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Definition: INFAMOUSLY |
INFAMOUSLYAdverb1. In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. |
Date "INFAMOUSLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1677. (references) |
Crosswords: INFAMOUSLY |
| English words defined with "INFAMOUSLY": Arrantly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "INFAMOUSLY": Divine Pagan. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The four traitors, who most infamously sold themselves to the Dorrites for office and political power.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | |
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| "INFAMOUSLY" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INFAMOUSLY" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "INFAMOUSLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | позорно (disgracefully, ignominiously). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | verrufene (disreputably), schändlich (deplorable, disgraceful, disgracefully, disreputable, flagitious, flagitiously, harmful, harmfully, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, nefarious, nefariously, opprobrious, rascally, scurvy, shameful, shamefully, shocking, villainously). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | infamouslyay ruşinos (bashful, discreditable, disgraceful, disgracefully, ignoble, infamous, inglorious, maidenlike, milky, nefarious, opprobrious, outrageous, scandalous, shameful, sheepish, shy, sky), degradant (degrading, infamous). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"INFAMOUSLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: infameously. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "INFAMOUSLY" (pronounced 'In"fa*mous*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-m-n-o-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: famously, foilsman, infamous, laminous. | |
-3 letters: alimony, alumins, foamily, foliums, malison, moanful, moulins, mousily, solanum. | |
-4 letters: aimful, aliyos, aloins, alumin, alumni, amnios, animus, asylum, family, famous, famuli, fanums, finals, flimsy, flyman, folium, fusain, fusion, infamy, inlays, insoul, limans, linums, lumina, mainly, manful, miaous, miauls, mislay, moulin, muslin, myosin, nosily, oilman, salify, salmon, simony, sinful. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 46 41 4D 4F 55 53 4C 59 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ..-. .- -- --- ..- ... .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01000110 01000001 01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011 01001100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N F A M O U S L Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0046 0041 004D 004F 0055 0053 004C 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43484035474955534659 |
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