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Conservatively

Definition: Conservatively

Conservatively

Adverb

1. In a conservative manner; "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "conservatively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Conservatively

Synonyms: cautiously (adv), guardedly (adv). (additional references)

Crosswords: Conservatively

English words defined with "conservatively": cautiously ♦ guardedly. (references)

Modern Usage: Conservatively

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Doing the best things so conservatively. (A Well Respected Man; performing artist: The Kinks)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Conservatively

Domain	Title
Books	Invest conservatively and still become rich (reference) Raising a Child Conservatively in a Sexually Permissive World (reference) Conservatively Speaking (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Conservatively

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		At our present state of knowledge, a category of cervical adenocarcinoma that could be treated conservatively in order to preserve fertility cannot be identified. (references)
		The monetary costs of managing urinary incontinence are conservatively estimated at $10.3 billion annually, and the psychosocial burden of urinary incontinence is great. (references)
Business		Women usually dress conservatively and modestly. (references)
		Conservatively, the Japanese PC market was estimated to grow from USD 20.82 billion in 1999 to USD 25.70 billion in 2000, an increase of 14.8 percent in real terms. (references)
		The market for air pollution control (APC) equipment is valued at US$228 million and is conservatively estimated to grow by five percent annually up until 2003. Approximately, 85 percent of the total market is satisfied by imports. (references)
Economic History	Bahrain	Government expenditures are conservatively projected at nearly USD 2.2 billion in 2001 and just over that in 2002, up 12.4 percent. (references)
	Bangladesh	The FY2001 foodgrain projection is conservatively estimated at between 26.4-27.0 million tons, putting production approximately 2 million tons over domestic consumption requirements. (references)
	Slovak Rep	On the other hand, revenues were budgeted conservatively, and both the markets and the central bank believe that revenues will come in higher and provide the government with some maneuvering room. (references)
Political Economy	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	It is conservatively estimated that assets of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority total more than $125 billion. (references)
Trade	Guyana	In past years, banks have loaned very conservatively, preferring to invest in high yielding government treasury bills instead. (references)
Travel	South Africa	South African business people tend to dress conservatively. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Conservatively

"Conservatively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Conservatively" is used about 58 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%	58	44,427

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

Expression: Conservatively

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "conservatively": conservatively-minded, conservatively-striped.
	Ending with "conservatively": semi-conservatively.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Conservatively

Language		Translations for "conservatively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		保守地. (various references)

French		sûretés réelles,prudemment estimées,clause négative (security in the form of real property conservatively valued, subject to negative convenants), les sociétés disposent de fonds propres suffisants (the companies are conservatively capitalised). (various references)

German		konservative (blue, conservationist, conservative, tory). (various references)

Korean		보수� �으로. (various references)

Pig Latin		onservativelycay

Russian		скромно. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Conservatively

Derivations
	Words ending with "conservatively": semiconservatively. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Conservatively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conservativly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Conservatively"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "conservatively" (pronounced kunser"vutivlē)
6	-u t i v l ē	affirmatively, alternatively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, cooperatively, cumulatively, definitively, figuratively, imaginatively, intuitively, negatively, positively, prohibitively, provocatively, relatively, sensitively, tentatively.
5	-t i v l ē	accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, collectively, constructively, creatively, deceptively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, furtively, instinctively, legislatively, objectively, preemptively, productively, prospectively, protectively, qualitatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, substantively.
4	-i v l ē	aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively.
3	-v l ē	bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Conservatively

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-v-v-y"
	-2 letters: conservative.
	-3 letters: cantilevers, evocatively, revelations.
	-4 letters: arecolines, aversively, cantilever, centralise, centrioles, conversely, creatively, elevations, interlaces, intervales, inveteracy, lectionary, linecaster, neorealist, overactive, overcleans, reactively, renovative, revelation, tolerances, ventricles, ventricose, vocatively.
	-5 letters: acroleins, aerolites, anoretics, arecoline, carotenes, cartelise, caryotins, censorial, centiares, centriole, certainly, cervelats, cilantros, cisternae, cisternal, clarinets, coastline, coeternal, coevality, contrails, contrives, conveyers, corelates, costively.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-v-v-y"
	+4 letters: semiconservatively.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions

9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams

13. Bibliography

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