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Noticeably

Definition: Noticeably

Noticeably

Adverb

1. In a noticeable manner; "he changed noticeably over the years".

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

Date "noticeably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Synonym: Noticeably

Synonym: perceptibly (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: imperceptibly (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Noticeably

English words defined with "noticeably": broaddevelop, dike, dykegrowperceptiblyredolentsmellingvariable, variable star. (references)
Specialty definitions using "noticeably": banded structure, bulked yarndisharmonic fold, disharmonic foldsexaggerated stereoscopyhyperstereoscopyMini Discreceive acknowledge, regional hazeshallow waterwide base stereoscopy. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Noticeably

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In some individuals, symptoms of a dystonia appear in childhood between the ages of 5 and 16, usually in the foot or in the hand. In generalized dystonia, the involuntary dystonic movements may progress quickly to involve all limbs and the torso, but the rate of progression usually slows noticeably after adolescence. (references)

Business

As a result, demand for imported services has grown noticeably. (references)

This assumption is underlined by the fact that significant changes in the approach of, most noticeably, mobile operators took place recently. (references)

Competition from the Far East, and low-priced imports have increased noticeably over recent years - more so in recent times because of the strength of sterling. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bosnia and Herzegovina

While there were some improvements in the development of a free and independent press, most media continued to be biased noticeably. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

Judges are not specialized, and knowledge of commercial law is an area where most judges are noticeably deficient. (references)

Canada

This traditional mix has changed noticeably over the last five years, as services, IT products, and now natural gas are exported from the region, along with fishery and forestry products. (references)

Human Rights

Mozambique

However, in 2000 the LDH reported noticeably fewer minors held in detention nationwide. (references)

Bulgaria

However, police practices at the working level had not changed noticeably by year's end. (references)

Panama

All female inmates are expected to be transferred to Nueva Esperanza in January 2002. Throughout the country conditions at women's prisons and at juvenile detention centers were noticeably better than at adult male prisons. (references)

Political Economy

Thailand

Enforcement of a broad range of laws and regulations by police continued to be noticeably lax. (references)

Yemen

Also since August 1998, the government has undertaken periodic crackdowns on the carrying of weapons in Sanaa and other major cities that has noticeably reduced their prevalence. (references)

Trade

Bahrain

Some argue that companies employing more Bahrainis should receive preferential treatment when government contracts are awarded, but this does not noticeably affect contract awards. (references)

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

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Spoken Usage: Noticeably

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Donald Rumsfeld

Oh, my goodness, Iran is certainly not an ally. That's a word that's reserved for a relationship that's noticeably different than ours with Iran.

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

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Usage Frequency: Noticeably

"Noticeably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Noticeably" is used about 339 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%33915,555

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

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Modern Translations: Noticeably

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

Albanian

  

në një masë të konsiderueshme (notably), mjaft (come on, enough, fairly, pretty, quite, quite a few, rather, reasonably, richly, Satis, sufficiently, that's enough, well). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏على نحو ملاحظ. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

явно (apparently, distinctly, evidently, manifestly, obviously, pointedly, professedly, pronouncedly, visibly). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

引人注目地. (various references)

   

Czech

  

nápadnì, zřejmì (apparently, evidently), patrnì (apparently, evidently, seemingly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

huomattavasti (appreciably, considerably, markedly, perceptibly). (various references)

   

French

  

visiblement, perceptiblement. (various references)

   

German

  

zusehends (appreciably, from moment to moment, momentarily, rapidly, visibly), sichtlich (obvious, obviously, visible, visibly), merklich (appreciable, appreciably, distinct, marked, markedly, noticeable, perceptible, perceptibly, sensible), deutlich (appreciable, articulate, articulately, bold, broad, broadly, clear, clearly, conspicuous, decided, distinct, distinct (from), distinctly, explicit, explicitly, flat, lucid, manifest, marked, notedly, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, plainly, pronounced). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αισθητώσ (appreciably, perceptibly, sensibly). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

באפן יכר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szemmel láthatóan (evidently, manifestly, markedly). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ぐうぐう寝ちゃう (accomplice, approximately, cohort, completely exhausted, dead tired, enervated, fast, fast asleep, firmly, flabby, flexible, hanging around, hesitatingly, indecisiveness, limp, lolling, more, much, Okinawan fortress, pulpy, remarkably, senseless, sloppy, slowly, soft, soppy, sound asleep, sound of rinsing one's mouth, splat!, steadily, tardily, tired, to be unsteady, to fall sound asleep, to reel, to shake, to stray from the right path, turning round and round), 一際 (conspicuously, especially, remarkably, still more). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぐ"と (remarkably), ひときわ (conspicuously, especially, remarkably, still more). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

두"러지게. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oticeablynay

   

Portuguese

  

notavelmente (notably, remarkably, uncommonly), visivelmente (visibly), digno de nota (notable, noteworthy, remarkable, significant). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vizibil (apparent, discernible, distinctly, in evidence, marked, noticeable, observable, sightly, visible, visibly), sensibil (appreciably, considerable, considerably, delicate, feeling, impressible, impressionable, marked, painful, palpable, passible, responsive, scrupulous, sensible, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, tangible, tender, thin-skinned, touchy), considerabil (appreciable, considerable, considerably, extensive, fair, far, great, handsome, heavy, large, notably, notedly, sensible, significant, tidy, wide). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заметно (notably, notedly, signally, visibly). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

znatno (considerably, notably, notedly, strikingly), primetno (appreciably, distinctly, markedly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

notablemente (markedly, notably, notedly, remarkably, signally, strikingly), sensiblemente (amenably), obviamente (obviously), evidentemente (apparently, evidently, obviously, palpably, patently). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

märkbart (notedly, significantly). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

значно (considerably, estimably, far, gey, greatly, lot, much, notably, out and away, well), помітно (distinguishably, estimably, markedly, measurably, notably, notedly, noteworthily, signally). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Noticeably

Misspellings

"Noticeably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: noticably. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Noticeably"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "noticeably" (pronounced nō"tusublē)
5-s u b l ēflexibly, forcibly, impossibly, irresponsibly, irreversibly, ostensibly, passably, peaceably, possibly, responsibly, sensibly.
4-u b l ēadmirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irretrievably, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, palpably, plausibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly.
3-b l ēably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly.

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

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Anagrams: Noticeably

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-n-o-t-y"

-1 letter: cobaltine.

-2 letters: biacetyl, binately, bioclean, coinable, tailbone.

-3 letters: acolyte, aconite, acyloin, aloetic, anolyte, anticly, balcony, baloney, bayonet, binocle, botanic, cabinet, citable, coalbin, cyanite, elation, iceboat, lactone, latency, lection, niobate, notable, notably, tenably, toenail.

-4 letters: acetin, acetyl, action, aeonic, albeit, albino, albite, aliyot, alnico, atelic, atonic, bailey, beacon, betony, beylic, binate, boatel, boleti, bonaci, bonita.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-l-n-o-t-y"
 

+3 letters: bisectionally, exceptionably, incontestably, objectionably.

 

+4 letters: biogenetically, compensability, conceivability, enforceability.

 

+5 letters: bidirectionally, corynebacterial, decarboxylating, decarboxylation, recognizability, reconcilability, uncopyrightable, unexceptionably.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Noticeably


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

4E 6F 74 69 63 65 61 62 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)

-.    ---    -    ..    -.-.    .    .-    -...    .-..    -.--.

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

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101111 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100101 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#111 &#116 &#105 &#99 &#101 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 006F 0074 0069 0063 0065 0061 0062 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48818675697167687891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Spoken
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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