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Definition: Defiantly |
DefiantlyAdverb1. In a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "defiantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
Synonyms: DefiantlySynonyms: contumaciously (adv), rebelliously (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Defiantly |
| English words defined with "defiantly": straight ♦ truculent, truculently ♦ unbent, unbowed, upright. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Defiantly she hit the ball again. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Defiantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Defiantly" is used about 313 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% | 313 | 16,314 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
defiantly | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "defiantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | ten spyte van (despite, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 反抗地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vzpurnì, vyzývavì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | niettegenstaande (despite, in spite of, notwithstanding), in weerwil van (despite, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | spite (despite, in spite of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en dépit de (despite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | trotzige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προκλητικά (plaguily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kihívó hangon, kihívó arccal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 言い寄る (to approach defiantly, to court, to woo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いいよる (to approach defiantly, to court, to woo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | apesar di (despite, in spite of, notwithstanding), apesar (despite, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efiantlyday wbrew (despite, in spite of), na przekór. (various references) pordesafio (despite), poracinte (despite). (various references) trots (defiance, despite, in spite of, in the face of, inspite, notwithstandig, notwithstanding, obstinacy, regardless of, scorn, with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ferociter, ferocius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Defiantly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: defaintly, defanitly, defently, defianly, defiatly, definantly, definatlly, definatly, defyantly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "defiantly" (pronounced dufī"untlē) |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-i-l-n-t-y" | |
-1 letter: inflated. | |
-2 letters: defiant, fainted, faintly, fetidly, flinted, inflate. | |
-3 letters: adenyl, afield, alined, daftly, dainty, daylit, deafly, deftly, denial, dental, dentil, detail, detain, dilate, entail, fadein, failed, fealty, featly, fetial, finale, finely, flayed, flinty, flited, flyted, lenity, lifted, litany, nailed, neatly, tailed, tenail, tineal. | |
-4 letters: ailed, alien, aline, anile, anted, daily, dealt, defat, deify, deity, delay, delft, delta, dynel, edify, elain, eland, elfin, elint, entia, faint, fated, fatly, fayed, feint, felid, fetal, fetid, field, fiend, filed, filet, final, fined, fitly, flied, flint, flite, flyte, ideal, inlay, inlet, laden, laity, lated, laten, layed, leady, leafy, leant, lefty, liane, lindy, lined, liney, linty, naled, nidal, nifty, teind, telia, tenia, tidal, tilde, tiled, tinea, tined, tyned, yenta, yield. | |
-5 letters: adit, aide, alef, alif, alit, anil, ante, anti, ayin, daft, dale, date, deaf, deal, dean, defi, deft, defy, deil, delf, deli, delt, deni, dent, deny, dial, diel, diet, dine, dint, dita, dite, dyne, edit, elan, etna, fade, fail, fain, fane, fate, feal, feat, felt, fend, feta, fiat, fila, file, find, fine, flan, flat, flay, flea, fled, fley, flit, idea, idle, idly, idyl, ilea, inly, lade, lady, laid, lain, land, lane, late, lati, lead, leaf, lean, left, lend, lent, lied, lief, lien, life, lift, line, lint, liny, lite, naif, nail, neat, neif, nide, nite, tael, tail, tain, tale, tali, teal, tela, tend, tide, tidy, tied, tile, tine, tiny, tyin, tyne, yald, yean, yeld, yeti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-i-l-n-t-y" | |
+3 letters: deflationary, identifiably. | |
+4 letters: deferentially, hyperinflated, indefatigably, refundability. | |
+5 letters: confidentially, differentially, faintheartedly, indefinability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 69 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ..-. .. .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01101001 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f i a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 0069 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387172756780867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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