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Definition: Admirably |
AdmirablyAdverb1. In an admirable manner; "the children's responses were admirably normal". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "admirably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: AdmirablySynonyms: commendable (adv), laudably (adv), praiseworthily (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Admirably |
| English words defined with "admirably": commendable ♦ laudably ♦ praiseworthily. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "admirably": Christian, Crayfish ♦ Gunpowder ♦ Passing Fair ♦ Races ♦ success. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The English fought admirably there. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SUCCESS, n. The one unpardonable sin against one's fellows. In literature, and particularly in poetry, the elements of success are exceedingly simple, and are admirably set forth in the following lines by the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape, entitled, for some mysterious reason, "John A. Joyce." The bard who would prosper must carry a book, Do his thinking in prose and wear A crimson cravat, a far-away look And a head of hexameter hair. Be thin in your thought and your body'll be fat; If you wear your hair long you needn't your hat. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Admirably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Admirably" is used about 250 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% | 250 | 18,796 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "admirably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو رائع أو باهر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 令人敬佩地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | admirablement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bewundernswert (admirable, applaudable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θαυμάσια, θαυμασίωσ (prodigiously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ammir bile (admirable, applaudable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감심하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | admirablyay admirabil (admirable, beautiful, brave, capital, excellent, grand, special, splendid, that's splendid, tiptop, wonderful). (various references) отлично (excellently, famously, perfectly, well, well done). (various references) admirablemente, admirable (admirable, applaudable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | admirabiliter, divinitus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Admirably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: admireably, admitably, Amirali. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "admirably" (pronounced a"dmerublē) |
| 6 | -m er u b l ē | memorably. |
| 5 | -er u b l ē | comparably, considerably, favorably, honorably, incomparably, inexorably, inseparably, intolerably, irreparably, measurably, miserably, preferably, unalterably, unfavorably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, conceivably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexplicably, inextricably, interchangeably, interminably, invariably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i-l-m-r-y" | |
-2 letters: admiral, amiably, barmaid, rabidly. | |
-3 letters: ambari, ambary, aramid, aridly, baalim, bayard, bridal, drably, lambda, malady, marbly, milady, myriad, radial, ribald. | |
-4 letters: alarm, alary, aliya, ambry, badly, baldy, balmy, barmy, bialy, blimy, braid, brail, daily, dairy, damar, diary, dimly, drail, drama, drily, laari, labia, labra, laird, lamby, lamia, lardy, liard, libra, lidar, limba, limby, lyard, madly, malar, maria, marly, mbira, rabid, riyal, yaird. | |
-5 letters: ably, abri, airy, alar, alba, alma, amia, amid, amir, amyl, aria, arid, aril, army, aryl, baal, bail, bald, balm, bard, barm, bima, bird, birl, blam, brad, bray, brim, byrl, darb, dial, dirl, drab, dram, dray, drib, iamb, idly, idyl, lady, laid, lair, lama, lamb, lard, lari, liar, lima, limb, limy, lira, maar, maid, mail, mair, marl, maya, mild, miry, raia, raid, rail, rami, raya, rial, rimy, yald, yard, yird. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-i-l-m-r-y" | |
+2 letters: bipyramidal. | |
+3 letters: admirability. | |
+4 letters: adumbratively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 6D 69 72 61 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. -- .. .-. .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01101101 01101001 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d m i r a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 006D 0069 0072 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357079758467687891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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