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Definition: Naively |
NaivelyAdverb1. In a naive manner; "he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "naively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Crosswords: Naively |
| English words defined with "naively": innocently ♦ starry-eyed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "naively": sorcery. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death. Augustine Nicholas relates that a poor peasant who had been accused of sorcery was put to the torture to compel a confession. After enduring a few gentle agonies the suffering simpleton admitted his guilt, but naively asked his tormentors if it were not possible to be a sorcerer without knowing it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Naively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Naively" is used about 73 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% | 73 | 39,105 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "naively": over-naively. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "naively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | naivnì. (various references) | |
French | naïvement. (various references) | |
German | naiv (artless, dewy-eyed, greenly, gullible, ingenuous, ingenuously, naïf, naïve, naive, primitive, unsophisticated), naive (unsophisticatedly). (various references) | |
Greek | απλοϊκά, αφελώσ (artlessly). (various references) | |
Italian | ingenuamente. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 馬鹿正直 (foolishly honest, honest to a fault, naively honest). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ばかしょうじき (foolishly honest, honest to a fault, naively honest). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aivelynay.(various references) | |
Spanish | ingenuamente. (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างตรงๆ. (various references) | |
Turkish | safça (fairly, innocently, purely), saf saf (facilely, innocently). (various references) | |
Ukranian | наївно, простокувато. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Naively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kaivalya, mauvely, naievly, nailery, Naveli, Neibel, nervily, niavely. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "naively" (pronounced nÄē"vlē) |
| 3 | -v l ē | accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, affirmatively, aggressively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, bravely, cohesively, collectively, comparatively, competitively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, consecutively, conservatively, constructively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, decisively, defensively, definitively, derisively, distinctively, effectively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, exhaustively, expensively, explosively, extensively, figuratively, furtively, gravely, imaginatively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, instinctively, intensively, intuitively, legislatively, lively, lovely, massively, negatively, objectively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, plaintively, positively, preemptively, productively, progressively, prohibitively, prospectively, protectively, provocatively, qualitatively, quantitatively, reflexively, relatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, sensitively, substantively, successively, tentatively. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-v-y" | |
-1 letter: alevin, alvine, vainly, valine, veinal, venial, vineal. | |
-2 letters: alien, aline, alive, anile, anvil, elain, inlay, leavy, levin, liane, liney, liven, naevi, naive, navel, nival, vealy, veiny, venal, vinal, vinyl. | |
-3 letters: anil, ayin, elan, envy, evil, ilea, inly, lain, lane, lave, lean, leva, levy, lien, line, liny, live, nail, nave, navy, nevi, vail, vain, vale, vane, veal, veil, vein, vela, vena, vial, vile, vina, vine, viny, yean. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, ale, ane, ani, any, ave, aye, ivy, lav, lay, lea, lei, lev, ley, lie, lin, lye, nae, nay, nil, van, via, vie, yea, yen, yin. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, al, an, ay, el, en, in, la, li, na, ne, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-v-y" | |
+1 letter: enviably, natively, venality, venially. | |
+2 letters: liveryman, sylvanite. | |
+3 letters: inactively, inevitably, invasively, negatively, overlaying, sylvanites, waveringly. | |
+4 letters: antislavery, attentively, conceivably, deliveryman, equivalency, eventuality, expansively, genitivally, intervalley, inviolately, irrelevancy, narratively, normatively, overplaying, plaintively, quaveringly, revealingly, tentatively, unadvisedly, universally, ventilatory. | |
+5 letters: ambivalently, clairvoyance, devotionally, equivalently, evidentially, evolutionary, inchoatively, indicatively, innovatively, intervalleys, inveterately, invulnerably, irrelevantly, overanalysis, ruminatively, transitively, unbelievably, universality, unwaveringly, valetudinary, venerability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 69 76 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .- .. ...- . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a i v e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0069 0076 0065 006C 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)48677588717891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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