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Agreeably

Definition: Agreeably

Agreeably

Adverb

1. In an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "agreeably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)



Synonyms: Agreeably

Synonyms: enjoyably (adv), pleasantly (adv). (additional references)
Antonyms: disagreeably (adv), unpleasantly (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Agreeably

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Conformity

Adverb: conformably; Adjective: by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual, ad instar, instar omnium; more solito, more-majorum. for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course, of course; pro forma, for form's sake, by the card.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Agreeably

English words defined with "agreeably": Accordantly, Adansonia gregorii, Agreeinglybarbados cherrychilled, Conformably, Consonantly, cream-of-tartar treedocilityentertainingfastidiously, felicitousice-cold, icedpiquant, Pursuantlysavory, savoury, sour gourd, spicyzesty. (references)
Specialty definitions using "agreeably": Agreeably disappointedEnjoyed poor healthRowboat, Running. (references)
Etymologies containing "agreeably": Voluptuous. (references)

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Historic Usage: Agreeably

AuthorDateQuotation

Marbury v. Madison

1803

Why does a Judge swear to discharge his duties agreeably the constitution of the United States, if that constitution forms no rule for his government? (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Agreeably

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Emma was most agreeably surprized.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I have passed many an afternoon very agreeably in these conversations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Agreeably

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Agreeably thereto, and to the best judgment I was able to form of the public interest after full and mature deliberation, I have added my sanction.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Agreeably

"Agreeably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agreeably" is used about 78 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%7837,656

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Agreeably

Expression using "agreeably": agreeably to. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "agreeably": agreeably-warm.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Agreeably

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

agreeably

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Agreeably

Language Translations for "agreeably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

lekker (agreeable, comfortably, enjoyable, good, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasantly). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

pëlqyeshëm, këndshëm (gratefully). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منسجما مع, ‏متناغم (compatible, congruous, consistent, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, rhythmic, symphonic). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съответно (according, accordingly, duly, respectively, suitably), съобразно (as per), мило (nicely), любезно (graciously, kindly, nicely, pleasantly, politely, well spoken), приятно (pleasantly, sweetly). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

愉快地 (Blithely, Delightfully, happily). (various references)

   

Czech

  

svolnì, souhlasnì, příjemnì (nicely, pleasantly). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

aangenaam (agreeable, comfortably, enjoyable, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasantly). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

agrable (comfortably, pleasantly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hauskasti (pleasantly). (various references)

   

French

  

agréablement. (various references)

   

German

  

angenehm (agreeable, congenial, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, genial, genially, gracious, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasantly, pleasing, pleasingly, pleasurable, savoury, welcome). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ευχάριστα (congenially, pleasantly), ευχαρίστωσ (be my guest, gladly, lief, with pleasure). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kellemesen (affably, comfortably, gratefully, have a good time of it, pleasantly, well). (various references)

   

Italian

  

piacevolmente (comfortably, nicely, pleasantly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

기분 좋게. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agreeablyay

   

Portuguese

  

agradavelmente (agreeable, gratefully, kindly, nicely, pleasantly, pleasantness, prettily, sweetly). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

agreabil (agreeable, attractive, boon, charming, cheerful, delightful, enjoyable, genial, genially, good, gratefully, gratifying, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, smooth-faced). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

соответственно (accordantly, according, accordingly, appropriately, apropriately, pursuant to, reciprocally, reflectively, relatively, respectively, thereafter). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sporazumno, prijatno (bon appetit, cosily, pleasantly), odgovarajuće (severally). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

agradablemente (nicely, pleasantly, pleasurably). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uygunca (fair, fairly, properly), uygun bir şekilde (fair, fairly, properly, warrantably, worthily), tatlılıkla, razı olarak, kabul ederek (approvingly), hoş bir şekilde (nicely, sweetly). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відповідно (accordingly, appropriately, by, concordantly, in accordance, rateably, relatively, respectively, severally, suitably, thereafter), мило (amiably, decently, foam, soap), приемно. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Agreeably

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

bene, benesed, melius, optime, volup. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Agreeably

Derivations

Words ending with "agreeably": disagreeably. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Agreeably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: argueably. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Agreeably"

