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Definition: Appropriately |
AppropriatelyAdverb1. In an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "appropriately" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: AppropriatelySynonyms: befittingly (adv), fitly (adv), fittingly (adv), suitably (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inappropriately (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Appropriately |
| English words defined with "appropriately": Baroscope, befittingly ♦ fitly, fittingly ♦ indirect discourse ♦ space cadet, suitably. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "appropriately": ANSI standard ♦ Chief steward, Christian, connectionist modeling, connectionist modelling ♦ energised condition, energized condition ♦ Hungarian Notation, hybrid ring ♦ inertial coordinate system ♦ knowledge elicitation ♦ Luser Attitude Re-adjustment Tool ♦ MacBinary, mid-mean ♦ Nonlinear Dynamics ♦ refuge ♦ single sourcing, SR flip-flop, stress analysis ♦ terminal junkie, Timnath ♦ Use the Source Luke, UTSL ♦ Vertical coordination. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm appropriately animate for a human being in the context in which I exist. (Wild Man Blues; writing credit: Richard Ellmann; Julian Mitchell) | |
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Health | It may include appropriately timed bright light exposure. (references) | |
However, these foods are generally safe if handled and prepared appropriately. (references) | ||
Syncope is a dramatic event and can even be life-threatening if not treated appropriately. (references) | ||
Business | Nearly a quarter of primary school teachers are not appropriately qualified, i.e. either unqualified or under-qualified a result of a shortage in human resources, especially in rural areas. (references) | |
Once a treatment is deemed adequate, HIRA then advises the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) to proceed and appropriately reimburse the hospital or doctor who administered treatment to the patient. (references) | ||
With exceptions of landfill at Chabarovice operated by chemical company Spolchemie, and landfill operated by the chemical company Synthesia, there is presently no particular program aiming at the assessment and remediation of closed landfills where hazardous waste has been appropriately deposited. (references) | ||
Children | Hungary | Furthermore, the extreme poverty of many Roma makes it difficult for them to clothe their children appropriately for school. (references) |
Civil Liberties | El Salvador | The human rights Ombudswoman declared that the PNC agents had acted appropriately; her staff had been present throughout the day and had participated in the PNC's efforts to convince the demonstrators to disperse. (references) |
Economic History | Yemen | Finally, the government must also find a way to extend its authority appropriately throughout the entire country. (references) |
Human Rights | Belize | Additionally, the Ombudsman stated that in approximately 60 percent of these cases, police are found to have acted appropriately. (references) |
Croatia | The Government improved its record of applying the 1996 Amnesty Law (which amnestied acts of rebellion by ethnic Serbs), and appropriately granted amnesty to several individuals during the year, particularly returning ethnic Serb refugees. (references) | |
Colombia | Article 58 of the law does not limit specifically the time the military can detain a suspect before turning that person over to civilian law enforcement, although Article 70 mandates that suspects be turned over to civilian authorities as soon as time and distance permit, and that any delay must be justified appropriately. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Peru | CONAP believes that mining and other development operations are inevitable and, therefore, wants native communities to share appropriately the benefits. (references) |
Minorities | Croatia | International observers assessed that the police responded appropriately, maintaining peace and ultimately allowing access to the municipal building. (references) |
Croatia | In the wake of the autumn 2000 termination of the OSCE police monitoring group in the Danubian region (and its replacement with a smaller civilian unit), the police continued to respond appropriately to law and order issues, although some NGO's continued to express concern that ethnic Serbs were reluctant to report ethnically-motivated incidents to authorities. (references) | |
Political Economy | GHANA | The former government's hesitation to respond appropriately in an election year, especially to the rising cost of the supply of utility services and petroleum products, caused or contributed to an overall budget deficit of about 8.5 percent of GDP in 2000 compared to 6.5 percent of GDP recorded in 1999. The government resorted to heavy domestic borrowing to make up for shortfalls from mainly non-tax revenue. (references) |
Trade | Norway | Eksportfinans extends credit on market terms at competitive rates, ensuring that the financing is appropriately matched to project requirements in terms of currencies, loan period, interest rates and repayment structure. (references) |
Croatia | These officials are employed by the State Inspectorate to ensure that imported goods comply with Croatian standards, whether they are appropriately labeled and packed, and whether they have required documentation or quality certificates. (references) | |
Travel | Nigeria | Business visitors should be appropriately dressed. (references) |
