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Definition: Impulsively |
ImpulsivelyAdverb1. In an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "impulsively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
Synonym: ImpulsivelySynonym: impetuously (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Impulsively |
| English words defined with "impulsively": blunder out, blurt, blurt out ♦ ejaculate ♦ impetuously ♦ stampede. (references) |
| "Impulsively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 97.94% of the time. "Impulsively" is used about 97 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) | 97.94% | 95 | 33,629 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 97 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "impulsively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | menjëherë (abruptly, at once, away, directly, forthright, forthwith, immediately, incontinently, instantly, just now, momentarily, momently, now, offhand, offhandedly, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, out of hand, pronto, right away, straight away, therewith). (various references) | |
Arabic | بتهور (at full tilt, blindly, headlong, pell mell, rashly), بتحفز, بإندفاع (headily). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | импулсивно. (various references) | |
Czech | impulzivnì (on the spur of the moment). (various references) | |
French | sur impulsion, par impulsion. (various references) | |
German | impulsiv (heady, impetuous, impulsive, volatile). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתוך "חף. (various references) | |
Hungarian | megfontolás nélkül, ösztönösen (instinctively, intuitively). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impulsivelyay.(various references) | |
Russian | импульсивно. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | impulsivno. (various references) | |
Spanish | impulsivamente. (various references) | |
Swedish | impulsivt (on impulse). (various references) | |
Turkish | dürtüyle, düşünmeden (by rote, irrespective of, lightly, out of hand, rashly, recklessly, unintentionally, without thinking, without thought), düşüncesizce (blindfold, carelessly, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, ill-considered, offhand, rashly, tactlessly, thoughtlessly). (various references) | |
Ukranian | імпульсивно. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "impulsively" (pronounced i'mpu"lsivlē) |
| 9 | -m p u" l s i v l ē | compulsively. |
| 5 | -s i v l ē | aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively. |
| 4 | -i v l ē | accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, collectively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, constructively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, instinctively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, objectively, positively, preemptively, productively, prohibitively, prospectively, protectively, provocatively, qualitatively, relatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, sensitively, substantively, tentatively. |
| 3 | -v l ē | bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-l-m-p-s-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: impulsive. | |
-3 letters: illusive, psyllium. | |
-4 letters: illumes, implies, impulse, limpsey, lumpily, milieus, mislive, mulleys, pilules, pulleys, slimily, vellums. | |
-5 letters: evilly, illume, impels, lilies, limeys, limply, limpsy, limuli, lively, milieu, milles, mislie, muesli, muleys, mulley, pelvis, pileum, pileus, pilule, plumes, pulley, pusley, simile, simple, simply, slimly, smelly, smiley, vellum, vilely, villus. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 75 6C 73 69 76 65 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01110101 01101100 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p u l s i v e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 0075 006C 0073 0069 0076 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4379828778857588717891 |
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