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Definitions: Remotely |
RemotelyAdverb1. In a remote manner; "when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy". 2. To a remote degree; "it is remotely possible". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "remotely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied; german. |
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Screenplays | Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) It's ironic that the first time in my life that I feel remotely affectionate for her, is when she's dead. (Igby Goes Down; writing credit: Burr Steers) Since we have graduated, I do not even remotely miss anything about college. (Early Edition; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Remotely Funny (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pictured is a physician using a remotely controlled endoscope. He is looking through a microscope-like eyepiece to monitor his actions while using small brushes and knives to take a biopsy.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
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Business | Once of BT's latest Concert service offerings is Remote LAN Connect, which allows data and programs stored on a local network to be accessed remotely by users from a fixed-line telephone, cellular phone or the Internet, no matter how far away they are from the LAN. Data can be accessed at speeds of up to 28,8 kilobits per second and is carried by Covert's global managed network. (references) | |
Economic History | North Korea | Korean is a Ural-Altaic language and is related to Japanese and remotely related to Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, and Mongolian. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Remotely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.49% of the time. "Remotely" is used about 395 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) | 99.49% | 393 | 14,149 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 395 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "remotely": remotely controlled exchange ♦ remotely controlled light ♦ remotely controlled station ♦ remotely controlled substation ♦ remotely operated ♦ remotely piloted vehicle ♦ remotely regulated station ♦ remotely related to. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "remotely": remotely-controlled, remotely-piloted, remotely-seated, remotely-sensed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "remotely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | ver (afar, away, distant, far, far away, remote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смътно (indefinitely, indistinctly), слабо (faintly, flabbily, low, meanly, slightly, weakly), отдалечено, малко (any, awhile, bit, few, little, several, slightly, some, somewhat, sort of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | lluny (afar, away, far, far away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遥远地 (Distantly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sense remotely (sense remotely), fjernstyret understation (remotely controlled substation), fjernstyret station (remotely controlled station), fjernstrømforsynet (remotely powered), fjernbetjente styreanlæg (remotely operated steering equipment), fjernbetjent fyr (remotely controlled light), drone (airborne target, drone, pilotless aircraft, pilotless target aircraft, remotely piloted vehicle, target drone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ver (afar, distant, far, far away, incidental, long, remote, side), afgelegen (afar, distant, far, far away, remote), achteraf (afar, afterwards, far, far away, next, out of the way, subsequently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malproksime (far away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | linjasyötetty (remotely powered), kauko-ohjattu sähköasema (remotely controlled substation), kauko-ohjattu asema (remotely controlled station), kaukokartoittaa (sense remotely), käyttöteho syötetty tiedonsiirtolinjaa pitkin (remotely powered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | toutes les vannes utilisées sur les têtes de puits sous-marines(sorties mud-cross,obturateurs arbre de Noël...)sont commande hydraulique et,pour la plupart du type "Fail Safe Closed",c'est- -dire qu'elles restent,ou se mettent,en position fermée e, téléalimenté (remotely powered), système de déclenchement manoeuvrable distance (remotely operated release device), station téléréglée (remotely regulated station), station télécommandée (remotely controlled station), poste téléconduit (remotely controlled substation), feu télécommandé (remotely controlled light), drone télépiloté (remotely piloted vehicle), détecteur d'incendie identifiable distance (remotely identifiable fire detector), détecter distance (sense remotely), centre télécommandé (remotely controlled exchange), appareil gouverner télécommandé (remotely operated steering equipment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entfernt (away, disconnected, dislodges, distant, distantly, far, off, remote, removed, removes, slightly, vague), vage (airy, broad, impalpable, indeterminate, uncertain, undecided, vague, vaguely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μακρόθεν, ελάχιστα (least). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | távirányított repülõeszköz (remotely piloted vehicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rivelatore di incendi provvisto di mezzo per identificare a distanza (remotely identifiable fire detector), veicolo pilotato a distanza (airborne target, drone, pilotless aircraft, remotely piloted vehicle), telerivelatore (sense remotely), telealimentato (remotely powered), stazione telecomandata (remotely controlled station, remotely controlled substation), sensore a distanza (sense remotely), fanale telecomandato (remotely controlled light), fanale azionato a distanza (remotely controlled light), dispositivo di rilascio manovrabile a distanza (remotely operated release device), centrale controllata a distanza (remotely controlled exchange), apparato di governo telecomandato (remotely operated steering equipment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 우원하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | foddey (afar, distance, far, long, longterm, markedly, remote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emotelyray remotamente. (various references) slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, lean, Lenten, light, loose, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), departe (aloof, apart, away, far, far away, far off, far out, off, out), de departe (far, far from, from a far, much), aproape (about, afar, all but, almost, anigh, approximately, as good as, at one's elbow, at the point of, close, close by, close upon, far, far away, hard, immediately, just about, little or nothing, near, near by, nearby, nearly, neighbor, neighbour, nigh, some, soon, thereabouts). (various references) нисколько (at all, nary, none, not a mite, not at all, not in the least, nothing). (various references) udaljeno (afar, away), neznatno (slightly), izdaleka (afar: from afar), daleko (afar, aloof, away, far, far and away, off). (various references) lejos (afar, aloof, away, far, far away, wide). (various references) avlägset. (various references) керований на відстані (remotely operated). (various references) kude (afar, away, far, far away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Remotely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: remotedly, remotly, remoyely, Renitelo, renotely. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "remotely" (pronounced rēmō"tlē) |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: motleyer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-m-o-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: emoter, meetly, melter, merely, merlot, meteor, molter, motley, myrtle, omelet, remelt, remote, telome, termly. | |
-3 letters: emery, emote, leery, merle, meter, metre, metro, morel, motel, motey, relet, remet, retem, toyer. | |
-4 letters: eely, eery, elmy, eyer, eyre, leer, leet, lore, lory, lyre, meet, melt, mere, merl, mete, mole, molt, moly, more, mort, mote, omer, orle. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-m-o-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: cyclometer, hemelytron, moderately, terpolymer, tiresomely. | |
+3 letters: cyclometers, heartsomely, meteorology, myoelectric, terpolymers. | |
+4 letters: biotelemetry, cephalometry, exothermally, extemporally, geothermally, immoderately, meteorically, nephelometry, overmodestly, peremptorily, redeployment, reemployment, tremendously. | |
+5 letters: adrenalectomy, complementary, countermelody, deuteranomaly, extemporarily, geometrically, laryngectomee, multiemployer, myoelectrical, nonelementary, predominately, preemployment, pyrheliometer, redeployments, reemployments, reflectometry, remythologize, temerariously, troublesomely, venturesomely. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6D 6F 74 65 6C 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -- --- - . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101101 01101111 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e m o t e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006D 006F 0074 0065 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271798186717891 |
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