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Definition: IRREPRESSIBLY |
IRREPRESSIBLYAdverb1. In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed. |
Date "IRREPRESSIBLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
| "IRREPRESSIBLY" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IRREPRESSIBLY" is used about 11 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% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "IRREPRESSIBLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | de façon irrépressible. (various references) | ||||
German | unbezähmbare (indomitably), unbezähmbar (Dauntless, indomitable, insatiable, irrepressible, unconquerable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unquenchable, untamable, untameable). (various references) | ||||
Greek | ακρατήτωσ. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | irrepressiblyay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-i-l-p-r-r-r-s-s-y" | |
-5 letters: prebless, priseres, prissier, prissily, repliers, reprises, respires, risibles, spielers. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-i-l-p-r-r-r-s-s-y" | |
+3 letters: irrepressibility. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 52 52 45 50 52 45 53 53 49 42 4C 59 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-. .-. . .--. .-. . ... ... .. -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01010010 01010010 01000101 01010000 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010011 01001001 01000010 01001100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I R R E P R E S S I B L Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0052 0052 0045 0050 0052 0045 0053 0053 0049 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)43525239505239535343364659 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | allemand, "ερμανός |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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