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Definition: Stridently |
StridentlyAdverb1. In a strident manner; "the cheap clock ticked stridently". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stridently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Iraq | However, after the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, Iraq reverted to more stridently anti-Israel statements. (references) |
Indonesia | Indonesian foreign policy under the "New Order" government of President Soeharto moved away from the stridently anti-Western, anti-American posturing that characterized the latter part of the Sukarno era. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Stridently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stridently" is used about 31 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% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "stridently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刺耳地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | scharfe (keenly, poignantly, trenchantly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tagliente (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, biting, clipping, cutting, edgy, keen, lurid, nipping, sharp, slicing, trenchant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 거슬리. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | identlystray strident (clangorous, grating, harsh, high, loud, shrill, strident). (various references) резко (abruptly, acridly, acutely, drastically, hardly, harshly, roundly, shortly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Stridently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: striently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stridently" (pronounced strī"duntlē) |
| 6 | -d u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, ardently, confidently, evidently, imprudently, independently, prudently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | adamantly, apparently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-n-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: dentistry. | |
-2 letters: strident, tendrils, trendily, tridents, trindles. | |
-3 letters: density, dentils, dentist, destiny, distent, inertly, linters, litters, littery, retints, ridleys, slitted, slitter, snidely, sternly, stilted, stinted, stinter, stylite, tendril, tensity, testily, tetryls, tilters, tinders, tindery, tinters, tiredly, trident, trindle, tritely, trysted. | |
-4 letters: delist, dentil, diners, direly, direst, driest, dryest, dynels, elints, enlist, entity, estrin, idlers. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-n-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: interestedly. | |
+4 letters: indestructibly. | |
+5 letters: demonstrability, demonstratively, disinterestedly, dorsiventrality, dorsoventrality. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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