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Definition: Uncomfortably |
UncomfortablyAdverb1. In physical discomfort" "she lay on the couch, her body uncomfortably twisted". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uncomfortably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
| Antonym: comfortably (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Uncomfortably |
| English words defined with "uncomfortably": binding ♦ chill, chilly, claustrophobic, constricting ♦ glare ♦ incommodious ♦ pinched, provincial ♦ self-conscious, swelter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "uncomfortably": Shoes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's just a bunch of unrelated scenes, all of them uncomfortably close to the truth. (Rehearsal for Murder; writing credit: Richard Levinson; William Link) The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those new-fangled parsons who carry the principles of their vocation uncomfortably into private life. (Kind Hearts and Coronets; writing credit: Roy Horniman; Robert Hamer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | 8th Army in Tripoli. Uncomfortably closeup shot of a British 8th Army tank used in the Tripoli campaign. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Zimbabwe | As the presidential election expected in early 2002 approaches, the continuation of politically or economically motivated violence remains uncomfortably high. (references) |
Indonesia | IBRA has perched uncomfortably at the nexus of Indonesia's efforts to recover from the 1997-98 financial crisis since it was founded in January 1998. It controls loans, bank equity, and commercial and industrial assets with a face value of approximately 45 percent Indonesia's GDP. Because of its pivotal role in the economy, IBRA has faced intense and often conflicting political pressures. (references) | |
Travel | Botswana | Dress: Women may wear business attire appropriate to the U.S., although jackets will be uncomfortably hot during much of the year (October-April). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Uncomfortably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Uncomfortably" is used about 419 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) | 99.76% | 418 | 13,577 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.24% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 419 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "uncomfortably": uncomfortably-phrased. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "uncomfortably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pa rehat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неудобно (ill at ease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 难受地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | nepohodlnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | inconfortablement, désagréablement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | unbequem (awkward, difficult, incommodious, inconvenient, inconveniently, uncomfortable, unpleasant), ungemütlich (awkward, uncomfortable, uneasy, unintimate, unpleasant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στενόχωρα (hardly, in straits). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kényelmetlenül. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불편하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | omfortablyuncay неудобно (embarrassing). (various references) neprijatno (unpleasantly), nelagodno (ill at ease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Uncomfortably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uncomformably, unconfortably. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "uncomfortably" (pronounced unku"mftublē) |
| 5 | -t u b l ē | charitably, comfortably, creditably, equitably, imperceptibly, indisputably, inevitably, irresistibly, notably, predictably, profitably, regrettably, respectably, suitably, unacceptably, unaccountably, unpredictably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, demonstrably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, preferably, presumably, probably, reasonably, recognizably, reliably, remarkably, responsibly, sensibly, terribly, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, 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-b-c-f-l-m-n-o-o-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: comfortably, conformably. | |
-4 letters: conformal, countably, monocular, mycoflora, olfactory. | |
-5 letters: alumroot, autonomy, calutron, carbonyl, cartoony, clubfoot, clubroom, clubroot, colorant, colorman, columnar, corybant, couranto, falconry, fumatory, locutory, matronly, mobocrat, monocrat, mooncalf, normalcy, oblatory, octonary, outclomb, turbofan. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 63 6F 6D 66 6F 72 74 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 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100110 01101111 01110010 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n c o m f o r t a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0063 006F 006D 0066 006F 0072 0074 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)55806981797281848667687891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, 알"니아, албанский, albanski, albanac |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, 중국, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, 체", чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, "랑스, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, német, 독일, немецкий, germanski |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, 그리스, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, 영국, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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