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Definition: Determinedly |
DeterminedlyAdverb1. In a determined manner; "he clung to the past determinedly". 2. In an ambitious and energetic manner; "she pursued her goals ambitiously". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "determinedly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Synonyms: DeterminedlySynonyms: ambitiously (adv), unfalteringly (adv), unshakably (adv), with ambition (adv), with determination (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unambitiously (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Determinedly |
| Specialty definitions using "determinedly": user-obsequious ♦ Weighing. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Japanese enlistment. These Americans are striding determinedly into their draft boards at Waipahu, Territory of Hawaii, to sign voluntary induction applications. They have just been allowed to enlist in a recently formed U.S. Army combat regiment made up. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Determinedly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 98.90% of the time. "Determinedly" is used about 182 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) | 98.9% | 180 | 23,046 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.1% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 182 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "determinedly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 坚定 (Adamant, Determined, inflexible, stalwart, unshakable, unshakably). (various references) | |
German | bestimmende. (various references) | |
Greek | αποφασισμένα (resolutely). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ちんどん屋 (against one's better judgement, by mistake, have been -ing, hoodlum, just, keep -ing, penis, quite, to leave, traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers, unconsciously, unintentionally, walking briskly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つかつか (walking briskly). (various references) | |
Korean | 결의가 굳게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eterminedlyday.(various references) | |
Turkish | kesin olarak (accurately, categorically, definitely, exactly, firmly, flat, for certain, implicitly, ocularly, point blank, positively, precisely, really, rightly, undoubtedly, unquestioningly), kararlı bir şekilde (distinctly, firmly), azimle. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | quả quyết; kiên quyết (determined), nhất định (assuredly, deadset, distinct, fail, mind, set, unhesitating). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | eornoste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "determinedly" (pronounced duter"munudlē or duter"mundlē) |
| 4 | -u d l ē | acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, belatedly, candidly, contentedly, decidedly, deservedly, doggedly, evenhandedly, excitedly, guardedly, heatedly, markedly, placidly, pointedly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, rigidly, ruggedly, solidly, splendidly, stupidly, supposedly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unprecedentedly, validly, vividly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, wretchedly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, coldly, cowardly, crudely, cuddly, dastardly, deadly, Diddley, kindly, downwardly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, haphazardly, hardly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, loudly, madly, medley, mildly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, profoundly, proudly, Ridley, roundly, rudely, sadly, secondly, shrewdly, soundly, straightforwardly, thirdly, unfriendly, ungodly, upwardly, weirdly, widely, wildly, worldly. |
| 5 | -u n d l ē | secondly. |
| 4 | -n d l ē | blandly, blindly, kindly, fondly, friendly, grandly, profoundly, roundly, soundly, unfriendly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, belatedly, boldly, broadly, candidly, coldly, contentedly, cowardly, crudely, cuddly, dastardly, deadly, decidedly, deservedly, Diddley, doggedly, downwardly, evenhandedly, excitedly, gladly, godly, goodly, guardedly, haphazardly, hardly, heatedly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, loudly, madly, markedly, medley, mildly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, placidly, pointedly, proudly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, Ridley, rigidly, rudely, ruggedly, sadly, shrewdly, solidly, splendidly, straightforwardly, stupidly, supposedly, thirdly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, ungodly, unprecedentedly, upwardly, validly, vividly, weirdly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, widely, wildly, worldly, wretchedly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-e-i-l-m-n-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: intermeddle. | |
-2 letters: dementedly, determined. | |
-3 letters: demerited, determine, tendriled. | |
-4 letters: demented, dendrite, dentiled, entirely, eyeliner, lientery, mildened, redenied, redlined, reedited, relented, remedied, remelted, remended, reminded, reminted, tendered, tenderly, trendily, trindled. | |
-5 letters: deedier, deleted, delimed, demerit, dimeter, dreidel, element, emended, emender, emetine, endited, entered, eremite, ermined, inertly, lyddite, meddler, merited, metered, middler, mitered, myeline, needier, needily, needled. | |
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