Superciliously

Definition: Superciliously

Superciliously

Adverb

1. With a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner; "`I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly".

Date "superciliously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonyms: Superciliously

Synonyms: sneeringly (adv), snidely (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Superciliously

Specialty definitions using "superciliously": De Haut en Bas. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Superciliously

"Superciliously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Superciliously" is used about 3 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%	3	202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Superciliously

Language		Translations for "superciliously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		心高�"傲地. (various references)

German		hochmütigen. (various references)

Korean		거만하게 (haughtily, insolently, Proudly). (various references)

Pig Latin		uperciliouslysay

Russian		высокомерно (arrogantly, with a high hand). (various references)

Ukrainian		гордовито (arrogantly), презирливо (contemptuously, scornfully). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Superciliously

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	superbe. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Superciliously

Misspellings
	"Superciliously" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: supercilliously. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Superciliously

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-o-p-r-s-s-u-u-y"
	-2 letters: supercilious.
	-4 letters: lusciously, perilously, preciously, speciously, spuriously, supercoils.
	-5 letters: curiously, leprously, lipolyses, lipolysis, lyricises, opuscules, pillories, pyloruses, seriously, siliceous, supercoil, surplices.
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