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Definition: Comparably |
ComparablyAdverb1. In a comparable manner or to a comparable degree; "you will have to work comparably harder". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "comparably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Antonym: incomparably (adv). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As a consequence of the new economic stability plan since 1991, Argentine citizens have had the chance to leave the country on vacation or business with affordable airfares and a comparably higher purchasing power. (references) | |
However, the total cost of ownership (maintenance) on their part is comparably high. These machines are popular with small office, home office users and the growing number of individuals who want to participate in the global marketplace through the internet. (references) | ||
Economic History | Zimbabwe | With considerable hydroelectric power and plentiful coal deposits for thermal power station, Zimbabwe is less dependent on oil as an energy source than most other comparably industrialized countries. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Comparably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Comparably" is used about 34 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% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "comparably": comparably-priced. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
comparably | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "comparably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可"较地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sikre alle forbrugere i det faelles marked,som befinder sig under vilkaar,der kan sammenlignes,lige adgang til produktionskilderne (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aan allen die in het gemeenschappelijk marktgebied als verbruikers optreden en in vergelijkbare omstandigheden verkeren,op voet van gelijkheid de toegang tot de produktiebronnen waarborgen (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | assurer tous les utilisateurs du Marché Commun placés dans des conditions comparables un égal accès aux sources de production (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vergleichbare (commensurably), vergleichbar (assimilable, commensurable, comparable, parallel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εν συγκρίσει. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assicurare a tutti i consumatori del Mercato comune posti in condizioni equiparabili uguale accesso alle fonti di produzione (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 대"하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omparablycay garantir a todos os utilizadores do mercado comum,colocados em condições comparáveis,igual acesso s fontes de produção (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) asegurar a todos los usuarios del mercado común, que se encuentren en condiciones comparables, la igualdad de acceso a las fuentes de producción (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) tillförsäkra alla den gemensamma marknadens förbrukare i jämförlig ställning lika tillgång till produktionen (to ensure that all comparably placed consumers in the common market have equal access to the sources of production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "comparably": incomparably. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "comparably" (pronounced kÄ"mperublē or kÄ"mprublē) |
| 9 | k Ä" m p er u b l ē | incomparably. |
| 6 | -p er u b l ē | inseparably, irreparably. |
| 5 | -er u b l ē | admirably, considerably, favorably, honorably, inexorably, intolerably, measurably, memorably, 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. |
| 5 | -r u b l ē | demonstrably, horribly, terribly, unbearably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, 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-c-l-m-o-p-r-y" | |
-2 letters: carbamyl. | |
-3 letters: capably, caporal, crayola, mayoral, palmary, palmyra. | |
-4 letters: aboral, ambary, amoral, aplomb, bayamo, bromal, calory, carboy, carpal, clamor, comply, copalm, corymb, crambo, cymbal, marbly, mobcap, palmar, paramo, parlay, payola, pyrola. | |
-5 letters: abamp, aboma, alamo, alarm, alary, ambry, amply, aroma, balmy, barmy, bolar, boral, boyar, boyla, cabal, campo, campy, carbo, carob, carol, carom, clamp. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-l-m-o-p-r-y" | |
+2 letters: incomparably. | |
+3 letters: campylobacter, comparability. | |
+4 letters: campylobacters. | |
+5 letters: hypercatabolism, incomparability, problematically. | |
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