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Definition: Amorously |
AmorouslyAdverb1. In an amorous manner; "he looked at her amorously". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amorously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: AmorouslySynonym: with love (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Amorously |
| English words defined with "amorously": butterfly ♦ chat up, coquet, coquette ♦ dally ♦ flirt ♦ Languishing ♦ mash ♦ philander ♦ Romance ♦ Smicker. (references) |
| "Amorously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amorously" is used about 6 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% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "amorously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | zamilovanì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verliebte (fell in love). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερωτικά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 乳繰り合う (to caress amorously, to flirt with one another). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちちくりあう (to caress amorously, to flirt with one another). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | amorouslyay dulce (benign, bland, candied, charming, dear, dessert, dulcet, flattering, fresh, genial, gentle, gently, honeyed, lovable, luscious, melliferous, mellow, melodious, slack, smooth, soft, suave, sugared, sweet, sweetly, sweets, tender, winning), cu dragoste. (various references) влюбленно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "amorously": clamorously, glamorously. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "amorously" (pronounced 'Am"o*rous*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-o-o-r-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: amorous, morulas, ormolus, osmolar. | |
-3 letters: amours, asylum, larums, mayors, molars, moolas, morals, morays, morula, murals, ormolu, ramous, royals, sourly. | |
-4 letters: alums, amour, amyls, arums, aryls, larum, loams, loamy, looms, lours, loury, lousy, marls, marly, mauls, mayor, mayos, molar, molas, moola, mools, moors, moory, moral, moras, moray, mousy, mural, muras, orals, osmol, ramus, roams. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-o-o-r-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: amorphously, clamorously, glamorously. | |
+3 letters: harmoniously, malodorously. | |
+4 letters: acrimoniously. | |
+5 letters: campylotropous, inharmoniously, osmoregulatory, parsimoniously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6F 72 6F 75 73 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- --- .-. --- ..- ... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101111 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m o r o u s l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006F 0072 006F 0075 0073 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)357981848187857891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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