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Definition: Obligingly |
ObliginglyAdverb1. In accommodation; "obligingly, he lowered his voice". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "obligingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Synonym: ObliginglySynonym: accommodatingly (adv). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is understood also that the opening of that grating so obligingly before Jean Valjean was a piece of shrewdness on the part of Thenardier. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Obligingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 98.95% of the time. "Obligingly" is used about 95 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) | 98.95% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 95 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "obligingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njerëzisht (civilly, courteously, humanly, kindly), me mirësjellje (civilly, graciously, nicely), me mirësi (gently, kindly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بكرم (genially, kindly, nobly), بلطف (fair, genially, gently, pleasantly, softly, sweet, sweetly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | услужливо. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 和顺. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ochotnì (helpfully, readily, willingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | obligeamment, aimablement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verbindliche (bindingly, engagingly), pflichtgemäß (as in duty bound, dutiful, obligatorily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποχρεωτικά (needs, willy nilly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | udvariasan (affably, blandly, civilly, courteously, politely), lekötelezően, előzékenyen (accommodatingly, thoughtfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 친절하게 (kindly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obliginglyay estar em dívida (owe), amavelmente (amiably, friendly, genially, kindly). (various references) amabil (affable, agreeable, amiable, amiably, bland, considerate, courteous, decent, endearing, fair, favorable, favourable, genial, good natured, good tempered, gracious, kind, kindly, lovable, obliging, polite, politely, sweet-tempered), îndatoritor (accommodating, obliging). (various references) услужливо, вежливо (blandly, civilly, politely, urbanely), любезно (civilly, decently, fondly, graciously, kindly, pleasantly, politely). (various references) uslužno, učtivo (blandly, civilly, mannerly, politely, well spoken), predusetljivo, ljubazno (amicably, genially, graciously, kindly, nicely). (various references) atentamente (attentively, mindfully, sharply, thoughtfully). (various references) tjänstvilligt (willingly), förbindligt. (various references) чемно (affably, civilly, politely), гречно, ввічливо (affably, blandly, civilly, correctly, politely, respectfully), люб'язно (affably, decently, graciously, pleasantly), послужливо. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | benigne. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obligingly" (pronounced ublī"jinglē) |
| 5 | -j i ng l ē | disparagingly, grudgingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disarmingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, warningly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-g-i-i-l-l-n-o-y" | |
-2 letters: gibingly, gillying, obliging. | |
-3 letters: bilging, billing, billion, boiling, bolling, gilling, globing, ignobly. | |
-4 letters: biggin, billon, gibing, glibly, globin, goblin, gybing, logily, longly, ogling, oilily, oiling, yogini. | |
-5 letters: bigly, bilgy, billy, bingo, blini, boggy, boing, gilly, going, golly, lingo, lingy, loggy, lying, nobly, noily, yogin. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 62 6C 69 67 69 6E 67 6C 79 |
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