Alphabetically

Definition: Alphabetically

Alphabetically

Adverb

1. In alphabetical order; "the list was arranged alphabetically".

Date "alphabetically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references)

Crosswords: Alphabetically

English words defined with "alphabetically": abecedarian ♦ electronic dictionary ♦ file system, filing system ♦ machine readable dictionary, MRD ♦ Yellow Pages. (references)

Specialty definitions using "alphabetically": alphabetical bibliography, alphabetical thesaurus, alphabetic-classed catalogue, alphabetic-classed filing system ♦ BRAILLE-AND-TALKING BOOKS CLERK ♦ EMBOSSING-MACHINE OPERATOR I ♦ name-plate-stamping-machine operator ♦ plate embosser. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Alphabetically

Domain	Title
Books	201 Swedish Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses: Alphabetically Arranged (reference) 501 English Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format, Alphabetically Arranged (Barrons Educational Series) (reference) 501 French Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged (reference) 501 Hebrew Verbs : Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Follow Format alphabetically Arranged by Root (reference) 501 Japanese Verbs: Fully Described in All Inflections, Moods, Aspects and Formality Levels in a New Easy-To-Learn Format, Alphabetically Arranged (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Alphabetically

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A sampling of common pain syndromes follows, listed alphabetically. (references)
Economic History	Bangladesh	Names are listed alphabetically. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Alphabetically

"Alphabetically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Alphabetically" is used about 89 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%	89	34,931

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

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Expression: Alphabetically

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "alphabetically": alphabetically-adaptable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alphabetically

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
alphabetically song	5
alphabetically example qsort string	5
alphabetically filing	4
alphabetically	3
alphabetically qsort string	3
alphabetically qsort	3
alphabetically sort string	3
alphabetically listed song	2
alphabetically filing rule	2
alphabetically file	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alphabetically

Language		Translations for "alphabetically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		alfabetikisht. (various references)

Arabic		‏أبجديا وفقا للترتيب الأبجدي. (various references)

Bulgarian		по азбучен ред. (various references)

Chinese		按字母顺序 (Alphabetic, Alphabetical). (various references)

Czech		abecednì. (various references)

French		alphabétiquement. (various references)

German		alphabetisch (abecedarian, alphabetic, alphabetical). (various references)

Greek		αλφαβητικώσ. (various references)

Hungarian		betûrendben. (various references)

Korean		알파벳순� �으로. (various references)

Pig Latin		alphabeticallyay

Portuguese		alfabeticamente. (various references)

Romanian		alfabetic (abecedarian, alphabetic, alphabetical), în ordine alfabeticã (in alphabetic order, in alphabetical order). (various references)

Russian		в алфавитном порядке. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		azbučnim redom. (various references)

Spanish		alfabéticamente. (various references)

Swedish		alfabetiskt. (various references)

Turkish		alfabetik olarak (in alphabetic order). (various references)

Ukranian		у алфавітному порядку (in alphabetical order). (various references)

Vietnamese		theo thứ tự abc (alphabetic). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Alphabetically

Misspellings
	"Alphabetically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alphabtically. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Alphabetically"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "alphabetically" (pronounced a'lfube"tiklē)
6	-e" t i k l ē	aesthetically, apologetically, cosmetically, energetically, genetically, hypothetically, phonetically, poetically, synthetically.
5	-t i k l ē	acoustically, analytically, artistically, authentically, automatically, characteristically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecstatically, emphatically, enthusiastically, erratically, euphemistically, fantastically, geopolitically, idiotically, linguistically, logistically, optically, realistically, sarcastically, stylistically, systematically, thematically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically.
4	-i k l ē	academically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically.
3	-k l ē	alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Alphabetically

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-h-i-l-l-l-p-t-y"
	-2 letters: alphabetical.
	-3 letters: aphetically.
	-4 letters: alphabetic, heliacally, palatially, phatically.
	-5 letters: caliphate, capitally, ethically, helically, palatable, palatably, palatally, philately, teachably, telically.
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