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Definition: Indignantly |
IndignantlyAdverb1. In an indignant manner; "Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "indignantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Crosswords: Indignantly |
| Specialty definitions using "indignantly": Albin. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The democracy indignantly reproached it with its failure. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Indignantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indignantly" is used about 217 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% | 217 | 20,530 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "indignantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me zemërim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възмутено. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 愤愤地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozhorèenì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | empört (disgusts, indignant, outraged, scandalized, shocked), ungehaltene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dühösen (furiously, on the warpath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 憤然と (in a rage, wrathfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふ"ぜ"として (in a rage, wrathfully), ふ"ぜ"と (in a rage, wrathfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 분개하. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indignantlyay indignado (wrathful, wroth). (various references) с негодованием. (various references) ogorčeno (bitterly). (various references) con indignación. (various references) indignerat. (various references) protesto ederek, kızgın (angry, angry with, annoyed, ardent, baking, black, boiling, cross, dyspeptic, fervent, fierce, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignant, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, vexed, wild, wroth). (various references) обурено. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | increpa, increpabant, increpabat, increpabit, increpabo, increpandum, increpans, increpantibus, increpare, increparet, increpat, increpem, increpet, increpueris, increpuerit, increpui, increpuisti, increpuit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Indignantly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: idignantly, indigantly, indignatly, indinantly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "indignantly" (pronounced i'ndi"gnuntlē) |
| 6 | -n u n t l ē | eminently, imminently, permanently, predominantly, prominently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, presently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-l-n-n-n-t-y" | |
-2 letters: indignant. | |
-3 letters: algidity, daintily, dilating, indignly, inlaying. | |
-4 letters: agility, alining, anility, dialing, digital, dignity, dingily, dinning, dinting, gliadin, inanity, intagli, landing, nailing, tailing, tanning, tidying, tinnily, tinning. | |
-5 letters: aiding, ailing, anilin, anting, dainty, dating, daylit, dining, gainly, idling, indign, inlaid, inland, inning, lading, laying, ligand, lignin, lining, litany, nandin, niding, nilgai, tangly, tannin, tidily. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-i-l-n-n-n-t-y" | |
+4 letters: disenchantingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 69 67 6E 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. .. --. -. .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01101001 01100111 01101110 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d i g n a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0069 0067 006E 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380707573806780867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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