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Definition: Dejectedly |
DejectedlyAdverb1. In a dejected manner; "when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dejectedly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1803. (references) |
Synonym: DejectedlySynonym: in low spirits (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dejectedly |
| English words defined with "dejectedly": Dejectly ♦ in low spirits. (references) |
| "Dejectedly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dejectedly" is used about 37 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% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dejectedly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | zkormoucenì, schlíple. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alakuloisesti (in a downcast manner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | deprimierte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποθαρρυμένα (despondently), θλιμμένα (sorrowfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | leverten (despondently, sadly), lehangoltan (desolately, in a minor key), kedvetlenül (half-heartedly, listlessly, moodily, peevishly, sourly), búsan (disconsolately, drearily, ruefully, sadly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 力無' (feebly), 悄悄 (in low spirits, sadly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | す"す" (in low spirits, sadly), しおしお (in low spirits, quietly, sadly, slowly), しょうしょう (air commodore, in low spirits, just a minute, major general, rear admiral, sadly, small quantity), ちからな' (feebly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ejectedlyday descurajat (daunted, dejected, despondent, discouraged, sick), deprimat (cast down, crest-fallen, downcast, down-hearted, grumpish, low, low-spirited, melancholy, sick). (various references) dystert (sadly), nedslaget. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Dejectedly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dejetedly, detectedly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-e-j-l-t-y" | |
-2 letters: dejected. | |
-3 letters: deleted, ejected, elected. | |
-4 letters: deject, delete, eyelet. | |
-5 letters: ceded, deedy, deled, eject, elect, lycee, teddy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6A 65 63 74 65 64 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .--- . -.-. - . -.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101010 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100101 01100100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e j e c t e d l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006A 0065 0063 0074 0065 0064 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717671698671707891 |
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