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Meaning of "flintily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLINTILY

flintily  [ˈflɪntɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLINTILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flintily 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 FLINTILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flintily in the English dictionary

The definition of flintily in the dictionary is in a hard or pitiless manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLINTILY


cantily
ˈkæntɪlɪ
Chantilly
ʃænˈtɪlɪ
craftily
ˈkrɑːftɪlɪ
daintily
ˈdeɪntɪlɪ
flauntily
ˈflɔːntɪlɪ
guiltily
ˈɡɪltɪlɪ
hastily
ˈheɪstɪlɪ
haughtily
ˈhɔːtɪlɪ
heartily
ˈhɑːtɪlɪ
jauntily
ˈdʒɔːntɪlɪ
lustily
ˈlʌstɪlɪ
mightily
ˈmaɪtɪlɪ
nastily
ˈnɑːstɪlɪ
naughtily
ˈnɔːtɪlɪ
polydactyly
ˌpɒlɪˈdæktɪlɪ
scantily
ˈskæntɪlɪ
syndactyly
sɪnˈdæktɪlɪ
Tilley
ˈtɪlɪ
Tilly
ˈtɪlɪ
wittily
ˈwɪtɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLINTILY

flinders
Flinders bar
Flinders Island
Flinders Range
flindersia
fling
flinger
flinkite
flint
flint glass
flinthead
flintier
flintiest
flintify
flintiness
flintlike
flintlock
Flintoff
Flintshire
flinty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLINTILY

beastily
cattily
dirtily
draftily
emptily
faultily
frostily
loftily
meatily
mustily
nattily
niftily
prettily
smuttily
tastily
tattily
thirstily
thriftily
throatily
weightily

Synonyms and antonyms of flintily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flintily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLINTILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

flintily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flintily
570 millions of speakers

English

flintily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flintily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

flintily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flintily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flintily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flintily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flintily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flintily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flintily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flintily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flintily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flintily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flintily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flintily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लिंटली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flintily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flintily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flintily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flintily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flintily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flintily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flintily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flintily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flintily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flintily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLINTILY»

The term «flintily» is used very little and occupies the 151.656 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLINTILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLINTILY»

Discover the use of flintily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flintily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan
Lodge, the Hen-turkey ITH Mr. Roosevelt, big stick and all. a declared candidate and whooping it up for the recall, initiative, and referendum; with Mr. Taft, fatly yet no less flintily, against all three reforms upon the principle that “We all know ...
2
Harper's Monthly Magazine
The canteen girl's face still worked with nervous inhibitions, her eyes were flintily somber. “Still calamming, Calamity Jane?” “W'ell ”-—-the girl spoke defiantly, but there was something honestly worried in her eyes—“well, I don't care—I've got ...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, 1920
3
The Dental Summary
A girl of nine, brought in by her mother, refused for an hour so much as to open her mouth for an examination. Sat dumb, flintily immovable. I learned in a little aside from her mother that she had had several teeth filled THE DENTAL SUMMARY ...
4
Harper's Magazine
The canteen girl's face still worked with nervous inhibitions, her eyes were flintily somber. “Still calamming, Calamity Jane?” “Well ”——the girl spoke defiantly, but there was something honestly worried in her eyes—“well, I don't care—I've got ...
Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen, 1920
5
Love and Obstacles
The stories of Aleksandar Hemon's Love and Obstacles are united by their narrator, a young man coming of age in Communist-but-cosmopolitan Sarajevo who will leave for the United States just as his city is torn asunder.
Aleksandar Hemon, 2009
6
'We are worldlings', by the author of 'Rosa Noel'.
He set his face flintily, and made no reply. They — he and Jenny — were alone in Mrs. Awdry's saloon, waiting for that lady to finish her toilette and go to a private view at the Rue Drouot with them. " Major Carmichael," said Jenny, softly, and ...
Bertha De Jongh, 1876
7
An English Girl: A Romance
She had in her mind her Aunt Emmeline, and he, who much dreaded that his mother — she kept a flintily hard hand upon her own purse-strings — might be the person she had in mind, asked swiftly : " Whom d'you mean? " Her own " No one ...
Ford Madox Ford, 1907
8
The Roof Tree
A little later she rode at his saddle skirt in a crucial suffering of suspense, and whenever she cast an agonized glance at him she saw her companion's face staring stiffly ahead, flintily devoid of any self-revelation. Once she ventured to demand ...
Charles Neville Buck, 1921
9
The World To-day
Lodge, the Hen-turkey WITH Mr. Roosevelt, big stick and all, a declared candidate and whooping it up for the recall, initiative, and referendum; with Mr. Taft, fatly yet no less flintily, against all three reforms upon the principle that “ We all know ...
Samuel Fallows, Edmund Buckley, Shailer Mathews, 1912
10
The maid and the monk
And he mounted the numerous stairs of the great central tower. " Not so frequent as 'twere advantaging to his soul's weal. Woe is me, Master Secretary, his superstitions are still as ever flintily bedded," answered the sub-prior; and then, as they ...
Walter Stanhope, 1887

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLINTILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flintily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cumberbatch in 'Hamlet' is highlight of London's summer
Well, alongside Cumberbatch — an enormously accomplished actor with many more strings to his bow than his best-known role as the flintily ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
2
An election campaign that is too full of gimmickry
Tough spending plans were flintily adhered to. Tax policy stuck to a predictable path — an Office for Tax Simplification was set up, and the ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
3
Is Hollywood Overpowering Bollywood? - Questions Koimoi Reader
Hollywood was flintily riveting the Europe and emerged as world's biggest film industry. Now from last few years, Bollywood also confronted the ... «koimoi, Apr 15»
4
Modern Masters; Vincent Dance Theatre – review
Funny, fearless and flintily determined, Vincent inspires unshakable loyalty in her dancers, and is one of the most important feminist artists ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
5
Dave Mackay: Dynamic footballer whose extraordinary will to win …
Just as his fellow wing-half, the eloquent Ulsterman Danny Blanchflower, was the brain of that remarkable side, so the flintily imperious Scot ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
6
QUENTIN LETTS: Sajid spoke with the delighted menace of a Bond …
In Mr Javid we finally have a Culture Secretary who is flintily small-state and takes a libertarian approach to freedom of expression. There is not ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
7
Will Self reviews Charles: The Heart of a King by Catherine Mayer
... and in so doing the prince's own baffled visage emerges: the eternally disappointing son of flintily determined parents, he seeks everywhere ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
8
To reform the NHS, use the politics of envy
... better-off should carry on getting our health care 'free at the point of use'. Why should it be seen flintily right-wing to find this objectionable? «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 15»
9
'Key House Mirror' ('Nogle hus spejl'): Rotterdam Review
... positioned as an arthouse draw for mature audiences. Extensive festival play is a given, especially if, as seems likely, Norby's flintily affecting ... «Hollywood Reporter, Feb 15»
10
The Homesman review – Tommy Lee Jones isn't quite what a …
Swank is outstanding as Mary Bee, the tough former teacher making her way in a man's world, flintily determined to build a family home despite ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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