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Definition: Irresistibly |
IrresistiblyAdverb1. Incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "irresistibly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: IrresistiblySynonyms: overpoweringly (adv), overwhelmingly (adv). (additional references) |
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Clever | Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He felt irresistibly that Cosette was escaping him. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He felt some dark presence moving irresistibly upon him from the darkness, a presence subtle and murmurous as a flood filling him wholly with itself. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Travel | Georgia | Georgians take great pride in their historic and widespread reputation as gracious hosts, and are irresistibly hospitable. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Deeply impressed with the blessings which we enjoy, and of which we have such manifold proofs, my mind is irresistibly drawn to that Almighty Being, the great source from whence they proceed and to whom our most grateful acknowledgments are due. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Irresistibly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Irresistibly" is used about 102 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% | 102 | 32,309 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "irresistibly": irresistibly funny. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "irresistibly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不可抗'地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | irrésistiblement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | unwiderstehliche, unwiderstehlich (compelling, compellingly, irresistible, magnetic, overwhelming, resistless, uncontrollable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ellenállhatatlanul (overwhelmingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | み使い (angel, be impatient, bushy, conspicuously, crunch, giant flying squirrel, incomprehensible muttering, itch, itchy, make good use of, make the most of, morose, munch, nausea, offended, queasy, ragged, rugged, shaggy, soy sauce, stuffy, suddenly, sullen, surge of anger, talking in sleep, to be fretful, to be in a spleen, to be in a temper, to be in ill humour, to be irritated, to be vexed, to become angry or sullen, to become serious, to blow, to feel irritated, to feel offended, to feel sick, to fret, to have the appearance of ~, to jerk off, to masturbate, to show signs of ~, to take somethingseriously, woman's desire), 一 りも無く (easily, helplessly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひとたまりもなく (easily, helplessly), むらむらと (suddenly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 항 수 없. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irresistiblyay irezistibil (irresistible, resistless). (various references) urkomisk (irresistibly funny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Irresistibly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: irresistably. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "irresistibly" (pronounced i'ruzi"stublē) |
| 5 | -t u b l ē | charitably, comfortably, creditably, equitably, imperceptibly, indisputably, inevitably, notably, predictably, profitably, regrettably, respectably, suitably, unacceptably, unaccountably, uncomfortably, unpredictably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, demonstrably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, preferably, presumably, probably, reasonably, recognizably, reliably, remarkably, responsibly, sensibly, terribly, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-i-l-r-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: bristlier. | |
-4 letters: blisters, blistery, bristles, iritises, risibles, sisterly, styliser, terribly, trilbies. | |
-5 letters: bestirs, birlers, bisters, bistres, blister, bristle, bristly, ileitis, liberty, listers, lyrists, relists, ribiers, ribless, riblets, risible, risibly, siltier, stylers, stylise. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-i-i-l-r-r-s-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: repressibility. | |
+3 letters: irresistibility. | |
+4 letters: irrepressibility, irresponsibility. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 72 72 65 73 69 73 74 69 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-. .-. . ... .. ... - .. -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110010 01110010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I r r e s i s t i b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0072 0072 0065 0073 0069 0073 0074 0069 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438484718575858675687891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, kinesisk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, neamţ, tysk |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , hongrois, Ungar, magyar, 헝가리, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, ungrare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonezã, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonezã, japansk |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, limba coreeanã, coreean, koreansk |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, Roumain, rumäne, román, 루마니아, român, rumänsk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, angol, 영국, englezesc, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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