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Definition: Imaginatively |
ImaginativelyAdverb1. With imagination; "the room was decorated very imaginatively". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "imaginatively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
| Antonym: unimaginatively (adv). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Michael Korda | Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | If we act imaginatively and boldly, as we acted then, this period will in retrospect be seen as one of the great creative moments of our Nation's history. |
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| "Imaginatively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Imaginatively" is used about 106 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% | 106 | 31,637 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "imaginatively": imaginatively-designed, imaginatively-named. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "imaginatively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | phantasievoll (imaginative). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imaginativelyay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "imaginatively": unimaginatively. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "imaginatively" (pronounced i'ma"junutivlē) |
| 7 | -n u t i v l ē | alternatively, definitively. |
| 6 | -u t i v l ē | affirmatively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, cooperatively, cumulatively, figuratively, intuitively, negatively, positively, prohibitively, provocatively, relatively, sensitively, tentatively. |
| 5 | -t i v l ē | accumulatively, actively, administratively, affectively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, attractively, authoritatively, collectively, constructively, creatively, deceptively, distinctively, effectively, exhaustively, furtively, instinctively, legislatively, objectively, preemptively, productively, prospectively, protectively, qualitatively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively, substantively. |
| 4 | -i v l ē | aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively. |
| 3 | -v l ē | bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-i-l-m-n-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: imaginative. | |
-3 letters: invigilate. | |
-4 letters: amatively, animality, animately, geniality, genitalia, genitival, malignity, vigilante. | |
-5 letters: agential, agminate, alginate, antimale, availing, aventail, aviating, emailing, enigmata, galivant, imaginal, laminate, ligament, ligative, limiting, metaling, natively, navigate, tegminal, vagility, vaginate, valeting, velamina, venality, vigilant, vitamine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-i-l-m-n-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: unimaginatively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 61 67 69 6E 61 74 69 76 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .- --. .. -. .- - .. ...- . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01100001 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m a g i n a t i v e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0061 0067 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43796773758067867588717891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Quotations: Speeches | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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