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Definition: Disappointingly |
DisappointinglyAdverb1. In a disappointing manner; "the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disappointingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
Crosswords: Disappointingly |
| English words defined with "disappointingly": defeated, disappointed, discomfited ♦ foiled, frustrated ♦ thwarted. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | RUSSIA | However, there are still disappointingly few cases in which these penalties have been applied. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Disappointingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disappointingly" is used about 102 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% | 102 | 32,309 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "disappointingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | décevante. (various references) | ||||
German | enttäuschende. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 실망시키. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | isappointinglyday | ||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disappointingly" (pronounced di'supoy"ntinglē or di'supoy"ninglē) |
| 6 | -n t i ng l ē | hauntingly. |
| 5 | -t i ng l ē | devastatingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frustratingly, haltingly, interestingly, sportingly, unhesitatingly, unwittingly, wittingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, disarmingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, frighteningly, frowningly, glowingly, grudgingly, increasingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, warningly, willingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
| 5 | -n i ng l ē | frighteningly, frowningly, maddeningly, stunningly, threateningly, warningly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disarmingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-i-l-n-n-o-p-p-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: disappointing. | |
-4 letters: displanting, postlanding. | |
-5 letters: appointing, digitalins, digitonins, disappoint, displaying, distaining, indigotins, insolating, iodinating, oppilating, poignantly, polydipsia, spoliating. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 61 70 70 6F 69 6E 74 69 6E 67 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01110000 01110000 01101111 01101001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s a p p o i n t i n g l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0061 0070 0070 006F 0069 006E 0074 0069 006E 0067 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387585678282817580867580737891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, "랑스 |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, 독일 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, 영국 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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