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Definition: Buoyantly |
BuoyantlyAdverb1. In a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "buoyantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Synonym: BuoyantlySynonym: chirpily (adv). (additional references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sister Longanecker galloping buoyantly up, a goose under each arm. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Buoyantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Buoyantly" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "buoyantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 轻飘飘地. (various references) | ||||
German | schwimmend (afloat, buoyant, floating, swimming). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 漂漂 (airily, with a light heart), 漂々 (airily, with a light heart). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | ひょうひょう (airily, aloof from the world, with a light heart). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 잘 뜨. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uoyantlybay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-l-n-o-t-u-y-y" | |
-2 letters: buoyant, butanol, notably, tunably. | |
-3 letters: auntly, botany, bounty, layout, outlay, unbolt. | |
-4 letters: about, atony, aunty, banty, baton, bayou, bloat, blunt, boyla, bunya, butyl, nobly, notal, outby, tabun, talon, tolan, tonal, tubal, unlay, yulan. | |
-5 letters: ably, abut, alto, aunt, auto, blat, blot, boat, bola, bolt, bony, bota, bout, bunt, buoy, loan, lota, lout, luna, lunt. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 6F 79 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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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)-... ..- --- -.--. .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01101111 01111001 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u o y a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 006F 0079 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)368781916780867891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinesisch, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국 |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , deutsch, Deutsche, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일 |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본 |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japaner, japanisch, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englisch, 영국 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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