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Definition: Arrogantly |
ArrogantlyAdverb1. In an arrogant manner; "in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "arrogantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Crosswords: Arrogantly |
| English words defined with "arrogantly": contumelious ♦ Huffingly ♦ Overween ♦ Presumingly, Pretendingly ♦ To talk big. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "arrogantly": High Hand ♦ Lift not up your Horn on High. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "arrogantly": Huffingly. (references) |
| "Arrogantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Arrogantly" is used about 63 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% | 63 | 42,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "arrogantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 傲慢地 (Boastfully, Contemptuously, haughtily, insolently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hochmütig (arrogant, cavalier, haughtily, haughty, loftily, lofty, lordly, prideful, proud, superciliary, superciliously, uppish, uppity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | arrogánsan, öntelten (complacently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | orgoglioso (haughtily, haughty, lofty, proud, supercilious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 嵩に掛かって (highhandedly, overbearingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かさにかかって (highhandedly, overbearingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 오만하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arrogantlyay arogant (arrogant, assuming, assumptive, haughtily, haughty, high and mighty, lordly, overbearing, overbearingly, overweening, perky, pretentious, supercilious). (various references) высокомерно (superciliously, with a high hand). (various references) altivo (haughtily, haughty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, supercilious). (various references) самовпевнено (boldly), гордовито (superciliously), зарозуміло (lordly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | arroganter, ferociter, ferocius, superbe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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"Arrogantly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arrogantley, arroganty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "arrogantly" (pronounced e"ruguntlē) |
| 7 | -u g u n t l ē | extravagantly. |
| 6 | -g u n t l ē | elegantly. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-l-n-o-r-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: arrantly, arrogant, tarragon. | |
-3 letters: analogy, granary, granola, grantor, gyrator. | |
-4 letters: agonal, analog, angary, angora, antral, aortal, aroynt, arrant, atonal, gantry, garron, gnarly, notary, orangy, organa, otalgy, raglan, ratany, rotary, tangly, tarnal, yantra. | |
-5 letters: agony, agora, alang, alant, alary, algor, along, altar, angry, antra, aorta, argal, argol, argon, argot, array, artal, atony, gator, gayal, glary. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-l-n-o-r-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: narratology. | |
+4 letters: antiregulatory, congratulatory. | |
+5 letters: ultrasonography. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 72 6F 67 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. .-. --- --. .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01110010 01101111 01100111 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r r o g a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0072 006F 0067 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35848481736780867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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