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Linguistically

Definitions: Linguistically

Linguistically

Adverb

1. With respect to the science of linguistics; "linguistically interesting data".

2. With respect to language; "linguistically impaired children"; "a lingually diverse population".

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

Date "linguistically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1930. (references)


Synonym: Linguistically

Synonym: lingually (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Linguistically

English words defined with "linguistically": Bantu. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Linguistically

DomainTitle

Books

  • Assessment and Instruction of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with or At-Risk of Learning Problems: From Research to Practice (reference)

  • Children of Promise: Literate Activity in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms (Nea School Restructuring Series) (reference)

  • Crossroads: Literature and Language in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms (reference)

  • Language and Learning: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students (Suny Series, the Social Context of Education) (reference)

  • Literacy Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: A Collection of Articles and Commentaries (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Linguistically

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Culturally sensitive and linguistically compatible staffing for outreach and screening is a key component. (references)

This information must be provided in a manner that is linguistically and culturally appropriate to the patient. (references)

Economic History

North Korea

Koreans are racially and linguistically homogeneous. (references)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. (references)

Thailand

The Thai are related linguistically to groups originating in southern China. (references)

Indigenous People

Botswana

They are physically, linguistically, and culturally distinct from the rest of the population. (references)

Angola

The population includes 1 to 2 percent of Khoisan and other linguistically distinct hunter-gatherer tribes scattered through the provinces of Namibe, Cunene, and Cuando Cubango. (references)

Political Economy

Iraq

Ethnically and linguistically the Iraqi population includes Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Yazidis, and Armenians. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Nepal is ethnically, linguistically, and culturally diverse. (references)

Worker Rights

Russia

They were isolated linguistically and removed from their social and family support systems, rendering them totally dependent upon their traffickers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Linguistically

"Linguistically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Linguistically" is used about 127 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%12728,395

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

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Expressions: Linguistically

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "linguistically": linguistically-based, linguistically-challenged, linguistically-informed, linguistically-relevant, linguistically-represented.

Ending with "linguistically": cross-linguistically, non-linguistically.

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

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Modern Translations: Linguistically

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

Chinese 

  

语言 (A-language, language, linguistic, Linguistical). (various references)

   

German

  

linguistischen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γλωσσολογικώσ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

linguisticamente. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

언어적으로 (lingually). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inguisticallylay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Linguistically

Derivations

Words ending with "linguistically": crosslinguistically, extralinguistically. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Linguistically"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "linguistically" (pronounced linggwi"stiklē)
7-i" s t i k l ēartistically, characteristically, euphemistically, logistically, realistically, stylistically, uncharacteristically, unrealistically.
6-s t i k l ēacoustically, domestically, drastically, enthusiastically, fantastically, sarcastically.
5-t i k l ēaesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, authentically, automatically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, dramatically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, erratically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, idiotically, optically, phonetically, poetically, synthetically, systematically, thematically, undiplomatically, vertically.
4-i k l ēacademically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically.
3-k l ēalchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Linguistically

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-i-i-l-l-l-n-s-t-u-y"

-2 letters: linguistical.

-4 letters: linguistic.

-5 letters: callusing, illicitly, initially, laicising, lastingly, liltingly, lingually, scintilla, scungilli, utilising.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-i-i-l-l-l-n-s-t-u-y"
 

+5 letters: crosslinguistically, extralinguistically.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Linguistically


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

4C 69 6E 67 75 69 73 74 69 63 61 6C 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)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "linguistically"


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