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Obligatorily

Definitions: Obligatorily

Obligatorily

Adverb

1. In an obligatory manner; "this rule applies obligatorily".

2. In a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied.".

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


Synonyms: Obligatorily

Synonyms: compulsorily (adv), mandatorily (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: optionally (adv). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Obligatorily

"Obligatorily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Obligatorily" is used about 2 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%2245,945

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

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Modern Translations: Obligatorily

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

Chinese 

  

强制地 (Coercively). (various references)

   

German

  

pflichtgemäß (as in duty bound, dutiful, obligingly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

의무적으로. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

obligatorilyay

   

Romanian

  

obligatoriu (binding, compulsory, mandatory, obligatory). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Obligatorily"

Words rhyming with "obligatorily" (pronounced 'Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Obligatorily

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-g-i-i-l-l-o-o-r-t-y"

-2 letters: obligatory.

-3 letters: tribology.

-4 letters: lability, oblatory, obligati, obligato, tribally, trilobal.

-5 letters: ability, agility, bigotry, biliary, biology, galliot, galloot, garboil, gorilla, litoral, obligor, orality, orbital, tallboy, tollbar, trilogy.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-g-i-i-l-l-o-o-r-t-y"
 

+5 letters: bacteriologically.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Obligatorily


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

4F 62 6C 69 67 61 74 6F 72 69 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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