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PRONUNCIATION OF DRONINGLY

droningly  [ˈdrəʊnɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRONINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Droningly 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 DRONINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of droningly in the English dictionary

The definition of droningly in the dictionary is in a droning manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRONINGLY


atoningly
əˈtəʊnɪŋlɪ
complainingly
kəmˈpleɪnɪŋlɪ
cunningly
ˈkʌnɪŋlɪ
deafeningly
ˈdefnɪŋlɪ
discerningly
dɪˈsɜːnɪŋlɪ
dishearteningly
dɪsˈhɑːtənɪŋlɪ
entertainingly
ˌentəˈteɪnɪŋlɪ
frighteningly
ˈfraɪtənɪŋlɪ
frowningly
ˈfraʊnɪŋlɪ
groaningly
ˈɡrəʊnɪŋlɪ
intoningly
ɪnˈtəʊnɪŋlɪ
maddeningly
ˈmædnɪŋlɪ
moaningly
ˈməʊnɪŋlɪ
questioningly
ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋlɪ
sickeningly
ˈsɪknɪŋlɪ
stunningly
ˈstʌnɪŋlɪ
threateningly
ˈθretənɪŋlɪ
unquestioningly
ʌnˈkwɛstʃənɪŋlɪ
warningly
ˈwɔːnɪŋlɪ
yawningly
ˈjɔːnɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRONINGLY

dromon
dromond
dromophobia
dromos
drone
drone aircraft
droner
drongo
drongo shrike
droning
dronish
dronishly
dronishness
dronklap
dronkverdriet
drony
droob
drook
drookit
drool

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRONINGLY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of droningly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «droningly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRONINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

droningly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

droningly
570 millions of speakers

English

droningly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

droningly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

droningly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

монотонно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monotonamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

droningly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

droningly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Droningly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

droningly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

droningly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

droningly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Droningly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giọng kéo dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

droningly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Droningly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

droningly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

droningly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

droningly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

монотонно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

droningly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

droningly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nutteloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

droningly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

droningly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of droningly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRONINGLY»

The term «droningly» is used very little and occupies the 155.124 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRONINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «droningly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «droningly» 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 droningly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRONINGLY»

Discover the use of droningly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to droningly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Carnage
Serial number 227-6243,” he answered droningly. Bösemann's colleagues watched eagerly through monocles and beady little wraparound spectacles, all silent, with hands behind their backs or twirling cigars. “What is your purpose here in ...
Benjamin Blackie
2
Household Words
... sleeping too heavily even to snore; save now and then snoring, droningly, in the wheels of the lumbering market-carts ; the labourer going to his work ; the coffee-stall keeper retiring (till to-morrow night) from business ; the placards covering ...
Charles Dickens, 1854
3
How I Survived Three Years at a Two-Year Community College: ...
Clicking off the message, I think to myself, “Good for her, maybe this will give her some semblance of happiness” and went back to scanning the Internet for satirical articles whilst my stats teacher droningly lectured on population deviation ...
James Swift, 2009
4
Southern wealth and northern profits, as exhibited in ...
We wish, too, they would watch him, while, with a hide thicker than a hippopotamus, and a body to which fervid heat is a comfort rather than an annoyance, he droningly lounges over the prescribed task, over which the intrepid Englishman, ...
Thomas Prentice Kettell, 1860
5
The National Sunday School Teacher
One pupil is never permitted to recite droningly a long list of verses while the others sit in irksome silence, or take to some quiet amusement. No one knows who may be called upon to recite next, and so all are kept attentive, while the quick ...
6
Convergence
Harper had to insist that he take a regular stipend from the Agency in order that he keep up the appearance of living beyond his means. Birch's personal life was droningly loyal. From the pictures Birch showed of his wife, she was attractive ...
Jack Fuller, 1982
7
Roosevelt's Lost Alliances: How Personal Politics Helped ...
The seminary was “utterly joyless,” remembered another pupil. “Droningly boring —we felt we were in prison.”47 Not only Georgian but even much of Russian literature was banned. Soso and his co-conspirators formed the “Cheap Library”  ...
Frank Costigliola, 2013
8
Writing the Ghetto: Class, Authorship, and the Asian ...
By faithfully and droningly reproducing the exercises used to shape the Korean woman into a Europhilic subject, the narrator turns them into parodies and imitations of themselves, emptied of their significance, signification, and authority (159).
Yoonmee Chang, 2010
9
Joseph Holloway's Abbey Theatre: A Selection from His ...
He's ever flitting about and interrupting the players in the middle of their speeches, showing them by illustration how he wishes it done, droningly reading the passage and that in monotonous preachy singsong, or climbing up a ladder onto the ...
Robert Hogan, Joseph Holloway, Michael J. O'Neill, 2009
10
Journey to Peking: A Secret Agent in Wartime China
... if not plain selfish unconcern. Each time I spoke, he continued to speak Chinese. “Aw, hell,” I said softly. “You speak English!” For a second Lung grinned . He raised his arm, pointing to the bed, and droningly lapsed into a current of Chinese.
Dan Pinck, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRONINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term droningly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pernicious (Movie Review)
All of these issues are touched upon to various degrees - some glancingly, some droningly - though never to satisfying ends. More often than not, when an ... «JoBlo.com, Jun 15»
2
From pagan rituals to the Queen's speech: the more things change …
Sat upon Demeter's golden throne of indifference, Madam Allotrope Hat droningly intoned a speech dictated to her by her captors, the sexless ... «The Guardian, May 15»
3
Hillary Clinton praises Elizabeth Warren in Time's most influential list
... fellow liberals in academia at "Ha-vad" by claiming she is of Native American decent, she droningly attacks the capitalist and banking system ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
4
SPIN Singles Mix: Florence Prays to 'St. Jude,' Blur Visits 'Lonesome …
... quartet Girls Names is a guitar-lifted, synth-showered motorik mega-jam, simultaneously flag-wavingly anthemic and droningly hypnotic. «SPIN, Mar 15»
5
'Listen to Me Marlon': Sundance Review
... flirty or droningly cause-specific. In his later years, he scarcely gave interviews at all. What he did do, however, was record about 200 hours of ... «Hollywood Reporter, Feb 15»
6
Fall of the Berlin Wall: An accident that changed the world
What Schabowski announced — although droningly delivered and painfully worded — echoed around the world like a gunshot. “The party had ... «Toronto Star, Nov 14»
7
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar 'a flawed epic'
... be "a confused mix of daringly unique space-travel footage like you've never seen and droningly familiar emotional and plot beats that you've ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
8
The day John Cale remembered Lou Reed and we got a pic of Dads …
... confused mix of daringly unique space-travel footage like you've never seen and droningly familiar emotional and plot beats that you've seen ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
9
Keep Brooklyn Weird
... into the songwriting, and droningly flat vocals into a broad musical sweep, as if these distinct stylistic traditions are all just indie-rock to them. «Hyperallergic, Sep 14»
10
Broadway's 'Aunties' Enjoy Their Downtime
... repeating the words “hip bath” as their voices drop from squeakily high to droningly low. On Sunday night, they plan to sit together during the ... «New York Times, Jun 14»

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