE
(113 = 78 + 35)
DIVERSE
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRELECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PELITIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEVISER
(113 = 78 + 35)
SYLVITE
(113 = 78 + 35)
PREDICT
(113 = 78 + 35)
CRYPTID
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEPICTS
(113 = 78 + 35)
DIVERTS
(113 = 78 + 35)
CRISPLY
(113 = 78 + 35)
DECRYPT
(113 = 78 + 35)
STRIPEY
(113 = 78 + 35)
CRISPED
(113 = 78 + 35)
EYEPITS
(113 = 78 + 35)
RECLIPS
(113 = 78 + 35)
YCLEPED
(110 = 75 + 35)
CERVIDS
(110 = 75 + 35)
EVICTED
(110 = 75 + 35)
RETYPED
(110 = 75 + 35)
PEDICLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
VESICLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
VERDICT
(110 = 75 + 35)
EPICYTE
(110 = 75 + 35)
SPIDERY
(110 = 75 + 35)
CERVIDS
(110 = 75 + 35)
PYRITIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
DEVICES
(110 = 75 + 35)
ERECTLY
(110 = 75 + 35)
DEPRIVE
(110 = 75 + 35)
DEVILRY
(110 = 75 + 35)
EVICTED
(110 = 75 + 35)
VESICLE
(110 = 75 + 35)
DELIVER
(110 = 75 + 35)
REVILED
(110 = 75 + 35)
DRIVELS
(110 = 75 + 35)
PYRITIC
(110 = 75 + 35)
CERVIDS
(110 = 75 + 35)
DELVERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
SPICERY
(110 = 75 + 35)
SPLICED
(110 = 75 + 35)
DELVERS
(110 = 75 + 35)
ECTYPES
(110 = 75 + 35)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
DESCRIPTIVELY
(108)
SERVICE
(107 = 72 + 35)
VISITED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEPICTS
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPICILY
(107 = 72 + 35)
ECLIPSE
(107 = 72 + 35)
PIERCED
(107 = 72 + 35)
TEPIDLY
(107 = 72 + 35)
SERVLET
(107 = 72 + 35)
TEPIDLY
(107 = 72 + 35)
VEILERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PRELECT
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRYPTID
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPICILY
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPICILY
(107 = 72 + 35)
DERIVES
(107 = 72 + 35)
VEILIER
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRISPLY
(107 = 72 + 35)
ECLIPSE
(107 = 72 + 35)
SYLVITE
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPLICER
(107 = 72 + 35)
RIVETED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRYPTID
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPICILY
(107 = 72 + 35)
SERVLET
(107 = 72 + 35)
SERVICE
(107 = 72 + 35)
DISCEPT
(107 = 72 + 35)
REVILES
(107 = 72 + 35)
SERVILE
(107 = 72 + 35)
RECLIPS
(107 = 72 + 35)
PELITIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRYPTID
(107 = 72 + 35)
RELIVES
(107 = 72 + 35)
DECRYPT
(107 = 72 + 35)
SILVERY
(107 = 72 + 35)
SPLICER
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREDICT
(107 = 72 + 35)
SYLVITE
(107 = 72 + 35)
SILVERY
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DECRYPT
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CRISPED
(107 = 72 + 35)
REVISED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DECILES
(107 = 72 + 35)
PELVIC
(105)
PELTERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPICERY
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPICERY
(104 = 69 + 35)
PYRITIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
RESPICE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECISE
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPLICED
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPICERY
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPICYTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
DRIVELS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECISE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ECTYPES
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECISE
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPICYTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
EVICTED
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCEPTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
YELPERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
YELPERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
DELVERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPECTRE
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPICYTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PYRITIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
RECEIPT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CERVIDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
DECEITS
(104 = 69 + 35)
RESPELT
(104 = 69 + 35)
RECEIPT
(104 = 69 + 35)
TIPSILY
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRICEPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
YELPERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
YCLEPED
(104 = 69 + 35)
DICIEST
(104 = 69 + 35)
STIVIER
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPICYTE
(104 = 69 + 35)
RESLICE
(104 = 69 + 35)
RECIPES
(104 = 69 + 35)
DELVERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PELITES
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPECTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
ERECTLY
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPICERY
(104 = 69 + 35)
SIEVERT
(104 = 69 + 35)
SCEPTRE
(104 = 69 + 35)
REVISIT
(104 = 69 + 35)
VERDICT
(104 = 69 + 35)
PYRITIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
STIVIER
(104 = 69 + 35)
SIEVERT
(104 = 69 + 35)
DRIVELS
(104 = 69 + 35)
RESTIVE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PEDICLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ELICITS
(104 = 69 + 35)

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Words containing the sequence descriptively

Words that start with descriptively (1 word)

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Words that end with descriptively (2 words)

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