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Definition: Giddily |
GiddilyAdverb1. In a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "giddily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Synonyms: GiddilySynonyms: dizzily (adv), light-headedly (adv). (additional references) |
| "Giddily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Giddily" is used about 9 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% | 9 | 117,287 |
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 |
giddily | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "giddily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mendjelehtësisht, marramendthi (dizzily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шеметно (dizzily), замаяно, лекомислено (flippantly, light-headed, lightly, superficially). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | závratnì (dizzily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leichtsinnig (careless, carelessly, flippant, flippantly, foolish, frivolous, heedless, improvident, lightheaded, reckless, thoughtless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szédítően (vertiginously), könnyelműen (improvidently, lightly, wastefully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iddilygay vertiginosamente (dizziness), inconstantemente, chapéu alto de molas (opera hat). (various references) головокружительно (dizzily), легкомысленно (airily). (various references) goth (toss the head contemptuously or giddily). (various references) vrtoglavo, prevrtljivo. (various references) sersem sersem (dreamily, muzzily), hoppaca (airily, fast, flippantly), başı dönerek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Giddily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gadali, Gedali. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "giddily" (pronounced 'Gid"di*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-g-i-i-l-y" | |
-2 letters: giddy. | |
-3 letters: didy, gild, idly, idyl. | |
-4 letters: did, dig, gid, lid, yid. | |
-5 letters: id, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-g-i-i-l-y" | |
+2 letters: kiddingly. | |
+3 letters: deridingly, middlingly. | |
+4 letters: diglyceride, disguisedly, misguidedly. | |
+5 letters: bodybuilding, diglycerides, forbiddingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 69 64 64 69 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01100100 01100100 01101001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i d d i l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 0064 0064 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)41757070757891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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