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Fashionably

Definition: Fashionably

Fashionably

Adverb

1. In a fashionable manner; "his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fashionably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)

 

Antonym: unfashionably (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fashionably

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Fashion

Adverb: fashionably; Adjective: for fashion's sake.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Fashionably

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Fashionably late, as usual. (The Scarlet Pimpernel; writing credit: William Bast; Baroness Emmuska Orczy)

Lyrics

You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care ("Foolish Games"; performing artist: Jewel)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fashionably

DomainTitle

Books

  • Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland Collection (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • MTV: Body Rock - Fashionably Fit Aerobics (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Fashionably

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

The Edward S. Curtis studio, circa 1918. Fashionably located at Fourth and University, opposite the Cobb Building and the site of Olympic Hotel, this was the fourth and last of Curtis's studios in Seattle.Credit: Library of Congress.

A fashionably dressed woman standing in doorway alongside store window, Harper's Ferry.Credit: Library of Congress.

Salesgirl, fashionably dressed, Atlanta, Georgia.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Fashionably

"Fashionably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fashionably" is used about 54 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%5446,184

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Fashionably

Expression using "fashionably": ad fashionably. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fashionably

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fashionably loud

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Fashionably

Language Translations for "fashionably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

módnì (modishly). (various references)

   

German

  

modische (modishly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύμφωνα με την μόδα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לפי "אופ " (up to date). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ashionablyfay

   

Portuguese

  

moderno (boss, fresh, goal, informer, knowingly, latter day, modern, new, present day, recent, smart, Tony, up-to-date), moda (modiste, smart, stylish). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

elegantemente (fragrantly, modish, modishly, rakishly, stylishly), a la moda (modish, stylishly). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ตามสมัย. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

фешенебельно, модно (modishly, stylishly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fashionably

Derivations

Words ending with "fashionably": unfashionably. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Fashionably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fashionablly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fashionably"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "fashionably" (pronounced fa"shunublē)
6-u n u b l ēinterminably, reasonably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably.
4-u b l ēadmirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, visibly.
3-b l ēably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fashionably

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-f-h-i-l-n-o-s-y"

-3 letters: hobnails, oafishly.

-4 letters: abolish, albinos, aliyahs, basinal, fashion, hobnail, hyalins, sabayon.

-5 letters: ablins, albino, aliyah, aliyas, aliyos, alohas, aloins, banish, basify, basion, bialys, blains, bolshy, bonsai, boyish, boylas, finals, flashy, hyalin, inlays, lanais, lianas, nasial, nosily, nyalas, oafish, salify, salina, shoaly.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-f-h-i-l-n-o-s-y"
 

+2 letters: unfashionably.

 

+3 letters: fashionability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Fashionably


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 61 73 68 69 6F 6E 61 62 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    .-    ...    ....    ..    ---    -.    .-    -...    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01100001 01110011 01101000 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#97 &#115 &#104 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0061 0073 0068 0069 006F 006E 0061 0062 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4067857475818067687891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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