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Definition: Serially |
SeriallyAdverb1. In a serial manner; "serially composed music". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "serially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Crosswords: Serially |
| English words defined with "serially": serialise, serialize, series circuit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "serially": map grid ♦ scan path, serially balanced sequence, serially pulse-coded transmission, serially reusable. (references) |
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Screenplays | You tell me he's a depressed criminal, prone to anger, serially unfaithful. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España) | |
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| "Serially" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Serially" is used about 43 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% | 43 | 52,181 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "serially": serially balanced sequence ♦ serially reusable. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "serially": serially-produced. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "serially"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 连ç»åœ° (Continually, sequentially, successively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | serielt genanvendelig (serially reusable), seriel ensartet sekvens (serially balanced sequence), nummereret i serier (serially numbered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | serieel gebalanceerde sequentie (serially balanced sequence), in reeksen genummerd (serially numbered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jaksoittain (periodically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | numéroté en série (serially numbered), modulation MIC sérielle (serially pulse-coded transmission), décalcomanie numérotée en séries (serially numbered decal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nummerieren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σε συνÎχειεσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | in serie (serial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | ì—°ì†ë˜ (sequentially). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eriallysay reutilizável em série (serially reusable), numerado em série (serially numbered). (various references) периодичеÑки (periodically, seasonly). (various references) en serie (seriatim). (various references) seriellt Ã¥teranvändningsbar (serially reusable), sekventiellt Ã¥teranvändningsbar (serially reusable). (various references) seri olarak (in series, seriatim), dizi olarak. (various references) випуÑками, періодично (rhythmically). (various references) ra từng kỳ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Serially" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: certally, curially, sereall, serialled, Serraillier, Serrault. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "serially" (pronounced 'Se"ri*al*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) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-l-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: rallies, rallyes, sallier. | |
-2 letters: aerily, alleys, allies, ariels, easily, layers, rallye, really, relays, resail, rilles, riyals, sailer, serail, serial, siller, slayer. | |
-3 letters: aisle, alley, ariel, arils, arise, arles, aryls, earls, early, eyras, ileal, iller, lairs, lares, laris, laser, layer, lears, leary, liars, liers, liras, lisle, lyase, lyres, rails, raise, rales, rally, reals, relay. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-l-r-s-y" | |
+2 letters: phyllaries, residually, sterically, viscerally. | |
+3 letters: amaryllises, brainlessly, crystalline, crystallise, crystallite, crystallize, eristically, erosionally, galleryites, lyricalness, sensorially, spherically, subaerially, syllabaries, trisyllable, universally, versatilely, wearilessly. | |
+4 letters: crystallised, crystallises, crystallites, crystallized, crystallizer, crystallizes, esoterically, forensically, hysterically, impersonally, intervalleys, isothermally, meristically, mesmerically, seraphically, spheroidally, synergically, trisyllables. | |
+5 letters: crystallizers, disgracefully, everlastingly, extrinsically, heuristically, intersexually, ipsilaterally, isometrically, laryngologies, lyricalnesses, magisterially, ministerially, obstetrically, realistically, recrystallize, residentially, sempiternally, serologically, solderability, straitlacedly, strategically, superficially, superlatively, superloyalist, symmetrically, terrestrially, verisimilarly, wallydraigles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 72 69 61 6C 6C 79 |
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