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Definition: Romantically |
RomanticallyAdverb1. In a romantic manner; "she fantasized romantically about eloping wiht her boyfriend". 2. In a romantic manner; "they were romantically linked". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "romantically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
| Antonym: unromantically (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Romantically |
| English words defined with "romantically": chase, chase after ♦ girl, girlfriend, glamorize ♦ lady friend ♦ romanticise, romanticize, Romanticly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "romantically": bird-dogging. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "romantically": Romanticly. (references) |
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Screenplays | Kid, if we were romantically involved, I'd sell tickets (The 51st Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Buz Kohan) You're like the poster boy for the romantically challenged (On the Line; writing credit: Eric Aronson; Paul Stanton) Are you romantically interested in anyone (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne) Are romantically (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
Lyrics | Wax on and off so romantically (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) | |
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| "Red house" by Philip Jackson Commentary: "Pic of red brick house. esentially. the day was a bit grey so add saturation to taste. i left a it was. I might go back and take more of this house, as we just passed it briefly. it was one of those rather romantically wonky houses. it also stood out cos" |
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| "Romantically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Romantically" is used about 90 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) | 100% | 90 | 34,744 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
linked romantically | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "romantically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | романтично. (various references) | |
French | romantique (romantic, romanticist). (various references) | |
German | romantisches. (various references) | |
Greek | ρωμαντικώσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | romantikus természetű (she is romantically given). (various references) | |
Italian | romantico (romantic, romanticist, smoochy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | セタン価 (cetane number, sedan, sex friend, sexual intercourse, someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway), やや上回る (a little more than, bimbo, limp, particle denoting uncertainty or a listing, soft, someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway, tender, way of doing something). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | セックスフレンド (sex friend, someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway), やりとも (someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omanticallyray.(various references) | |
Spanish | romantico (romantic). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "romantically": necromantically, unromantically. (additional references) | |
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"Romantically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Romanticals. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "romantically" (pronounced rōma"ntikulē or rōma"ntiklē) |
| 6 | -t i k u l ē | critically, journalistically, fanatically, hermetically, magnetically, majestically, mathematically, optimistically, parenthetically, pathetically, politically, pragmatically, ritualistically, skeptically, statistically, sympathetically, tactically, theoretically, therapeutically, uncritically. |
| 5 | -i k u l ē | chronically, clinically, comically, cynically, diametrically, electrically, electronically, empirically, ethically, geographically, historically, intrinsically, magically, methodically, metrically, mineralogically, periodically, philosophically, physically, sardonically, scientifically, surgically, symbolically, technically, technologically, theatrically. |
| 4 | -k u l ē | botanically, broccoli, fiscally, frantically, locally, luckily, unequivocally, vocally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clumsily, coincidentally, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, culturally, customarily, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, digitally, dismally, jauntily, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, emotionally, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, loyally, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, mightily, militarily, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, partially, peacefully, perennially, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, pitifully, playfully, potentially, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, royally, ruefully, satisfactorily, scantily, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, tactfully, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uneasily, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 6 | -n t i k l ē | authentically. |
| 5 | -t i k l ē | acoustically, aesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, artistically, automatically, characteristically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, euphemistically, fantastically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, idiotically, linguistically, logistically, optically, phonetically, poetically, realistically, sarcastically, stylistically, synthetically, systematically, thematically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-m-n-o-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: atomically, notarially, rationally. | |
-3 letters: acylation, allantoic, amorality, ancillary, antically, cantorial, carnality, clamantly, cranially, laminator, manically, maritally, martially, normality, ontically, tamarillo, tonically. | |
-4 letters: acrimony, acromial, alacrity, amorally, analytic, anatomic, animally, animator, antiroll, armonica, aromatic, atomical, atonally, calamint, calamity, carillon, carnally, caryotin, cilantro, claimant, climatal, clitoral, coitally, collyria, contrail, lacrimal, laminary, locality, macaroni, manorial, mantilla. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-m-n-o-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: antidromically, astronomically, manometrically, morganatically, unromantically. | |
+3 letters: combinatorially, gastronomically, microanalytical, necromantically. | |
+4 letters: intramolecularly, misanthropically, undemocratically. | |
+5 letters: monochromatically, thermodynamically. | |
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