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Definitions: Enthusiastically |
EnthusiasticallyAdverb1. With enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner; "they discussed the question enthusiastically". 2. In a lavish or enthusiastic manner; "he extolled her virtues sky-high". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "enthusiastically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: EnthusiasticallySynonym: sky-high (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unenthusiastically (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Enthusiastically |
| English words defined with "enthusiastically": glowingly, gush ♦ hail, herald ♦ rave. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "enthusiastically": computer confetti. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Chairman Mao has boundless trust in Chairman Hua; all soldiers and people should enthusiastically support Chairman Hua.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | In recent years, domestic commercial banks have been enthusiastically promoting retail banking, and the numbers of bankcards and ATM are consistently increasing. (references) | |
Finding prospective partners presents no problem, since Baja California firms are aggressive when it comes to representing new products and usually respond enthusiastically to new opportunities. (references) | ||
Economic History | Republic of Congo | The U.S. has enthusiastically supported Congolese democratization efforts, contributing significant aid to the country's electoral process. (references) |
France | Consequently, after some delay caused by the process of moving from the Minitel to the Internet, the French are now enthusiastically embracing the Internet. (references) | |
Ireland | U.S. firms with quality products and services will be enthusiastically assisted by their local business partners in achieving their goals and objectives for the Irish market. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | In the Western Hemisphere, we enthusiastically join with all our neighbors in the work of perfecting a community of fraternal trust and common purpose. |
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| "Enthusiastically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.78% of the time. "Enthusiastically" is used about 451 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) | 99.78% | 450 | 12,930 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 451 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "enthusiastically": enthusiastically-friendly. | |
Ending with "enthusiastically": over-enthusiastically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "enthusiastically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بإبتهاج (airily, gaily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 起勁 (energetically, vigorously), 踴躍 (eager), 热心地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | innostuneesti (eagerly, with great interest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | enthusiastisch (enthusiastic, enthusiastic (about), mit begeisterung, begeistert (ardent, avid, elated, enthusiastic, glowingly, inspires, keen, rapturous, strong, thrilled, zestful, zesty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενθουσιασμένα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | entusiasticamente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 盛"に (actively, energetically, heartily, vigorously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さか"に (actively, energetically, heartily, vigorously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 열성 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enthusiasticallyay oduševljeno (keenly). (various references) อย่างกระตือรือร้น. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "enthusiastically": overenthusiastically, unenthusiastically. (additional references) | |
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"Enthusiastically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enthusisastically, enthutiastically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "enthusiastically" (pronounced enthuw'zēa"stiklē) |
| 7 | -a" s t i k l ē | drastically, fantastically, sarcastically. |
| 6 | -s t i k l ē | acoustically, artistically, characteristically, domestically, euphemistically, linguistically, logistically, realistically, stylistically, uncharacteristically, unrealistically. |
| 5 | -t i k l ē | aesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, authentically, automatically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, dramatically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, erratically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, idiotically, optically, phonetically, poetically, synthetically, systematically, thematically, undiplomatically, vertically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-i-l-l-n-s-s-t-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: atheistically, authentically. | |
-4 letters: anelasticity, autistically, enthusiastic, hallucinates, scintillates, theistically, unchastities. | |
-5 letters: actualities, ailanthuses, atheistical, cantillates, causalities, hallucinate, insatiately, salicylates, scintillate, tetanically, titanically. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-i-l-l-n-s-s-t-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: unenthusiastically. | |
+4 letters: overenthusiastically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 74 68 75 73 69 61 73 74 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. - .... ..- ... .. .- ... - .. -.-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01110100 01101000 01110101 01110011 01101001 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0074 0068 0075 0073 0069 0061 0073 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39808674878575678586756967787891 |
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