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PRONUNCIATION OF DISCRETIONARILY

discretionarily  [dɪsˈkrɛʃənərɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCRETIONARILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Discretionarily 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 DISCRETIONARILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of discretionarily in the English dictionary

The definition of discretionarily in the dictionary is using the ability to decide at your own discretion. Other definition of discretionarily is at the discretion of an organization.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCRETIONARILY


arbitrarily
ˌɑːbɪˈtreərɪlɪ
auditorily
ˈɔːdɪtərɪlɪ
cheerily
ˈtʃɪərɪlɪ
contrarily
kənˈtrɛərɪlɪ
disciplinarily
ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnərɪlɪ
eerily
ˈɪərɪlɪ
evolutionarily
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪlɪ
imaginarily
ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪlɪ
legendarily
ˈlɛdʒəndərɪlɪ
mercenarily
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪlɪ
necessarily
ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ
plenarily
ˈpliːnərɪlɪ
preliminarily
prɪˈlɪmɪnərɪlɪ
revolutionarily
rɛvəˈluːʃənərɪlɪ
sanguinarily
ˈsæŋɡwɪnərɪlɪ
secondarily
ˈsekəndərɪlɪ
stationarily
ˈsteɪʃənərɪlɪ
summarily
ˈsʌmərɪlɪ
traditionarily
trəˈdɪʃənərɪlɪ
voluntarily
ˈvɒləntərɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCRETIONARILY

discredited
discreet
discreetly
discreetness
discrepance
discrepancies
discrepancy
discrepant
discrepantly
discrete
discretely
discreteness
discretion
discretional
discretionally
discretionary
discretionary income
discretionary trust
discretive
discretively

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCRETIONARILY

blearily
charily
complementarily
contemporarily
customarily
exemplarily
extraordinarily
involuntarily
literarily
militarily
momentarily
monetarily
ordinarily
pecuniarily
primarily
satisfactorily
scarily
temporarily
unitarily
unnecessarily
warily

Synonyms and antonyms of discretionarily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «discretionarily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISCRETIONARILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

discretionarily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

discrecionalmente
570 millions of speakers

English

discretionarily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

discretionarily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

discretionarily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дискреционно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

discricionariamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

discretionarily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

discrétionnairement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan budi bicara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

discretionarily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

を適宜、
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

discretionarily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Discretionarily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

discretionarily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

discretionarily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विवेकबुद्धीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

discretionarily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

discrezionalmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

discretionarily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дискреційно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

discreționar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τη διακριτική ευχέρεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

discretionarily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diskretionärt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjønnsmessig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of discretionarily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCRETIONARILY»

The term «discretionarily» is used very little and occupies the 162.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCRETIONARILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «discretionarily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «discretionarily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCRETIONARILY»

