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Uniquely

Definition: Uniquely

Uniquely

Adverb

1. So as to be unique; "he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "uniquely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references)


Synonym: Uniquely

Synonym: unambiguously (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Uniquely

English words defined with "uniquely": particularly, peculiarlyunambiguously. (references)
Specialty definitions using "uniquely": Antigens, CD45, Autonomous System Numberblock number, boundary-value problemcandidate key, census tract number, CFCC, Chinese remainder theoremdongle-diskequivocality, Eulerian anglesFinite State Machine, foreign keyGIRASinode, invoke IDmap spot number, maritime mobile service identities, message identifierobject ID, object identification, object identifier, originating region codePeptide Elongation Factors, Peptide Initiation Factors, pestis bubonica, process identifierstorage locationTract numberUnique ID Listing, unique identifier, University of Edinburgh. (references)

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Modern Usage: Uniquely

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Uniquely Us (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Uniquely

DomainTitle

Books

  • Building Left-Brain Power: Left-Brain Conditioning Exercises and Tips to Strengthen Language, Math and Uniquely Human Skills (reference)

  • It's a Girl Thing: More Than 300 Qualities, Quirks, & Quibbles That Uniquely Define Women (reference)

  • Sedona: The Most Uniquely Beautiful Site on Earth (reference)

  • Uniquely Cork (reference)

  • Uniquely Florida (State Studies: Florida) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Uniquely

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A constellation of structural alterations of the epidermis, the dermal-epidermal junction, and the dermis is uniquely characteristic of photodamage. (references)

Thus, the inability to maintain good oral hygiene and xerostomia are risk factors of special significance among the elderly, and gingival recession uniquely increases the risk of root caries in elderly populations by exposing previously protected root surfaces to cariogenesis. (references)

Skin is uniquely suited for gene therapy approaches to disease, not just for skin disorders, but for other diseases as well. It is accessible, it provides a way to introduce genetic material using carriers other than viruses, and it can help produce molecules such as insulin and human growth hormone to treat systemic diseases. (references)

Business

Parents still buy high-quality and uniquely designed children's wear if they appreciate the value and think they are reasonably priced. (references)

Lying in the heart of Europe, the Czech Republic is uniquely positioned to become a key transport hub integrating Western and Eastern Europe. (references)

The TIA will be promoting themed travel and aspects of travel that are uniquely American through its marketing efforts and advertising campaigns. (references)

Civil Liberties

Thailand

Under the provisions of the Religious Organizations Act of 1969, the RAD recognizes a new religion if a national census shows that it has at least 5,000 adherents, has a uniquely recognizable theology, and is not politically active. (references)

Economic History

Australia

Land-based telephony operates according to European E1 standards, but differ somewhat to create a uniquely Australian version. (references)

Korea

Another good source of contacts is the Association of Foreign Trading Agents of Korea (AFTAK), a well-established, private trade association founded under government auspices uniquely dedicated to increasing imports into Korea. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Uniquely

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

It's fine to think your children are better than everybody else's, because everybody thinks their kids are uniquely perfect.

Lynne Cheney

That we are so uniquely blessed to live in freedom as we do. And that if you don't understand how we got to be this way, how we got to be a free and independent country, you first of all don't understand what a privilege it is.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Uniquely

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Activities will be pursued when they can be uniquely or more efficiently accomplished in space.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Uniquely

"Uniquely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "Uniquely" is used about 530 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.81%52911,572
Noun (proper)0.19%1339,140
                    Total100.00%530N/A

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

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Expressions: Uniquely

Expression using "uniquely": uniquely suited. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "uniquely": uniquely-constructed, uniquely-talented, uniquely-valuable, uniquely-voiced.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Uniquely

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

uniquely yours

15

uniquely you

14

uniquely you dress form

6

uniquely crafted

3

invitation uniquely yours

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Uniquely

Language Translations for "uniquely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

独特地. (various references)

   

German

  

unübertrefflich (consummate, matchless, superlative, superlatively, unbeatable, unmatched, unsurpassable), einmalig (amazing, fantastic, nonrecurring, one off, one shot, one-time, single, singular, unheard of, unique, unmatched, unparallel, unparalleled, unrepeatable). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μοναδικώσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

páratlanul, egyedülálló módon (matchlessly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

일하게 (singularly, solely). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iquelyunay

   

Russian 

  

однозначно (unambiguously). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

unikt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Uniquely

Misspellings

"Uniquely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: uniqually. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Uniquely"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "uniquely" (pronounced yuwnē"klē)
4-ē" k l ēbiweekly, meekly, obliquely, sleekly, weakly, weekly.
3-k l ēacademically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, alchemically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, anatomically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, athletically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, blankly, briskly, brusquely, categorically, characteristically, chemically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, darkly, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, frankly, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, grotesquely, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, likely, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, medically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, newsweekly, numerically, optically, organically, paradoxically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, practically, prickly, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, quickly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, sickly, slickly, sparkly, specifically, sporadically, starkly, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, thickly, tragically, typically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unlikely, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Uniquely

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-q-u-u-y"

-2 letters: unique.

-3 letters: liney.

-4 letters: inly, lien, lieu, line, liny, lune, luny, quey, quin, yule.

-5 letters: lei, leu, ley, lie, lin, lye, nil, ulu, yen, yin.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-q-u-u-y"
 

+1 letter: unquietly.

 

+5 letters: unequivocably, unequivocally, unqualifiedly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Uniquely


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 69 71 75 65 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    ..    --.-    ..-    .    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01101001 01110001 01110101 01100101 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#105 &#113 &#117 &#101 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0069 0071 0075 0065 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5580758387717891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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