Women | Taiwan | The committee, among other things, ensures that the various prevention and control centers are functioning effectively, and that other government agencies, such as the police, are handling domestic violence cases appropriately. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REFUGE, n. Anything assuring protection to one in peril. Moses and Joshua provided six cities of refuge -- Bezer, Golan, Ramoth, Kadesh, Schekem and Hebron -- to which one who had taken life inadvertently could flee when hunted by relatives of the deceased. This admirable expedient supplied him with wholesome exercise and enabled them to enjoy the pleasures of the chase; whereby the soul of the dead man was appropriately honored by observations akin to the funeral games of early Greece. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Appropriately, for a vigorous new democracy, the Federal Republic of Germany's political foundations have become a major force in this effort. |
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| "Appropriately" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.89% of the time. "Appropriately" is used about 891 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) | 99.89% | 890 | 8,005 |
| Noun (common) | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 891 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "appropriately": appropriately-named, appropriately-trained. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
appropriately emotion expressing | 6 |
anger appropriately releasing | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "appropriately"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подходящо (in order, suitably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 适"地 (Duly, Properly, suitably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adekvátnì, vhodnì (appositely, aptly, felicitously, fittingly, happily, opportunely), výstižnì, přiléhavì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | op de juiste wýze, gevoeglýk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | konvene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | proprement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | angemessene (pertinently, proportionated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάλληλα (suitably), ταιριαστά (congenially). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יפ" (beautiful, beautifully, comely, fair, finely, good looking, handsome, lovely, nice, picturesque, pretty, right, well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 당하게 (fitly, Properly, suitably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | appropriatelyay apropriadamente (appositely, Pat). (various references) соответственно (accordantly, according, accordingly, agreeably, apropriately, pursuant to, reciprocally, reflectively, relatively, respectively, thereafter). (various references) uygun olarak (accord, favorably, favourably, in pursuance of, in pursuant of, properly, propitiously, pursuant, pursuant to). (various references) відповідно (accordingly, agreeably, by, concordantly, in accordance, rateably, relatively, respectively, severally, suitably, thereafter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | honeste, ordine, ordinem, ordine; ordinem, proprie. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "appropriately": inappropriately. (additional references) | |
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"Appropriately" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appropriatly, apropirately. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "appropriately" (pronounced uprō"prēutlē) |
| 7 | -p r ē u t l ē | inappropriately. |
| 5 | -ē u t l ē | immediately. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, affectionately, alternately, approximately, commensurately, compassionately, definitely, deliberately, delicately, desperately, dispassionately, disproportionately, elaborately, explicitly, exquisitely, fortunately, illicitly, immaculately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, minutely, moderately, passionately, privately, proportionately, quietly, secretly, separately, tacitly, ultimately, unfortunately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-o-p-p-p-r-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: appropriate. | |
-3 letters: praetorial. | |
-4 letters: apparitor, portrayal, propriety, propylaea, raptorial. | |
-5 letters: aleatory, arterial, literary, oilpaper, oppilate, palpator, paltrier, parietal, petiolar, polarity, portlier, preppily, pretrial, priorate, properly, property, retailor, tarpaper. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-o-p-p-p-r-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: inappropriately. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 70 72 6F 70 72 69 61 74 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .--. .-. --- .--. .-. .. .- - . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01110010 01101001 01100001 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p p r o p r i a t e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0070 0072 006F 0070 0072 0069 0061 0074 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35828284818284756786717891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, 체", чешский, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, 네덜란", holandês, голландский, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Esperanto | vortaro, difino, traduko | есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, эсперанто, esperanto dili |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, "랑스, francês, французский, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, 독일, alemão, немецкий, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, 그리스, grego, греческий, грек, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, 포르투갈, português, португальский, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, 러시아, русский, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, турецкий, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukraino, ukraina, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglan, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, 영국, inglês, английский, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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