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Definition: DESIRABLY |
DESIRABLYAdverb1. In a desirable manner. |
Date "DESIRABLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Crosswords: DESIRABLY |
| Specialty definitions using "DESIRABLY": S.J. table, secondary water terminal. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Although the evidence shows that many diagnostic methods are less than desirably accurate, current diagnostic interpretations still must be used until new, more sensitive, techniques are available and validated. (references) | |
Business | Suppliers should provide technical catalogs in English, and desirably in Chinese, for distribution to agents and firms. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DESIRABLY" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DESIRABLY" is used about 6 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% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "DESIRABLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 中意地. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | wünschenswerte. (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | "람직하게. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | esirablyday желательно. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DESIRABLY": undesirably. (additional references) | |
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"DESIRABLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desserbil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "DESIRABLY" (pronounced 'De*sir"a*bly'): Abominably, Acceptably, Accessibly, Accountably, Accustomably, Actionably, Admirably, Adorably, Advisably, Affably, Agreeably, Allowably, Alterably, Amenably, Amiably, Amicably, Answerably, ASSEMBLY, Assumably, Audibly, Avaiably, Brambly, Bubbly, Chanceably, Changeably, Chargeably, Charitably, Cognizably, Comfortably, Commensurably, Compatibly, Compellably, Comprehensibly, Conducibly, Conformably, Conscionably, Considerably, Contemptibly, Conversably, Convertibly, Covenably, Credibly, Creditably, Crumbly, Customably, Damnably, Deceivably, Deducibly, Demonstrably, Deplorably. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-i-l-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: bedrails, biasedly, bilayers, diablery, dialyser. | |
-2 letters: abiders, bailers, baileys, baldies, barleys, beadily, bedrail, bilayer, brailed, braised, bridals, bridles, darbies, derails, dialers, dialyse, disable, dryable, rabidly, readily, redbays, redials, ribalds, ridable, ridleys, seabird, sidebar. | |
-3 letters: abider, abides, abseil, aerily, aiders, aisled, alders, ardebs, aridly, ariels, ariled, bailed, bailer, bailey, balder, balers, bardes, barely, barley. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-i-l-r-s-y" | |
+2 letters: undesirably. | |
+3 letters: considerably, desirability, disagreeably, disreputably. | |
+4 letters: discreditably, indescribably, solderability, spreadability, subordinately. | |
+5 letters: addressability, ambidextrously, inconsiderably, indemonstrably, undesirability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 53 49 52 41 42 4C 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ... .. .-. .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01010011 01001001 01010010 01000001 01000010 01001100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E S I R A B L Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0053 0049 0052 0041 0042 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)383953435235364659 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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