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Definition: Lenify |
LenifyVerb1. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: LenifySynonyms: appease (v), assuage (v), conciliate (v), gentle (v), gruntle (v), mollify (v), pacify (v), placate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Moderation | Moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy; attemper, contemper; mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken; lessen; (decrease); check palliate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lenify | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "lenify" (pronounced 'Len"i*fy'): Acidify, Adsignify, Aerify, Alacrify, Angelify, Anglicify, Anglify, Arefy, Argufy, Balmify, Basify, Beatify, Bonify, Brutify, Candify, Capacify, Carnify, Celestify, Certify, Chondrify, Chylify, Chymify, Classify, Cockneyfy, Codify, Consignify, Corporify, Correctify, Countrify, Crucify, Cuffy, Daintify, Damnify, Dandify, Decalcify, Deify, Demideify, Denitrify, Devitrify, Dezincify, Diabolify, Dignify, Disacidify, Disdeify, Disedify, Disglorify, Disguisedfy, Disqualify, Dissatisfy, Dissyllabify. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: finely. | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-n-y" | |
-1 letter: elfin, liney. | |
-2 letters: file, fine, fley, inly, lief, lien, life, line, liny, neif. | |
-3 letters: elf, fen, fey, fie, fil, fin, fly, lei, ley, lie, lin, lye, nil, yen, yin. | |
-4 letters: ef, el, en, if, in, li, ne, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-n-y" | |
+1 letter: fleying. | |
+2 letters: affinely, felinely, felinity, finitely, frenzily, friendly, reflying, unwifely. | |
+3 letters: defiantly, definably, feelingly, ineffably, solemnify, yellowfin. | |
+4 letters: defensibly, definitely, femininely, fetchingly, fiendishly, fleeringly, fleetingly, freezingly, frenziedly, friendlily, infelicity, inferiorly, infernally, infidelity, infinitely, inflexibly, informedly, jellifying, ladyfinger, liquefying, manifestly, overflying, polyolefin, unfriendly, yellowfins. | |
+5 letters: affectingly, befittingly, confidently, confirmedly, cycloolefin, deafeningly, defensively, deficiently, differently, diffidently, efficiently, emulsifying, falteringly, feloniously, festinately, filamentary, flyspecking, indefinably, infertility, interfamily, ladyfingers, myofilament, nefariously, offensively, plentifully, polyolefins, stellifying, unfeelingly, unfeignedly, unselfishly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 6E 69 66 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . -. .. ..-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e n i f y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 006E 0069 0066 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467180757291 |
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