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Definition: Unbearably |
UnbearablyAdverb1. To an unbearable degree; "it was unbearably hot in the room". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unbearably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Crosswords: Unbearably |
| English words defined with "unbearably": deafen. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But while they are everlasting they are at the same time, as you know, intolerably intense, unbearably extensive. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And 66 goes on over the terrible desert, where the distance shimmers and the black center mountains hang unbearably in the distance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Unbearably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unbearably" is used about 106 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% | 106 | 31,637 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unbearably": almost unbearably beautiful. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "unbearably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | unerträgliche (insufferably, unendurably), unerträglich (insufferable, insufferably, insupportable, insupportably, intolerable, intolerably, maddening, maddeningly, sickening, sickeningly, unbearable, unendurable, unendurably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανυποφορώσ (insupportably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tűrhetetlenül, kibírhatatlanul (insupportably), elviselhetetlenül (insupportably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earablyunbay intolerabil (intolerable, intolerably, unbearable), insuportabil (aggravating, beyond endurance, exquisite, fierce, impossible, insufferable, insupportable, keen, obnoxious, obnoxiously, oppressive, outrageous, past endurance, trying, unbearable, unendurable), de nesuportat. (various references) невыносимо. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Unbearably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unbearability, unbearbly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unbearably" (pronounced unbe"rublē) |
| 6 | -e" r u b l ē | terribly. |
| 5 | -r u b l ē | demonstrably, horribly. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-l-n-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: bearably, burnable, urbanely. | |
-3 letters: barbule, blarney, buyable, nebular, ranulae. | |
-4 letters: anural, arable, barbal, barbel, barely, barley, bauble, bleary, bubale, bulbar, burble, burbly, burley, laurae, lubber, nabber, nearby, nearly, nebula, nebuly, neural, nubble, nubbly, rabble, ranula, rubble, rubbly, unable, unbear, unreal, uranyl, urbane, yabber. | |
-5 letters: abbey, abler, alane, alary, anear, areal, arena, aurae, aural, babel. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 62 65 61 72 61 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -... . .- .-. .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100010 01100101 01100001 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n b e a r a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0062 0065 0061 0072 0061 0062 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)55806871678467687891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | "ερμανός, német, neamţ, немецкий |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greacã, греческий, грек |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, român, румынский, румын |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, englezesc, английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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