Words rhyming with "agreeably" (pronounced 'A*gree"a*bly'): Abominably, Acceptably, Accessibly, Accountably, Accustomably, Actionably, Admirably, Adorably, Advisably, Affably, Allowably, Alterably, Amenably, Amiably, Amicably, Answerably, ASSEMBLY, Assumably, Audibly, Avaiably, Brambly, Bubbly, Chanceably, Changeably, Chargeably, Charitably, Cognizably, Comfortably, Commensurably, Compatibly, Compellably, Comprehensibly, Conducibly, Conformably, Conscionably, Considerably, Contemptibly, Conversably, Convertibly, Covenably, Credibly, Creditably, Crumbly, Customably, Damnably, Deceivably, Deducibly, Demonstrably, Deplorably, Derivably, Desirably, Despicably, Destinably, Detestably, Disagreeably, Discernibly, Disfavorably, Disreputably, Distinguishably, Doubly, Durably, Eligibly, Endurably, Equably, Equitably, Estimably, Exchangeably, Fallibly, Fashionably, Feebly, forcibly, formidably, Hereditably, Hobbly, honorably, horribly, hospitably, humbly, ignobly, Immarcescibly, immeasurably, Immitigably, immovably, Impalpably, Impenetrably, Imperturbably, Implacably, impossibly, impracticably, Imprescriptibly, Impunibly, Imputably, inalienably, Incapably, incompatibly, Inconvertibly, Inconvincibly, Incorrigibly, Incorruptibly, incredibly, Inculpably, incurably, Indecinably, indefatigably, Indefensibly, Indefinably, Indispensably, Indissolubly, Indistinguishably, Indivisibly, indubitably, ineffably, Ineffaceably, Inelligibly, Ineradicably, Inerrably, Inestimably, inevitably, inexcusably, inexorably, Inexpiably, Inexpleably, Inexplicably, Inexpressibly, Inexpugnably, Inextinguishably, inextricably, Infallibly, Inflammbly, inflexibly, Ingenerably, Inheritably, Insanably, insatiably, Inscrutably, insensibly, inseparably, Insociably, Insufferably, Insurmountably, intelligibly, interminably, Invaluably, Inviolably, invisibly, Irremediably, irreparably, Irrepressibly, irreproachably, irresistibly, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irritably, Issuably, laudably, legibly, Leisurably, Marbly, miserably, Movably, Mutably, Nimbly, Nobly, Notably, Noticeably, Ostensibly, Palatably, Pardonably, Passably, Pebbly, Perishably, Permeably, Plausibly, Possibly, Praisably, Preferably, Presumably, Probably, Proportionably, Questionably, reasonably, Reparably, reversibly, Rubbly, Semblably, sensibly, sociably, Sortably, stably, Statutably, Strainably, stubbly, Treatably, Trebly, Unboundably, Uncontrovertibly, Uncurably, undeniably, Unmovably, Unnobly, Unperishably, Untangibly, Unvisibly, Valuably, Variably, Wabbly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Agreeably

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-g-l-r-y"

-1 letter: layerage.

-2 letters: algebra, eagerly.

-3 letters: aglare, alegar, arable, argyle, barege, barely, bargee, barley, beagle, bleary, eyebar, galeae, galere, garble, glebae, laager, regale.

-4 letters: abele, abler, aglee, agley, agree, alary, algae, areae, areal, argal, argle, bagel, baler, barge, barye, beery, belay, belga, beryl, blare, blear, eager, eagle, eagre, early, elegy, gable, galea, gayal, gayer, glare, glary, gleba, glebe, graal, grebe, gyral, labra, lager, laree, large, layer, leary, leery, leger, ragee, rebel, regal, relay, yager, yerba.

-5 letters: able, ably, abye, aery, agar, agee, ager, agly, alae, alar, alba, alee, alga, area, aryl, baal, bale, bare, bear, beer, berg, blae, brae, brag, bray, bree, byre, byrl, earl, eely, eery, egal, eger, eyer, eyra, eyre, gaby, gala, gale, garb, gear, glee, gley, grab, gray, gree, grey, gybe, gyre, lear, leer, lyre, raga, rage, rale, raya, real, reel, rely, yare, year.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-g-l-r-y"
 

+3 letters: agreeability, disagreeably.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Agreeably


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 67 72 65 65 61 62 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#103 &#114 &#101 &#101 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0067 0072 0065 0065 0061 0062 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357384717167687891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Historic
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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