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Definition: Dismally |
DismallyAdverb1. In a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future". 2. In a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dismally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonyms: DismallySynonyms: dreadfully (adv), drearily (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dismally |
| English words defined with "dismally": dreadfully, drearily. (references) |
| "Dismally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dismally" is used about 84 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% | 84 | 36,109 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dismally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | печално (grievously, sadly, sorrowfully). (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | 忧郁地. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | lamentablement. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | düstere (drably, duskily, sepulchral). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | szomorúan (dolefully, drearily, in a minor key, mournfully, plaintively, sadly). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ismallyday sıkıntıyla, rezilce, kasvetle (cheerlessly), berbat bir şekilde (badly, dashed, terribily). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Dismally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dalmally, Desailly, dismalle, Dymally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dismally" (pronounced di"zmulē) |
| 6 | -i" z m u l ē | abysmally. |
| 4 | -m u l ē | abnormally, anomaly, facsimile, family, formally, gloomily, homily, informally, minimally, multifamily, normally, steamily, subfamily, supremely. |
| 3 | -u l ē | accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, factually, faithfully, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, structurally, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-l-m-s-y" | |
-1 letter: misally. | |
-2 letters: dismal, dismay, idylls, maills, milady, mildly, mislay, slimly. | |
-3 letters: amids, amyls, daily, daisy, dally, dials, dills, dilly, dimly, idyll, idyls, limas, madly, maids, maill, mails, malls, mills, mysid, sadly, sally, salmi, sayid, silly, slily, slimy, small, yills. | |
-4 letters: aids, ails, aims, alls, ally, alms, amid, amis, amyl, dais, dals, dams, days, dial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-l-m-s-y" | |
+3 letters: sigmoidally. | |
+4 letters: dissimilarly, domestically, misleadingly. | |
+5 letters: dimensionally, spasmodically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 6D 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -- .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s m a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 006D 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875857967787891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, francia, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand, német, alman |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , hongrois, Ungar, magyar, macarca, macar |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turque, türkisch, török, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, angol, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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