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Definition: INFALLIBLY |
INFALLIBLYAdverb1. In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly. |
Date "INFALLIBLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Crosswords: INFALLIBLY |
| English words defined with "INFALLIBLY": Inerrably. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "INFALLIBLY": Dogmatic Facts ♦ Freischütz. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Burke | As wealth is power, so all power must infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Progress infallibly awakens, and, in short, we might say that it advances even in sleep, for it has grown. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | My greatest apprehension was for my eyes, which I should have infallibly lost, if I had not suddenly thought of an expedient. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "INFALLIBLY" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INFALLIBLY" is used about 16 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% | 16 | 87,710 |
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 |
infallibly | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "INFALLIBLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لغزش ناپذیری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | unfehlbare (impeccably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλαθητώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tévedhetetlenül, csalhatatlanul (impeccably, unfailingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infalliblyay fãrã greş. (various references) infaliblemente (surely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"INFALLIBLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: infallibily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "INFALLIBLY" (pronounced 'In*fal"li*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-f-i-i-l-l-l-n-y" | |
-2 letters: fallibly, filially. | |
-3 letters: finally. | |
-4 letters: filial, finial, infall. | |
-5 letters: alibi, allyl, bally, biali, bialy, billy, binal, blain, blini, filly, final, flail, ilial, inlay. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-f-i-i-l-l-l-n-y" | |
+3 letters: infallibility. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 46 41 4C 4C 49 42 4C 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ..-. .- .-.. .-.. .. -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01000110 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01000010 01001100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N F A L L I B L Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0046 0041 004C 004C 0049 0042 004C 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43484035464643364659 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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