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Definition: Unquestionably |
UnquestionablyAdverb1. Without question; "Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow"; "they hired unimpeachably first-rate faculty members". 2. Without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "by all odds they should win". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unquestionably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Synonyms: UnquestionablySynonyms: by all odds (adv), decidedly (adv), definitely (adv), emphatically (adv), unimpeachably (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assent | Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch. |
Truth | Rigorously true, unquestionably true. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unquestionably |
| English words defined with "unquestionably": Doubtlessly ♦ Out of question ♦ Past question ♦ unimpeachably. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Walt Disney | Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarised in four C's. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage and Constancy, and the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. |
William Mitford | Men fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the greatest good. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She had been thinking of him the moment before, as unquestionably sixteen miles distant. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One of the most unquestionably safe forms of society in the nineteenth century was established in France and on the Continent. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Moldova | As a result, legal services are unquestionably a growth industry in Moldova. (references) |
Nigeria | In this environment, the cost of capital for the private sector is unquestionably high. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unquestionably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 98.64% of the time. "Unquestionably" is used about 221 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) | 98.64% | 218 | 20,478 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.36% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 221 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unquestionably": unquestionably true. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "unquestionably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بلا جدال (indisputably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 疑. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kieltämättä (undeniably), epäilemättä (doubtless, no doubt, undoubtedly, without any doubt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fraglos (decidedly, questionless, undoubtedly, unquestionable), fraglose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναμφιβολώσ (undoubtedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 御無理御尤も (you are unquestionably right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "むり"もっとも (you are unquestionably right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estionablyunquay fãrã putinţã de tãgadã. (various references) неоспоримо (beyond controversy, undeniably, without controversy). (various references) юeksiz (without doubt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unquestionably" (pronounced unkwe"skhunublē) |
| 6 | -u n u b l ē | fashionably, interminably, reasonably, unreasonably, unseasonably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, 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, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, responsibly, sensibly, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, 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-e-i-l-n-n-o-q-s-t-u-u-y" | |
-2 letters: questionably. | |
-4 letters: nebulosity, obeisantly, unsuitable, unsuitably. | |
-5 letters: ablutions, abutilons, botulinus, boutiques, buntlines, butanones, equations, equitably, isobutane, lunations, lyonnaise, nonequals, quantiles, sanbenito, sublation, tailbones, tensional, tenuously, unquietly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 71 75 65 73 74 69 6F 6E 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 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n q u e s t i o n a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0071 0075 0065 0073 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580838771858675818067687891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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