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Definition: Tearfully |
TearfullyAdverb1. With tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tearfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Uzbekistan | Local leaders shamed her for bringing Namangani into the world until she tearfully apologized and cursed her son. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tearfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tearfully" is used about 42 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% | 42 | 52,864 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tearfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 眼泪汪汪地, 潸 . (various references) | |
Czech | plaètivì. (various references) | |
German | tränenreich (lachrymose, tearful). (various references) | |
Hungarian | könnyezve. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 泣く泣く (crying, weeping, withtears). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なくなく (crying, weeping, withtears). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | earfullytay.(various references) | |
Russian | слезливо. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | magno cum fletu, multis cum lacrimis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Tearfully" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tearfull. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tearfully" (pronounced ti"rfulē) |
| 6 | -i" r f u l ē | cheerfully. |
| 5 | -r f u l ē | carefully. |
| 4 | -f u l ē | anencephaly, artfully, blissfully, delightfully, dreadfully, dutifully, faithfully, fitfully, forcefully, frightfully, gainfully, gleefully, gracefully, gratefully, helpfully, hopefully, joyfully, lawfully, manfully, masterfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, peacefully, pitifully, playfully, purposefully, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ruefully, skillfully, successfully, tactfully, tastefully, thankfully, thoughtfully, truthfully, unlawfully, unsuccessfully, usefully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, 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, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-l-l-r-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: artfully. | |
-2 letters: alertly, fullery, refutal, tearful, trayful. | |
-3 letters: allure, artful, earful, elytra, faller, falter, faulty, fealty, featly, ferula, flatly, flayer, fleury, fluter, flutey, fuller, lately, laurel, lealty, luteal, lyrate, rallye, really, realty, refall, taller. | |
-4 letters: after, alert, alley, alter, artel, early, faery, farle, fatly, fault, fella, felly, feral, ferly, fetal, feuar, flare, flute, fluty, fluyt, flyer, flyte, fully, later, layer, leafy, leary, lefty, lutea, lyart, rally, ratel, refly, relay, taler, tally, teary, telly, trull, truly, tulle, turfy, tuyer, ultra, urate, ureal, yurta. | |
-5 letters: aery, alef, ally, arty, aryl, earl, eyra, fall, fare, farl, fart, fate, feal, fear, feat, fell, felt, feta, flat, flay, flea, fley, flue, frae, frat, fray, fret, fuel, full, furl, fury, late, leaf, leal, lear, left, lure, lute, lyre, raft, rale, rate, real, reft, rely, rule, ruly, tael, tale, tall, tare, teal, tear, tela, tell, tray, tref, trey, true, tufa, tule, turf, tyer, tyre, urea, yare, year, yell, yule, yurt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-l-l-r-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: gratefully. | |
+2 letters: masterfully. | |
+3 letters: fraudulently, ungratefully. | |
+4 letters: centrifugally, unfalteringly. | |
+5 letters: unflatteringly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 61 72 66 75 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . .- .-. ..-. ..- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01100001 01110010 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e a r f u l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 0061 0072 0066 0075 006C 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)547167847287787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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