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Definition: Innocently |
InnocentlyAdverb1. In a not unlawful manner; "he claimed to have purchased the contraband innocently". 2. In a naively innocent manner; "she smiled at him innocently". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "innocently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Innocence | Adverb: innocently; Adjective: with clean hands; with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Innocently |
| Specialty definitions using "innocently": tomb. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What does that make me think of? Makes me think of a triceratops, innocently munching a palm frond when out of the sky, whammo, a meteor sucker punches old mother Earth (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Innocently Guilty (1950) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There they sing, innocently, their collection of low songs |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a tomb may be innocently "glened" as soon as its occupant is done "smellynge," the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Innocently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.62% of the time. "Innocently" is used about 260 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) | 99.62% | 259 | 18,370 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 260 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "innocently": mock-innocently. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "innocently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ببراءة (guiltless, purely). (various references) | |
Chinese | 无辜地. (various references) | |
Finnish | syyttömästi. (various references) | |
French | naïvement. (various references) | |
German | unschuldig (innocent, unawakened). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 何気無く (calmly, inadvertently, unintentionally). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なにげなく (calmly, inadvertently, unintentionally). (various references) | |
Korean | 결백하게 (Blamelessly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | innocentlyay.(various references) | |
Swedish | oskyldigt. (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างรู้เท่าไม่ถึงการณ์. (various references) | |
Turkish | suçsuz birşekilde, safça (fairly, naively, purely), saf saf (facilely, naively), masum olarak. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "innocently" (pronounced i"nusuntlē) |
| 7 | -u s u n t l ē | magnificently. |
| 6 | -s u n t l ē | complacently, decently, incessantly, recently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n-n-n-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: innocent. | |
-3 letters: lection. | |
-4 letters: cineol, citole, client, conine, enolic, entoil, incony, intone, lectin, lenity, lentic, lineny, linnet, nicely, nicety, ninety, nocent, noetic, notice, online. | |
-5 letters: cento, cline, clone, colin, coney, conin, conte, cyton, elint, eloin, inlet, lento, linen, liney, linty, lotic, lytic, nicol, ninny, ninon, niton, noily, nonce, nonet, nonyl, nylon, octyl, oleic, olein. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n-n-n-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: continently. | |
+2 letters: consentingly, contingently, conveniently. | |
+3 letters: continentally, incongruently, incontinently. | |
+4 letters: conventionally, inconsequently, inconsistently, inconveniently, noncrystalline, uncongeniality. | |
+5 letters: conventionality. | |
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