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Definition: Grotesquely |
GrotesquelyAdverb1. In a grotesque manner; "behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grotesquely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Synonym: GrotesquelySynonym: monstrously (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Grotesquely |
| English words defined with "grotesquely": Anticly ♦ gargoyle ♦ monstrously. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "grotesquely": stone knives and bearskins. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He saw below him two red stars, whose rays danced back and forth grotesquely in the shadow. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Grotesquely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Grotesquely" is used about 87 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% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "grotesquely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Czech | grotesknì. (various references) | ||||
German | grotesken. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | groteszk módon. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otesquelygray | ||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "grotesquely" (pronounced grōte"sklē) |
| 4 | -s k l ē | briskly, brusquely. |
| 3 | -k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, alchemically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, anatomically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, athletically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, biweekly, blankly, 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, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, likely, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, medically, meekly, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, newsweekly, numerically, obliquely, optically, organically, paradoxically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, practically, prickly, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, quickly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, specifically, sporadically, starkly, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, thickly, tragically, typically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, uniquely, unlikely, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-l-o-q-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: grotesque. | |
-3 letters: elytrous, resolute, rugosely, urostyle. | |
-4 letters: elusory, erosely, gesture, greyest, queerly, quester, questor, quoters, reglets, reglues, request, restyle, roquets, soleret, tersely, torques, tuyeres, yogurts. | |
-5 letters: egrets, elutes, ergots, erugos, eulogy, geyser, gleets, gleety, glouts, gluers, greets, grouse, grouts, grouty, gruels, guyots, gyrose, legers, lugers, luster, lustre, oglers, ostler, ouster, outers, outsee, oyster, queers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 72 6F 74 65 73 71 75 65 6C 79 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-. --- - . ... --.- ..- . .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110010 01101111 01110100 01100101 01110011 01110001 01110101 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G r o t e s q u e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0072 006F 0074 0065 0073 0071 0075 0065 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)4184818671858387717891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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