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Unmistakably

Definition: Unmistakably

Unmistakably

Adverb

1. Without possibility of mistake; "this watercolor is unmistakably a synthesis of nature".

2. In a signal manner; "signally inappropriate methods".

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

Date "unmistakably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)


Synonyms: Unmistakably

Synonyms: remarkably (adv), signally (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Unmistakably

English words defined with "unmistakably": apparentlyevidentlyFrench Chippendalemanifestlyobviouslypatently, plain, plainlyremotely. (references)

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Modern Usage: Unmistakably

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Unmistakably You (1995)

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

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Commercial Usage: Unmistakably

DomainTitle

Books

  • Unmistakably Mackie: The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Use in Literature: Unmistakably

TitleAuthorQuote

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Carl Sagan

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Usage Frequency: Unmistakably

"Unmistakably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unmistakably" is used about 160 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)100%16024,760

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Unmistakably

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

home premier unmistakably

8
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Modern Translation: Unmistakably

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

German

  

unverkennbar (unmistakable, unmistakeable, unmistakeably). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αλανθαστώσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

félreismerhetetlenül, félreérthetetlenül (emphatically, explicitly, point-blank, pointedly). (various references)

   

Italian

  

inconfondibile. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

istakablyunmay

   

Romanian

  

absolut (absolute, absolutely, arbitrarily, be sure, blank, boundless, broad, categorical, categorically, coercive, complete, completely, dead, downright, emphatic, entire, essential, finished, flat, inalienable, just, perfect, physically, positive, positively, precious, pure, sheer, simple, strict, sure, there's no doubt about it, thorough, thoroughly, total, unequivocal, unfailingly, unlimited, unmistakable, unqualified, unrestricted, utter). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

безошибочно (accurately, unerringly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Unmistakably

Misspellings

"Unmistakably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unmistakeably. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Unmistakably"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "unmistakably" (pronounced u'nmi'stā"kublē)
5-k u b l ēamicably, impeccably, inexplicably, inextricably, irrevocably, remarkably, unequivocably.
4-u b l ēadmirably, amiably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly.
3-b l ēably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly.

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

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Anagrams: Unmistakably

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-k-l-m-n-s-t-u-y"

-3 letters: multibank.

-4 letters: albumins, aluminas, ambulant, amiantus, antimask, bailsman, banality, bimanual, kalimbas, lambkins, lambskin, mainstay, nasality, satiably, simulant, staminal, suitably, talisman, unstably, yamulkas.

-5 letters: ablauts, abstain, abulias, abysmal, albumin, alumina, alumins, amiably, anality, analyst, animals, baalism, banksia, bantams, basinal, basmati, batsman, bumkins, bytalks, kalians, kalimba, kaliums, kalmias, lambast, lambkin, laminas, malkins, manilas, manitus, mantuas.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Unmistakably


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

55 6E 6D 69 73 74 61 6B 61 62 6C 79

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

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

=

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 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#109 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#107 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 006D 0069 0073 0074 0061 006B 0061 0062 006C 0079

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

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

558079758586677767687891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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