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Meaning of "grindingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRINDINGLY

grindingly  [ˈɡraɪndɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRINDINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grindingly 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 GRINDINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grindingly in the English dictionary

The definition of grindingly in the dictionary is in a very bad, hard, or severe manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRINDINGLY


astoundingly
əˈstaʊndɪŋlɪ
bendingly
ˈbendɪŋlɪ
bindingly
ˈbaɪndɪŋlɪ
blindingly
ˈblaɪndɪŋlɪ
commandingly
kəˈmɑːndɪŋlɪ
condescendingly
ˌkɒndɪˈsendɪŋlɪ
correspondingly
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndɪŋlɪ
demandingly
dɪˈmɑːndɪŋlɪ
dependingly
dɪˈpɛndɪŋlɪ
despondingly
dɪˈspɒndɪŋlɪ
outstandingly
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋlɪ
pretendingly
prɪˈtɛndɪŋlɪ
resoundingly
rɪˈzaʊndɪŋlɪ
spellbindingly
ˈspɛlˌbaɪndɪŋlɪ
unbendingly
ʌnˈbɛndɪŋlɪ
uncomprehendingly
ˌʌnˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪŋlɪ
understandingly
ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋlɪ
unendingly
ʌnˈɛndɪŋlɪ
windingly
ˈwaɪndɪŋlɪ
woundingly
ˈwuːndɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRINDINGLY

grin and bear it
grinch
grind
grind in
grind on
grindelia
Grindelwald
grinder
grinderies
grindery
grindhouse
grinding
grinding wheel
grindstone
gringa
gringo
grinned
grinner
grinning
grinningly

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRINDINGLY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of grindingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grindingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRINDINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

grindingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grindingly
570 millions of speakers

English

grindingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grindingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

grindingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

grindingly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grindingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grindingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grindingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grindingly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grindingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひどく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

grindingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grindingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grindingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grindingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दळणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grindingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grindingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grindingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

grindingly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grindingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

grindingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grindingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grindingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grindingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grindingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRINDINGLY»

The term «grindingly» is normally little used and occupies the 143.182 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRINDINGLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRINDINGLY»

Discover the use of grindingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grindingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wildwood
Original and fresh yet steeped in classic fantasy, this is a novel that could have only come from the imagination of Colin Meloy, celebrated for his inventive and fantastic storytelling as the lead singer of the Decemberists.
Colin Meloy, 2011
2
Chambers concise dictionary
grindingly adv • grindingly poor. grindstone >n a revolving stone wheel used for sharpening and polishing. [13c] ♢ have or keep one's nose to the grindstone colloq to work hard and with perseverance. gringo /'grirjgou/ >n, derog in Latin ...
Ian Brookes, 2004
3
The Reluctant Capitalist:
The general education elements were okay, but at subjects like the dreaded Maths I was grindingly slow-witted. I had been repeatedly told (at the previous secondary modern school for the terminally dim) that I was no good, so I aspired to ...
Jim Whiston, 2013
4
Write in Style: A guide to good English
It was reassuring to find that the river was important again, a central artery linking north and south in a drifting procession of towboats and barge fleets, but I found the details of its renaissance grindingly dull. They 25 threatened to contaminate ...
Richard Palmer, 2003
5
At The Millionaire's Bidding (Mills & Boon Modern)
Peoplelike you haven't the faintest idea what it's liketo be grindingly poor. To be unwantedand abandoned. Tobe brought up ina children's home with no family andnoone to love youor care what happens toyou...' Choked,blinded byangry ...
Lee Wilkinson, 2014
6
The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing ...
Even so, for most investors it was a long—almost-two-decades-long—period of grindingly below- average returns. Partly that was because more of the return came from dividends than appreciation and it sure felt like the market went nowhere.
Kenneth L. Fisher, 2010
7
The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Concise
“Middling. nor grindingly poor, but instead were part of the ... “middling classes” Americans who were neither fabulously rich nor grindingly poor Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, ...
Paul Boyer, Clifford Clark, Karen Halttunen, 2012
8
Quantum Buddhist Wonders of the Universe
Dawkins for example in his book Climbing Mount Improbable writes with his usual joyful dogmatism that “It is grindingly, creakingly, crashingly obvious,” that the Darwinian mechanism “acts by breaking the improbability up into small ...
Graham Smetham
9
The Chosen
... to put his foot down. It was time to grow up. If only that did not seem so grindingly mundane. ... before, and that in itself led to suspicion. Mikon was not a trusting soul at the best of 5 The Chosen If only that did not seem so grindingly mundane...
J. C. Owens, 2012
10
Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
grindingly adverb a grindingly poor. grindstone o noun a revolving stone wheel used for sharpening and polishing. • have or keep one's nose to the grindstone colloq to work hard and with perseverance. © 13c. gringo /'grirjgoo/ c» noun, deroe ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRINDINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grindingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Capital Fringe 2015 Day 4: In the big house (the Atlas) and on the …
Stephen Spotswood's play is a grindingly conventional story about proudly unconventional people. It's a backstage soap opera at a dying ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald review – when Bob took a …
... the arrival of the high-conceptual blues-rock duo the White Stripes in London, as they stylishly set about killing the grindingly awful genre ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Sami Kosba adds the picture of a third son killed by the IDF to his wall
The early-morning traffic last Friday morning at A-Ram, outside Jerusalem, was grindingly slow, bumper to bumper. The brigade commander in ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
4
Shelby's Worst. Night. Ever.: Douchebros and Mud at the "Epic …
Looking around at the grindingly slow registration line, I was surprised: There were considerably more people who looked like regular weekend ... «The Portland Mercury, Jul 15»
5
'It Will Take Time'
It's a relentlessly, grindingly negative message. The only bit of it that comes anywhere near offering an “attractive” and “compelling” vision is the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
Deport hate preachers to help tackle radicalisation
... a similar rigmarole every time she tries to deport a foreign hatepreacher. Such grindingly slow progress is nowhere near good enough. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
From a Front Row Seat, Scott Boras Notes Matt Harvey's Struggles
Boras called him “grindingly demanding,” a trait that he said “the great ones often have.” Boras also called pitches Harvey would retire batters ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Time to call the FARC's bluff
But the process has been grindingly slow. After 32 months agreements have been reached on only three of the five points. In the past year the ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
9
Harvey McGregor: Barrister and supporter of the arts who was …
Capable of grindingly hard work, he won the prestigious Hastings Scholarship (founded in memory of the great QC Sir Patrick Hastings) in ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
10
UW grad speaks out on proposed tenure changes
Rather, it is grindingly difficult, with days, months, even years of little or no visible progress; scientists often find themselves sifting through data, ... «Lakeland Times, Jun 15»

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