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Meaning of "groaningly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GROANINGLY

groaningly  [ˈɡrəʊnɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROANINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Groaningly 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 GROANINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of groaningly in the English dictionary

The definition of groaningly in the dictionary is in a manner than makes people groan with pain, annoyance, disapproval, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROANINGLY


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROANINGLY

gro.
groan
groaner
groanful
groaning
groat
groats
groatsworth
grocer
groceries
grocery
grocery store
groceteria
grockle
Grodno
grody
Groening
grog
groggery
groggier

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROANINGLY

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 groaningly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «groaningly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROANINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

groaningly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

groaningly
570 millions of speakers

English

groaningly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

groaningly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

groaningly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

groaningly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

groaningly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

groaningly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

groaningly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungut-sungut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ächzend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

groaningly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

groaningly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Groaningly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

groaningly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

groaningly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कसल्यातरीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

groaningly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

groaningly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

groaningly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

groaningly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

groaningly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

groaningly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groaningly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

groaningly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

groaningly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of groaningly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROANINGLY»

The term «groaningly» is normally little used and occupies the 141.618 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROANINGLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROANINGLY»

Discover the use of groaningly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to groaningly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Annoying Orange #4: Tales from the Crisper
Don't adjust your television; that really is a talking orange and he really is that annoying!
Scott Shaw!, Mike Kazaleh, 2014
2
Three A.M.
Fifteen years of sunless gray.
Steven John, 2012
3
Indianapolis Monthly
It isn't as though prospective nuns are being asked to enter what the sisters groaningly call "the 1 6th century" — the old ultraconservative days before Vatican II, in the mid-1960s, liberalized church life like an ecumenical (and longer -lasting) ...
4
Poetical Pen-pictures of the War: Selected from Our Union Poets
As gory and feeble the wounded doth lie 'Till rescued, or mahap to groaningly die , No flash of artillery lights up the plain, But the sun sheds its glory o'er heaps of the slain. Foes slumber enchained in the chill clatch of death, Foes mingle their ...
‎1864
5
Transcultural Joyce
"To demonstrate where demons fear to trate" (363) has the appalling, laborious ingenuity that true addicts of the pun will instantly if groaningly recognize. Only they know to what grovelling extremes these people will go for a joke, all shame ...
Karen Lawrence, 1998
6
Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter ...
These admonitions of hers were continued so pressingly that Mr. Baxter, after protesting that there was no use in being a whole hour too early, groaningly went to dress without even reading his paper. William had retired to his own room, ...
Booth Tarkington, 2011
7
The Pilgrim's progress: With a Life of John Bunyan by Robert ...
So my heart answered groaningly, ' no !' Then fell with power, that word of God upon me, * ' See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh !' This made a strange seizure upon my spirit ; it brought light with it, and commanded a silence in my heart of ...
John Bunyan, 1830
8
The Subject of Care: Feminist Perspectives on Dependency
These two words—these groaningly laden concepts—dependency and choice— may be the two most powerful abstractions governing women's lives in the United States. As a matter of course, we use these words separately, to refer to ...
Eva Feder Kittay, Ellen K. Feder, 2003
9
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
... speaking, Did'st thou ever refuse to be justified by the blood of Christ? and withal, my whole life of profession past, was in a moment opened to me, wherein I was made to see, that designedly I had not: so my heart answered groaningly, No .
John Bunyan, 2007
10
Washington, DC, Encounter
... www.bistrotdu coin.com; 1738 Connecticut Ave NW; h11:30am-11pm Sun-Wed ,to1am Thu-Sat; mDupont Circle The Bistrot is both exemplar and exaggeration of a working-man Parisian joint, serving groaningly delicious plates of steak frites ...
Adam Karlin, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROANINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term groaningly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Self/less: The wealthy can buy youth and health in this overdone genre
Sure enough, the narrative is schlocky and groaningly over-familiar, but the film is also uncharacteristically drab visually, with a washed-out ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
Review: 'Morning Star' tuneful but trying
Hoffman's libretto was at times poetic or sentimental, other times groaningly clichéd. The constant rhyming became tedious – babies rhymed ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
3
The ROM's new Pompeii exhibit offers much to see but falters in …
For cheek (and for some perhaps, chic), check out the groaningly titled “Sex in the City” section where, courtesy of an array of amatory artifacts, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
4
When Jerry Seinfeld and 'Spy' Magazine Teamed Up to Mock …
Part of the special's humor lie in presenting the groaningly over-familiar in unexpected ways. A clip of the Rolling Stones performing onstage ... «Splitsider, Jun 15»
5
Review: 'Kinky Boots' @ Proctors, 6/16/15
... apparent than in their respective big solo songs: Charlie's “Soul of a Man” is a groaningly clichéd rock number, while, immediately following, ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
6
First Date has Biting Humor, Tenderness, Quirk and a Strong Cast
Aaron, bwy groaningly shameless contrast, is a nervous, glasses-wearing, nice-guy investment banker with a jilted-at-the-altar broken heart, ... «Houston Press, Jun 15»
7
Film reviews: Jurassic World | The Look of Silence
... of Indominus Rex (it was chosen so four-year-olds could pronounce it, we're told) is another of the film's groaningly self-referential gags. «Scotsman, Jun 15»
8
Insidious: Chapter 3
But Leigh Whannell, the series cowriter who has taken over as director from James Wan (Furious 7), ties those scares to a plot so groaningly ... «Seven Days, Jun 15»
9
'Love & Mercy' hits the notes of Brian Wilson's life, but misses the …
He makes the parallels between controlling, manipulative Landy and Wilson's abusive father (Bill Camp) groaningly apparent. Mercifully, the ... «Random Nerds, Jun 15»
10
​Alone in Disney World
The guides who narrate these cruises apparently cannot deviate from their groaningly pun-filled scripts—the pseudo hippos malfunctioned and ... «Gawker, May 15»

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