Categorically

Definition: Categorically

Categorically

Adverb

1. In an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges".

Date "categorically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references)

Synonyms: Categorically

Synonyms: flatly (adv), unconditionally (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Truth	Adjective: real, actual; (existing); veritable, true; right, correct; certain; substantially true, categorically true, definitively true; true to the letter, true as gospel; unimpeachable; veracious; unreconfuted, unconfuted; unideal, unimagined; realistic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Categorically

English words defined with "categorically": assert, asseverate ♦ maintain. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Joe, I can categorically say that you are not a bigger banana-head. (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Categorically Speaking (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Political Economy	Eq. Guinea	The President's term does not conclude until 2004. In 2001 there were unconfirmed press reports that President Obiang would hold a new presidential election as early as 2002, but he has categorically denied them. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Categorically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Categorically" is used about 169 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%	169	23,972

Language		Translations for "categorically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kategorikisht (definitely, flatly). (various references)

Arabic		‏بشكل قاطع. (various references)

Bulgarian		категорично (emphatically, expressly, point blank, positively, squarely). (various references)

Chinese		绝对地. (various references)

Czech		rozhodnì (absolutely, by all means, certainly, decidedly, decisively, definitely, flatly, in any event, strongly, surely), kategoricky (blankly). (various references)

Finnish		jyrkästi (sharply, steeply, strictly). (various references)

French		catégoriquement. (various references)

German		kategorische, grundsätzlich (absolutely, as a basic principle, basic, Cardinal, categorical, foregone, fundamental, in principle, on principle, principally, ultimate). (various references)

Hebrew		במפ�'יע (imperatively, insistently, persistently, urgently). (various references)

Hungarian		kategorikusan. (various references)

Korean		명백하게 (Apodictically, Apparently, Explicitly, manifestly, Overtly, unambiguously, undeniably). (various references)

Pig Latin		ategoricallycay

Romanian		categoric (absolute, absolutely, beyond peradventure, categorical, clear, curt, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, explicit, explicitly, flat, flatly, formal, much, on the dead, peremptorily, peremptory, plump, positive, positively, simply, Square, stiff, unanswerable, unbending, unqualified), pe categorii, hotãrât (adamant, appointed, assertive, categorical, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, flatly, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, stalwart, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, unhesitatingly, vigorous), absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unmistakably, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

Russian		категорически (adamantly, unalterably). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kategorično. (various references)

Spanish		catego/ricamente. (various references)

Swedish		kategoriskt. (various references)

Turkish		koşulsuzca, kesin olarak (accurately, definitely, determinedly, exactly, firmly, flat, for certain, implicitly, ocularly, point blank, positively, precisely, really, rightly, undoubtedly, unquestioningly), kategorik olarak. (various references)

Turkmen		зьrt-kesik (bluntly). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Categorically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catagorically, categorially, categoricaliy, categorisable, categorizable, catigorically. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "categorically" (pronounced ka'tugÄ"riklē)
5	-r i k l ē	generically, geometrically, hysterically, lyrically, metaphorically, numerically, rhetorically, symmetrically.
4	-i k l ē	academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, genetically, geopolitically, graphically, heroically, hypothetically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logically, logistically, mechanically, microscopically, musically, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, realistically, rhythmically, sarcastically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, stylistically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, 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.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-g-i-l-l-o-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: categorical.
	-3 letters: arctically, cortically, erotically, tragically.
	-4 letters: aleatoric, aliteracy, alligator, cartilage, cataloger, categoric, colligate.
	-5 letters: acetylic, acrolect, acrylate, aerially, alacrity, aleatory, allegory, allergic, allocate, alogical, arillate, caecally, calycate, calyceal, caracole, caryatic, category, clerical, clitoral, coitally, collaret, collegia, colliery, collyria, cortical, cryolite, cyclitol, erotical, galactic, galleria, glaciate, glyceric, glycerol, glycolic, legality, literacy, localite, locality, loricate.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-g-i-l-l-o-r-t-y"
	+4 letters: bacteriologically.
	+5 letters: spectrographically.
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