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DESIRABLY

Definition: DESIRABLY

DESIRABLY

Adverb

1. In a desirable manner.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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)

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Non-Fiction Usage: DESIRABLY

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: DESIRABLY

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%6143,867

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

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Modern Translations: DESIRABLY

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

   

Russian 

  

желательно. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: DESIRABLY

Derivations

Words ending with "DESIRABLY": undesirably. (additional references)


Misspellings

"DESIRABLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desserbil. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "DESIRABLY"

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)

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Anagrams: DESIRABLY

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.

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

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Alternative Orthography: DESIRABLY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 45 53 49 52 41 42 4C 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .    ...    ..    .-.    .-    -...    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000101 01010011 01001001 01010010 01000001 01000010 01001100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#83 &#73 &#82 &#65 &#66 &#76 &#89

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

383953435235364659

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INDEX

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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