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TREBLY

Definition: TREBLY

TREBLY

Adverb

1. In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TREBLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)


Synonyms within Context: TREBLY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Triplication

Adverb: three times, three fold; thrice, in the third place, thirdly; trebly; Adjective:

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Usage Frequency: TREBLY

"TREBLY" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TREBLY" is used about 9 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%9117,287

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

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Expression: TREBLY

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "TREBLY": over-trebly.

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

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Modern Translation: TREBLY

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

Finnish

  

kolminkertaisesti (threefold). (various references)

   

German

  

dreifach (ternary, three times, threefold, treble, triple, triplex, triply), hoch (advanced, big, cheer, dear, deeply, distinguished, elevated, exalted, extensive, great, heavily, heavy, high, high pitched, high ranking, highly, important, large, loftily, lofty, long, noble, quality, severe, short, superior, tall, to the power of, up). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τριπλασίωσ (threefold). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tree keayrtyn (thrice), tree fillit. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eblytray

   

Romanian

  

întreit (threefold, treble, triple). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

втрое;втройне;требли. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

gấp ba (trine, triple), ba lần. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: TREBLY

Misspellings

"TREBLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: treb, Treby, Treebys, Treflyf, treli, trely, trifly, trigly, trilbied, Trlby. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: TREBLY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-l-r-t-y"

-1 letter: beryl.

-2 letters: belt, blet, byre, byrl, byte, lyre, rely, trey, tyer, tyre.

-3 letters: bel, bet, bey, bye, let, ley, lye, reb, ret, rye, tel, try, tye, yet.

-4 letters: be, by, el, er, et, re, ye.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-l-r-t-y"
 

+1 letter: brutely, butlery, liberty, trembly.

 

+2 letters: betrayal, bitterly, blistery, blustery, rateably, terribly.

 

+3 letters: alterably, betrayals, breathily, brittlely, brotherly, butcherly, butterfly, celebrity, refutably, reputably, tolerably, veritably.

 

+4 letters: aberrantly, abortively, abstrusely, creditably, liberality, muliebrity, obdurately, terminably, trolleybus, turbulency.

 

+5 letters: abhorrently, bacterially, banteringly, bearability, bilaterally, bipartitely, blameworthy, butterflyer, carboxylate, celebratory, certifiably, convertibly, credibility, elaborately, erasability, erodibility, exuberantly, hyperbolist, inalterably, intolerably, irrefutably, observantly, obtrusively, operability, perceptibly, polysorbate, predictably, presentably, readability, redoubtably, regrettably, reliability, rentability, respectably, reusability, subliteracy, subliterary, treasonably, trisyllable, turbulently, unalterably, unutterably, wearability.

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

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INDEX

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


  

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