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Definition: Unhesitatingly |
UnhesitatinglyAdverb1. Without hesitation; "she said yes unhesitatingly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unhesitatingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonym: UnhesitatinglySynonym: frankly. (additional references) |
| Antonym: hesitantly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unhesitatingly |
| Specialty definitions using "unhesitatingly": Ambush. (references) |
| "Unhesitatingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unhesitatingly" is used about 45 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% | 45 | 50,900 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unhesitatingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pa lëkundje, pa dyshim (admittedly, by all means, certainly, decidedly, definitely, distinctly, doubtless, ex cathedra, far and away, implicitly, out and out, quite so, sure enough, sure thing, surely, undoubtedly, without a doubt, without fail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو متردد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | решително (courageously, decidedly, decisively, firmly, flatly, plump, point blank, pronouncedly, strongly, thundering), без колебание (outright, straight off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | promptnì, bez váhání (like a shot, without hesitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | siekailematta, epäröimättä (without hesitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans hésiter, sans hésitation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unverzügliche (positive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αδιστακτώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elszántan (dauntlessly, decidedly, decisively, hell-bent, intently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一も二も無く . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いちもにもなく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esitatinglyunhay sem vacilar, sem hesitação (glibly, trippingly), resolutamente (decidedly, gamely, questionless), firmemente (fast, firmly, tight, tightly), decididamente (decidedly, questionless). (various references) hotãrât (adamant, appointed, assertive, categorical, categorically, certain, certainly, dead, decided, definite, definitely, determined, exactly, firm, firmly, flat, flatly, forthright, foursquare, game, gritty, hell-bent, manful, pertinacious, plucky, point blank, positively, purposeful, resolute, resolved, resolvedly, set, stalwart, steadfast, sticky, strong-minded, sturdy, sure, surely, trenchant, unfaltering, unflinching, unflinchingly, vigorous), fãrã a ezita. (various references) без колебания. (various references) bez oklevanja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incunctanter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unhesitatingly" (pronounced unhe"zutā'tinglē) |
| 7 | -t ā' t i ng l ē | devastatingly. |
| 6 | -ā' t i ng l ē | excruciatingly, frustratingly. |
| 5 | -t i ng l ē | disappointingly, fittingly, fleetingly, haltingly, hauntingly, interestingly, sportingly, unwittingly, wittingly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, admiringly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, disarmingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, frighteningly, frowningly, glowingly, grudgingly, increasingly, intriguingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, reassuringly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sparingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, warningly, willingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | gangly, kingly, Langley, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-i-l-n-n-s-t-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: hesitatingly, unhesitating. | |
-3 letters: ungainliest. | |
-4 letters: ethylating, hauntingly, hesitantly, hesitating, insulating, intestinal, naughtiest, sanguinely, sanguinity, tauntingly, tetanising, uintahites, unleashing, unsettling. | |
-5 letters: anilingus, annuities, anythings, asininely, athelings, auntliest, enlisting, entailing, enthusing, entitling, gainliest, gantlines, gauntlets, geniality, gentility, gnathites, guiltiest, hanseling, hastening, hygienist, ingenuity, inletting, insetting, insinuate, instantly, instating, instigate, insulting, intensity, intitules, linguines, listening, litigants, litigates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-i-l-n-n-s-t-t-u-y" | |
+5 letters: phytohemagglutinins. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 68 65 73 69 74 61 74 69 6E 67 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .... . ... .. - .- - .. -. --. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101000 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n h e s i t a t i n g l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0068 0065 0073 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580747185758667867580737891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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