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Definitions: Out-of-the-way |
Out-of-the-wayAdjective1. Out of the ordinary; "out-of-the-way information". 2. Improper or even offensive; "out-of-the-way remarks"; "did you notice anything out-of-the-way?". 3. Remote from populous or much-traveled regions; "found a quiet out-of-the-way resort". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Out-of-the-waySynonyms: off the beaten track(p) (adj), out-of-the-way(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: recovery of sums paid out by way of legal aid (law), truck designed to carry out three-way stacking (mechanical engineering). |
Crosswords: Out-of-the-way |
| English words defined with "out-of-the-way": off the beaten track. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "out-of-the-way": Lubberkin ♦ NUGGING DRESS ♦ Patmos ♦ QUEER BITCH. (references) |
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Barely one month after FDR issued his order, Japanese-Americans and Japanese in America were being involuntary removed from their homes on the West Coast and transported to incarceration centers in out-of-the-way places. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Out-of-the-way" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.24% of the time. "Out-of-the-way" is used about 21 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.24% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "out-of-the-way"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 偏僻 (secluded, Secludedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syrjäinen (distant, outlying, remote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 祭り込む (to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まつり"む (to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | out-of-the-wayay отдаленный (abstracted, distant, far off, faraway, far-off, out, out of the way, outlying, remote). (various references) avkrok (out-of-the-way corner). (various references) xa xôi (devious, far-off, remote), không phải lối, không đúng lề lối; l m mếch lòng, khác thường không chỉnh, hẻo lánh lạ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-o-o-t-t-u-w-y" | |
-4 letters: footway. | |
-5 letters: outate, outeat, toothy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 2D 6F 66 2D 74 68 65 2D 77 61 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 00101101 01101111 01100110 00101101 01110100 01101000 01100101 00101101 01110111 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t - o f - t h e - w a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 002D 006F 0066 002D 0074 0068 0065 002D 0077 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4987861581721586747115896791 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , китайский, китаец, kinesisk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, финский, finsk, tiếng Phần-lan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japansk, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japansk, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, venäläinen, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ryss, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, ruotsalainen, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, svensk, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamilainen, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", вьетнамский, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, английский, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Spoken | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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