Possessively

Definition: Possessively

Possessively

Adverb

1. In a possessive manner; "he was sleeping, one arm flung possessively across his wife".

Usage Frequency: Possessively

"Possessively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Possessively" is used about 41 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)

Modern Translation: Possessively

Language		Translations for "possessively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		� 有欲地. (various references)

Czech		sobecky. (various references)

German		besitzgierig. (various references)

Korean		소� � �으로. (various references)

Pig Latin		ossessivelypay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Possessively"

Words rhyming with "possessively" (pronounced 'Pos*sess"ive*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)

Anagrams: Possessively

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-o-p-s-s-s-s-v-y"
	-2 letters: possessive.
	-4 letters: pelisses, pelvises, plosives, psiloses, speisses.
	-5 letters: loesses, oyesses, pelisse, plisses, plosive, poesies, possess, sessile, speises, vessels.
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