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Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.'
Sloane Crosley

Meaning of "boringly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BORINGLY

boringly  [ˈbɔːrɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BORINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boringly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BORINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

boringly

Boredom

Boredom is an emotional state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, and not interested in their surroundings. The first recorded use of the word boredom is in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens, written in 1852, in which it appears six times, although the expression to be a bore had been used in print in the sense of "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768. The French term for boredom, ennui, is sometimes used in English as well.

Definition of boringly in the English dictionary

The definition of boringly in the dictionary is in an uninteresting way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BORINGLY


blisteringly
ˈblɪstərɪŋlɪ
blurringly
ˈblɜːrɪŋlɪ
daringly
ˈdeərɪŋlɪ
deploringly
dɪˈplɔːrɪŋlɪ
despairingly
dɪsˈpeərɪŋlɪ
endearingly
ɪnˈdɪərɪŋlɪ
enduringly
ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋlɪ
erringly
ˈɜːrɪŋlɪ
imploringly
ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋlɪ
jarringly
ˈdʒɑːrɪŋlɪ
pouringly
ˈpɔːrɪŋlɪ
purringly
ˈpɜːrɪŋlɪ
recurringly
rɪˈkɜːrɪŋlɪ
roaringly
ˈrɔːrɪŋlɪ
soaringly
ˈsɔːrɪŋlɪ
sparingly
ˈspɛərɪŋlɪ
staggeringly
ˈstæɡɛrɪŋlɪ
stirringly
ˈstɜːrɪŋlɪ
unerringly
ʌnˈɜːrɪŋlɪ
wearingly
ˈwɛərɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BORINGLY

borghetto
Borgia
Borglum
borgo
boric
boric acid
boride
boring
boring machine
boring mill
boringness
Boris bike
Boris I
bork
Borlaug
borlotti bean
borm
Bormann
born
born on the wrong side of the blanket

WORDS THAT END LIKE BORINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of boringly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boringly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BORINGLY

Find out the translation of boringly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of boringly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boringly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乏味
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aburridamente
570 millions of speakers

English

boringly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

boringly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ممل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скучно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

boringly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

boringly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ennuyeusement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membosankan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

langweilig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

退屈そうに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지루
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boringly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

boringly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சலிப்போடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंटाळवाणेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boringly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

noiosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nudno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нудно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plictisitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

boringly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vervelig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

boringly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boringly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boringly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BORINGLY»

The term «boringly» is regularly used and occupies the 84.224 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BORINGLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boringly

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3 QUOTES WITH «BORINGLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word boringly.
1
Sloane Crosley
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.'
2
Felicity Kendal
In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
3
Lee Remick
Breasts and bottoms look boringly alike. Faces, though, can be quite different and a damn sight more interesting!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BORINGLY»

Discover the use of boringly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boringly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The North Moon
A Festival of Art Everyone so boringly pleasant to look at, And when they're rude, so boringly rude. Everyone so boringly going about their personal business: Acquiring objects of uncertain value. Everyone so boringly observing the festival  ...
Justin Pruett, 2008
2
New York Magazine
boringly,. kvetchily. self-obsessed,. but. is. rather. cozily. endearing. Broyard's. is. lively. and. amusing. ian, Lionel was not happy at Columbia; what he was. THE TRILLINGS, CHILLING: Lionel and Diana in Riverside Park in 1942. FATALE ...
3
Seventh Child
“Ogton told you that your work was old-fashioned, boringly old-fashioned, I think he said.” Harper took out a notebook, and made a show of searching for the right page. “Yes, boringly old-fashioned were his exact words.” “Most of the students ...
Mary Baker, 2011
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Beyond Rehearsal: Reflections on Interpretation and ...
Someone simply entered boringly, read it bo- ringly, boringly spoke what was boringly perceived. Why did I begin with what I dislike — because first of all it seemed to me that I should develop in the students some fastidiousness about all this ...
Anatoliĭ Ėfros, 2009
5
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Light and Dark Verse
I'm unimpressed: the sun's justanold flame, The brochures oversell the paradise, The halcyon weather's finebutnot enough, And all blue skies are boringly the same. I'll take rain in myface,windin my sails, The thunder and the lightning ...
Martin Bell, 2011
6
Conversations with Larry Brown
BW: You mean they're boringly competent? They're boringly, technically competent? BH: They're boringly competent, and they have really the ideas of a short story, no more than the ideas of a short story. And we're kind of caught in a place ...
Jay Watson, 2007
7
Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence
Now, for thisbook's discussion, weshould consider children, inthosedangerous places, who are relevant analogues of the imperilled child in the Shallow Pond: As that first and central case is boringly understood,thechild certainly isn't an infant ...
Peter Unger, 1996
8
Jeanne Dielman
Jeanne Dielman, which has finally received a commercial booking (at the Film Forum, in SoHo), is about a forty- fiveish widow who lives with her taciturn teenage son in a boringly furnished one- bedroom apartment in Brussels. Most of the ...
9
The Great Stallion Caper: Winning Has Nothing to Do with Luck
“May I get boringly technical for a moment?" Michael I couldn't quite figure out what boringly technical meant but he was about to find out: Lillian had ordered her legal people to include a clause in the agreement that absolved Ultimate Cool ...
Ken Lord, 2012
10
The Trickster in Contemporary Film
`geek' as `a simpleton, a dupe; a person who is socially inept or boringly conventional or studious; spec. an assistant at a sideshow whose purpose is to appear as an object of disgust or derision' while `geeky' means `socially inept, boringly ...
Helena Bassil-Morozow, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BORINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boringly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is Three Still a Crowd? Polygamy and the Law After Obergefell v …
To groups of dissident Mormons, who practice polygamy, but whose personal and sexual lives, except for this one aspect, are almost boringly ... «Justia Verdict, Jul 15»
2
Vasek Pospisil takes long road to Wimbledon quarters: DiManno
The second set, methodically and boringly played to serve holds on either side, went to a tie-break with Pospisil up 3-1 and 4-3 before a ... «OurWindsor.ca, Jul 15»
3
Ouja board Mortlocks best bet
Although the Toodyay versus Wongan-Ballidu one-sided encounter went to the boringly inevitable conclusion, there was a little glimmer of ... «Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate, Jul 15»
4
A ticket is not the only thing that gets scalped
No tries were scored until the last minute when Harbour boringly rolled over for the win. And don't get me started on the Lions' 2014 season. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
16 Movies to See (or Not) This Fourth of July
Then you have to spell out — because critics are reporters, too — what happens in the movie, which is hard (and reads boringly) when it's the ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
6
James Webb Enters Presidential Race–Will The Dems Accept A …
So the question then becomes: Why has Jim Webb proved such a boringly conventional Democratic senator? Far from being some kind of ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
7
Darkly funny, The Overnight explores the small, embarrassing truths …
And nice is absolutely the perfect word, as Alex and Emily are boringly nice, socially awkward, and a bit stiff. Even behind closed doors while ... «Charleston City Paper, Jul 15»
8
NBA Free Agency Shuffle
A lot of free agents are going to boringly re-sign with their own teams very soon, and a lot of the free agents' decisions are only a formality at ... «Today's Fastbreak, Jul 15»
9
Extant Season 2 Review
Morgan — while playing to type — brings a sort of goofy irreverence to the boringly serious world of the show, and while he is far from saving it ... «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»
10
'True Detective' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: “Night Finds You”
... a decency — you were good at being decent until something happened” which are lines that are so boringly laid out, so clumsily explicit and ... «Flavorwire, Jun 15»

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