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Definition: Dizzily |
DizzilyAdverb1. In a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dizzily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Synonyms: DizzilySynonyms: giddily (adv), light-headedly (adv). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Under the clinging man the highway blurred dizzily by. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Dizzily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dizzily" is used about 31 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% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dizzily | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dizzily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | marramendthi (giddily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шеметно (giddily), замайващо. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 头昏眼花地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | závratnì (giddily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avec un sentiment de vertige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwindlig (dizzy, giddy), schwindelig (dizzy, giddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εν ζάλη (dazedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kábultan (dazedly, in a daze, woozily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 어지럽게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | izzilyday vertiginosamente (giddily). (various references) ameţitor (astounding, deafening, dizzy, giddy, intoxicating, potent, sensuous, staggering, stunning, vertiginous). (various references) головокружительно (giddily). (various references) koji izaziva vroglavicu. (various references) vertiginosamente. (various references) อย่างเวียนศีรษะ. (various references) baş döndürücü bir şekilde. (various references) запаморочливо. (various references) hoa mắt (dizzy), choáng váng (dizzy, giddy), chóng mặt (giddy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Dizzily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dezalay, Disztl, dizzilly, dizzly, dizzyly, Kizilay. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-i-l-y-z-z" | |
-2 letters: dizzy. | |
-3 letters: idly, idyl. | |
-4 letters: lid, yid. | |
-5 letters: id, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-i-l-y-z-z" | |
+3 letters: dizzyingly. | |
+4 letters: drizzlingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 7A 7A 69 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. --.. --.. .. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01111010 01111010 01101001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i z z i l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 007A 007A 0069 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38759292757891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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