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Definition: Idiotically |
IdioticallyAdverb1. In an idiotic manner; "what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "idiotically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references) |
| "Idiotically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Idiotically" is used about 22 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% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "idiotically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | idiotský (idiotic). (various references) | |
French | idiotement. (various references) | |
German | idiotisch (asinine, damfool, idiotic, idioticly, imbecilic, inane, moronic), lachhaft (laughable, ludicrous, ludicrously, mickey mouse, risible), lächerlich (absurd, comical, farcical, foolish, funny, laughable, laughably, ludicrous, ludicrously, petty, piddling, preposterous, ridiculous, ridiculously, risible, trivial), blödsinnig (asinine, barmy, dull, idiotic, imbecilic, rubbishy, stupid), absurd (absurd, absurdly, fantastic, preposterous). (various references) | |
Greek | βλακωδώσ (fatuously). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ostobán (blockishly, crassly, fatuously, foolishly, inanely, preposterously, sillily), hülyén. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tentang kebodohan. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idioticallyay.(various references) | |
Romanian | idiot (cretinous, fool, half wit, idiot, idiotic, idiotical, lunkhead, mooncalf, mutt, nincompoop, numskull, piffling, senseless, soft, stick, stupid). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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"Idiotically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abiotically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "idiotically" (pronounced i'dēÄ"tiklē) |
| 5 | -t i k l ē | acoustically, aesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, artistically, authentically, automatically, characteristically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, euphemistically, fantastically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, linguistically, logistically, optically, phonetically, poetically, realistically, sarcastically, stylistically, synthetically, systematically, thematically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, 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-c-d-i-i-i-l-l-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: idiotical. | |
-3 letters: coitally, dialytic, docility, locality. | |
-4 letters: acidity, cotidal, dacoity, dactyli, dicotyl, idiotic, idyllic, illicit, illitic, licitly, tidally. | |
-5 letters: acidly, aliyot, citola, coital, coldly, dacoit, dactyl, daylit, idiocy, italic, lacily, oilily, tidily. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-l-l-o-t-y" | |
+2 letters: idiomatically. | |
+3 letters: idiopathically. | |
+4 letters: bidirectionally. | |
+5 letters: jurisdictionally, unidirectionally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 64 69 6F 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)01001001 01100100 01101001 01101111 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I d i o t i c a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0064 0069 006F 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4370758186756967787891 |
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