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Definitions: Emotionally |
EmotionallyAdverb1. In an emotional manner; "at the funeral he spoke emotionally". 2. With regard to emotions; "emotionally secure". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emotionally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
Synonym: EmotionallySynonym: showing emotion (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unemotionally (adv). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Andy. What's this I hear about you emotionally abusing Kevin? (Mission Hill; writing credit: Aaron Ehasz; Andrew Kreisberg) Women as insistent as her tend to be the ones who get emotionally swayed by their exes. (Cowboy Bebop; writing credit: Akihiko Inari) In the old days, I wasn't emotionally equipped to satisfy her. Now, as we all know, the equipment doesn't work at all. (The Big Chill; writing credit: Barbara Benedek; Lawrence Kasdan) Emotionally, you're an idiot. (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes) Oh yes. Dr. Brisbane felt that color had a great deal to do with the well being of the emotionally disturbed. (High Anxiety; writing credit: Mel Brooks; Ron Clark) | |
Lyrics | Emotionally available and supportive ("Unsent"; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Sinclair Lewis | Intellectually I know America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Young people who experience nighttime wetting tend to be physically and emotionally normal. (references) | |
Cold temperatures are more likely to provoke an attack when the individual is physically or emotionally stressed. (references) | ||
Aggressive therapies for recurrent disease after radiation are emotionally, physically, and economically costly for women. (references) | ||
Children | Sierra Leone | Locating the families of released child combatants often was difficult, and some did not want to assume responsibility for their children, some of whom were mentally and emotionally incapable of rejoining their families. (references) |
Travel | Korea | Because of the Japanese colonial period, Koreans have an emotionally intense reaction at times to things Japanese, though there is an admiration for Japanese business acumen. (references) |
Women | Uruguay | The law provides for sentences of 6 months to 2 years in prison for a person found guilty of committing an act of violence or of making continuing threats to cause bodily injury to persons related emotionally or legally to the perpetrator. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Scientists are now discovering how young children develop emotionally and intellectually from their very first days, and how important it is for parents to begin immediately talking, singing, even reading to their infants. |
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| "Emotionally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.57% of the time. "Emotionally" is used about 697 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) | 99.57% | 694 | 9,593 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.43% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 697 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "emotionally": be emotionally stunted ♦ emotionally charged ♦ emotionally disturbed. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "emotionally": emotionally-balanced, emotionally-chaotic, emotionally-charged, emotionally-demanding, emotionally-driven, emotionally-packed, emotionally-related, emotionally-triggered. | |
Ending with "emotionally": non-emotionally, similarly-emotionally. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "emotionally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 情感地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pohnutì, dojatì, citovì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | emotionelt ustabil psykopat (emotionally unstable personality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | type émotif (emotionally unstable personality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gefühlsmäßig (emotional, instinctive, sentimentally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συναισθηματικά (sentimentally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érzelmileg (emotive, to thrill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kerenjanaan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | personalita emotiva (emotionally unstable personality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 壮快 (emotionally uplifting, stirring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がっかり (be dejected, feel disappointed, feel emotionally drained, feel let down, lose heart), ハートフル (barrier-free, disabled or senior-friendly, emotionally uplifting, feel-good, heart-warming, warm-hearted), なつく (to become emotionally attached), そうかい (blue waters, dragging for mines, emotionally uplifting, exhilarating, general meeting, grand opening, refreshing, stirring, sweeping the sea for mines, this world's sudden changes), ふれる (to be emotionally moved, to be touched, to deflect, to feel, to lean towards, to perceive, to shake, to swing, to touch, to touch on a subject, to violate, to wave), か"どう (being deeply moved emotionally, deep emotion, disinheritance, excitement, impression, shortcut, side road), じょうちょしょうがいじ (emotionally disturbed child). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감 으로 (Affectively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gleashagh seose (touch, touch emotionally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emotionallyay стрессовый эмоционально (emotionally stressful). (various references) emotivno. (various references) emocionalmente. (various references) känsloladdad (emotionally charged). (various references) โ"ยเกี่ยวกับอารม"์. (various references) heyecanlı bir şekilde, heyecanla (agog, excitedly, heatedly, on tiptoe, tiptoe), duygusal yönden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "emotionally": unemotionally. (additional references) | |
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"Emotionally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emtionall. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emotionally" (pronounced i'mō"shnulē or ē"mōshnulē) |
| 5 | -sh n u l ē | gravitationally. |
| 4 | -n u l ē | additionally, conditionally, congressionally, constitutionally, conventionally, criminally, diagonally, diurnally, educationally, eternally, exceptionally, externally, finally, fractionally, functionally, generationally, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, irrationally, marginally, medicinally, nationally, nominally, nutritionally, occasionally, operationally, originally, personally, phenomenally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, rationally, regionally, seasonally, serenely, subliminally, terminally, traditionally, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, unintentionally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, 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, confidentially, conspiratorially, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, cordially, crazily, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, eerily, electrically, electronically, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, ethically, eventually, experimentally, exponentially, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, intellectually, intrinsically, involuntarily, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, normally, novelly, officially, oligopoly, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, provincially, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, readily, regally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, 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. |
| 5 | -sh n u l ē | gravitationally. |
| 4 | -n u l ē | additionally, conditionally, congressionally, constitutionally, conventionally, criminally, diagonally, diurnally, educationally, eternally, exceptionally, externally, finally, fractionally, functionally, generationally, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, irrationally, marginally, medicinally, nationally, nominally, nutritionally, occasionally, operationally, originally, personally, phenomenally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, rationally, regionally, seasonally, serenely, subliminally, terminally, traditionally, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, unintentionally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, 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, confidentially, conspiratorially, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, cordially, crazily, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, eerily, electrically, electronically, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, ethically, eventually, experimentally, exponentially, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, intellectually, intrinsically, involuntarily, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, normally, novelly, officially, oligopoly, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, provincially, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, readily, regally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, 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-e-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: emotional. | |
-3 letters: menially, mentally, molality, moltenly, motional, mylonite, myotonia, tallymen, tomalley. | |
-4 letters: ailment, alienly, aliment, alimony, allonym, amenity, amniote, amotion, anolyte, anytime, elation, emotion, lomenta, maillot, manille, manlily, meatily, melilot, moonily, moonlet, moonlit, oinomel, omental, telamon, timolol, toenail, tollman, tollmen, tonally. | |
-5 letters: aliyot, anomie, enmity, entail, entoil, eolian, etalon, etamin, etymon, inmate, lamely, lament, lanely, lately, latino, laymen, lealty, leanly, lemony, lenity, lentil, lienal, lineal, lintel, lintol, litany, lomein, loment, lonely, looney, lotion, mainly, maline, mallei, mallet, maloti, maltol, manito, mantel, mantle, meanly, melton, menial, mental, millet, moiety, moline, mollie, molten, mooley, motile, motion, motley, myelin, namely, neatly, niello, oilman, oilmen, omenta, oolite, taille, talion, tamein, tamely, telial, tenail, timely, tineal, tolane, yeoman. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-t-y" | |
+2 letters: unemotionally. | |
+3 letters: metronomically. | |
+4 letters: econometrically, entomologically, monocrystalline. | |
+5 letters: chronometrically, monotheistically, onomatopoeically, terminologically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 6F 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- --- - .. --- -. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01101111 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m o t i o n a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 006F 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3979818675818067787891 |
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