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Definition: Contemptibly |
ContemptiblyAdverb1. In a contemptible manner. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "contemptibly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Crosswords: Contemptibly |
| English words defined with "contemptibly": measly, miserable ♦ paltry, petty, poor-spirited, pusillanimous ♦ small-minded ♦ timid ♦ unmanly. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "contemptibly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | verachtenswert (contemptible, despicable), verächtliche (scornfully). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ontemptiblycay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "contemptibly" (pronounced 'Con*tempt"i*bly'): Abominably, Acceptably, Accessibly, Accountably, Accustomably, Actionably, Admirably, Adorably, Advisably, Affably, Agreeably, Allowably, Alterably, Amenably, Amiably, Amicably, Answerably, ASSEMBLY, Assumably, Audibly, Avaiably, Brambly, Bubbly, Chanceably, Changeably, Chargeably, Charitably, Cognizably, Comfortably, Commensurably, Compatibly, Compellably, Comprehensibly, Conducibly, Conformably, Conscionably, Considerably, Conversably, Convertibly, Covenably, Credibly, Creditably, Crumbly, Customably, Damnably, Deceivably, Deducibly, Durably, forcibly, formidably. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-l-m-n-o-p-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: impotently. | |
-3 letters: impotency. | |
-4 letters: compline, contempt, epicotyl, eponymic, impotent, leptonic, lipocyte, mylonite, pentomic, polyenic, potently. | |
-5 letters: benomyl, binocle, biotype, centimo, combine, compile, complin, embolic, emptily, entopic, epiboly, ineptly, lection, metopic, nepotic, pettily, pimento, pinocle, polemic, potency, potline, telomic, tintype, tonemic, tonetic, topline, totemic. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-l-m-n-o-p-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: contemptibility. | |
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