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Incomparably

Definition: Incomparably

Incomparably

Adverb

1. In an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree; "she is incomparably gifted".

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

Date "incomparably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)



Synonym: Incomparably

Synonym: uncomparably (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: comparably (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Incomparably

English words defined with "incomparably": uncomparably. (references)
Specialty definitions using "incomparably": Magnifique ... Guerre. (references)

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Historic Usage: Incomparably

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

If two of the workmen know each other particularly well and are old friends, if their families are inter-mingled, and if they have "faith in each other's purpose, hope in each other's future and charity towards each other's shortcomings" - to quote some good words I read here the other day - why cannot they work together at the common task as friends and partners? Why cannot they share their tools and thus increase each other's working powers? Indeed they must do so or else the temple may not be built, or, being built, it may collapse, and we shall all be proved again unteachable and have to go and try to learn again for a third time in a school of war, incomparably more rigorous than that from which we have just been released. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Incomparably

"Incomparably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incomparably" is used about 38 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%3855,818

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

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Modern Translations: Incomparably

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

Chinese 

  

不能"较地. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

verrattomasti (by far, immeasurably, pre-eminently), verrattava (by far, immeasurably, pre-eminently). (various references)

   

German

  

unvergleichliche (nonpareil, peerlessly, unmatched). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לאין ערוך. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

비교가 되지 않. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incomparablyay

   

Romanian

  

incomparabil (beyond compare, inimitable, matchlessly, much, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kıyaslanamaz biçimde. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

чудово (adorably, capitally, finely, ideally, nobly, noteworthily, perfectly, primely, remarkably, splendid, stunningly, super-duper, very good, wonder, wow), незрівнянно (beyond compare, without parallel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Incomparably"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "incomparably" (pronounced i'nkÄ"mperublē)
9-k Ä" m p er u b l ēcomparably.
6-p er u b l ēinseparably, irreparably.
5-er u b l ēadmirably, considerably, favorably, honorably, inexorably, intolerably, measurably, memorably, miserably, preferably, unalterably, unfavorably.
4-u b l ēamiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, conceivably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexplicably, inextricably, interchangeably, interminably, invariably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, 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: Incomparably

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-y"

-2 letters: comparably, procambial, pyromaniac.

-3 letters: amblyopia, amblyopic, carbamino, cobalamin, incapably, myrobalan, panoramic, parabolic, procambia, pyromania.

-4 letters: abnormal, acrimony, acromial, amicably, anabolic, armonica, baronial, baryonic, braciola, carbamyl, carbinol, carbonyl, complain, coplanar, laminary, macaroni, manorial, marocain, morainal, normalcy, palimony, panbroil, paranoic, picloram, proclaim, prolamin, rampancy.

-5 letters: acromia, acronym, acyloin, airplay, alimony, almonry, amboina, amboyna, amiably, anomaly, bairnly, balcony, bipolar, cambial, campily, campion, capably, caporal, carabin, carinal, clarion, claypan, coalbin, company, complin, copaiba, corbina, cornily, crampon, cranial, crayola, cyprian, laminar, lampion, laniary, limacon, manioca, mayoral, minorca, nombril, ocarina, oilcamp, palmary, palmyra, parboil, paronym, pliancy, primacy, pyloric, rampion.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-y"
 

+3 letters: incomparability.

 

+4 letters: noncomparability.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Incomparably


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

49 6E 63 6F 6D 70 61 72 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)

01001001 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#99 &#111 &#109 &#112 &#97 &#114 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0063 006F 006D 0070 0061 0072 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)

438069817982678467687891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Historic
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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