Discover the use of discretionarily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discretionarily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Leading Issues in Black Political Economy
The result may be the official transformation of health-care entitlement programs into discretionarily funded programs. The purpose of this article is to examine features of existing discretionarily funded federal housing assistance programs and ...
Thomas D. Boston
2
Autonomic and Trusted Computing: 4th International ...
Security. Analysis. The file owner can accurately assign the access permissions to the file for other users in the DAC model system. That is to say, in the DAC mechanism, one user can discretionarily set any permission of his resources for any ...
Bin Xiao, 2007
3
Advances in International Accounting
J. Timothy Sale. APPENDIX 2 (Continued) Code Items Current Yeara III. Output VAT exempted from payment 30 1. Discretionarily exempt VAT brought forward 31 2. VAT to be discretionarily exempted 32 3. VAT exempted 33 4. Discretionarily ...
J. Timothy Sale, 2003
4
The Law Reporter
Perhaps Maryland, and still more Rhode Island, may also be ranked in the same connection, for the reason shortly above assigned ; the former state having all her other offences but murder of the first degree discretionarily capital, and the ...
Peleg Whitman Chandler, 1846
5
The Monthly Law Reporter
Perhaps Maryland, and still more Rhode Island, may also be ranked in the same connection, for the reason shortly above assigned ; the former state having all her other offences but murder of the first degree discretionarily capital, and the ...
Peleg Whitman Chandler, 1846
6
Calvinism Contrary to God's Word and Man's Moral Nature
That is, I desire to establish the point that foreknowing is not the same as, nor does it necessitate predetermining. Of course Dr. Rothe denies that the discretionarily free can be foreknown : I do not wish to beg the very question in dispute, but to ...
D. Fisk Harris, 1890
7
NORWAY - A Triumph in Bigotry
After an overall assessment of these circumstances, the Court of Appeal finds that the fee should be reduced discretionarily. The statement of costs shows that 8.5 hours were spent on preparation for the court session in the City Court, while ...
Frederick Delaware, 2008
8
The Jurisprudence of the World Court: A Case by Case Commentary
But neither does the Court. The Council may indeed ask an Advisory Opinion of the Court and act upon this, but it is with the Council itself that the decision rests in law, not only — discretionarily — as to whether to grant or refuse the consent, ...
Jan Hendrik Willem Verzijl, 1965
9
The Death Penalty in Africa: The Path Towards Abolition
The Path Towards Abolition Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda. that the death penalty may be discretionarily imposed since it is not expressively prescribed by the Quran.164 Although Sayed Hassan Amin excludes the discretional death penalty and ...
Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda, 2014
10
Shifting Boundaries of Belonging and New Migration Dynamics ...
Some of these people were subsequently discretionarily legalised. In the meantime, terrorism broke out in Paris: two attacks killed travellers in the RER ( regional express railway) and the Islamist Khaled Kelkal put bombs on the TGV tracks ...
Ludger Pries, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCRETIONARILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discretionarily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Provisions for Pension, Provident Fund Bill
Avoiding all specificity, as such legislation and best practices would require, Section 29 of the Bill, in particular discretionarily provides for the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
2
5th Circ. Provides Clarity On Ch. 15 Litigation Management
On June 5, 2015, a three judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a district court may not discretionarily ... «Law360, Jun 15»
3
NERC May Cut Discos' Unfair Revenues from Estimated Electricity …
This move is also coming at a time that the ministry of power recently carried out a major organisational reshuffling of TCN, thus discretionarily ... «THISDAY Live, Jun 15»
4
Nigeria customs and disregard for the application of laws
However, the officers of the service tend to discretionarily throw away caution in the application of the law either for personal and selfish ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
5
Parker-Hannifin's (PH) CEO Thomas Williams on Q3 2015 Results …
... program and we anticipate that the balance of the commitment for repurchase will be made discretionarily over the remaining 18 months. «Seeking Alpha, Apr 15»
6
Converting Defined Benefit Schemes
This member may (often discretionarily) be penalised for premature retirement depending on the rules of the fund. The $3 580 the insurance ... «The Herald, Apr 15»
7
Petra Petroleum Inc. Completes Private Placement of C$31.7 Million …
... approximately C$31.7 million (the "Financing") to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ("OTPP") and funds and/or entities discretionarily managed ... «Marketwired, Apr 15»
8
Written by FPA Reporter
... problem in Liberia with heads of various agencies of government mainly autonomous commissions discretionarily increasing their salaries, ... «Front Page Africa, Mar 15»
9
Bay City police to receive 55 tourniquet holsters from nonprofit in …
The bylaws provide for the purpose to discretionarily disburse funds for the sole benefit of family members of first responders who lost their lives ... «MLive.com, Mar 15»
10
Petra Petroleum Inc. Announces Replacement Arrangement …
... the "Sponsors") have confirmed with Mitra and Petra that funds and/or entities discretionarily managed and/or advised by each Sponsor will, ... «Marketwired, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Discretionarily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/discretionarily>. May 2024 ».
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