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CONTEMPLATIVELY

Definition: CONTEMPLATIVELY

CONTEMPLATIVELY

Adverb

1. With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CONTEMPLATIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)


Commercial Usage: CONTEMPLATIVELY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Nourished by the Word: Reading the Bible Contemplatively (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: CONTEMPLATIVELY

"CONTEMPLATIVELY" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONTEMPLATIVELY" is used about 7 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CONTEMPLATIVELY

Language Translations for "CONTEMPLATIVELY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

沉思地 (Pensively). (various references)

   

German

  

nachdenkliche (meditatively, pensively, reflectively, ruminatingly), nachdenklich (contemplative, meditative, meditatively, pensive, ruminative, thoughtful, thoughtfully, thought-provoking), kontemplativ (contemplative), in gedanken. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

merengve, elmélkedve. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

명상 으로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ontemplativelycay

   

Romanian

  

contemplativ (contemplative, meditative, meditatively, speculative). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "CONTEMPLATIVELY"

Words rhyming with "CONTEMPLATIVELY" (pronounced 'Con*tem"pla*tive*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)

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Anagrams: CONTEMPLATIVELY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-l-m-n-o-p-t-t-v-y"

-2 letters: contemplative.

-3 letters: incompletely, pinealectomy.

-4 letters: amylopectin, competently, compliantly, contemplate, polyvalence, potentially, tonetically.

-5 letters: colemanite, completely, completive, covalently, emetically, impotently, incomplete, malevolent, melanocyte, optatively, poetically, polyvalent, potentilla.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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