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Definition: Honourably |
HonourablyAdverb1. With honor; "he was honorably discharged after many years fo service". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "honourably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonym: HonourablySynonym: honorably (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dishonorably (adv). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There Javert rendered himself in various ways, and, let us say, although the word seems unusual for such service, honourably, useful |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Honourably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Honourably" is used about 63 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% | 63 | 42,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "honourably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 高尚地 (honorably, Nobly). (various references) | |
German | wie ein ehrenmann (honorably), rühmend (honorably, vaunting), lobend (commending, eulogistic, lauding, praising), in ehren (honorably), ehrenvoll (honestly), ehrenhaft (honourable, respectable). (various references) | |
Italian | onorevolmente (honorably), onorabilmente (honorably), con onore (honorably). (various references) | |
Korean | 훌륭하게 (Commendably, honorably). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onourablyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | honrosamente (honorably). (various references) | |
Romanian | onorabil (creditable, creditably, earnest, gentlemanlike, honest, honestly, honorable, honorably, honourable, reputable, respectable, upright, useful, venerable, worthy). (various references) | |
Russian | поступать благородно (deal honourably, play the game). (various references) | |
Spanish | honradamente (honestly, honorably). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чесно (above board, fair, fairly, faithfully, honestly, honorably, scrupulously, sincerely, Square, straight, uprightly), з честю (honorably), благородно (gallantly, greatly, honorably, nobly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-h-l-n-o-o-r-u-y" | |
-1 letter: honorably. | |
-4 letters: barony, baryon, honour, hooray, hourly, labour, robalo, unholy, uranyl. | |
-5 letters: abhor, aboon, barny, baron, bayou, bolar, boral, boron, bourn, boyar, boyla, bunya, buran, burly, hoary, honor, hooly, horal, horny, hurly, labor, lobar, looby, loony, loran, loury, lunar, nobly, rayon, royal, uhlan, ulnar, unary, unbar, unlay, urban, yahoo, yourn, yulan. | |
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