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PRONUNCIATION OF GROPINGLY

gropingly  [ˈɡrəʊpɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROPINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gropingly 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 GROPINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gropingly

Frotteurism

Frotteurism is a paraphilic interest in rubbing, usually one's pelvis or erect penis, against a non-consenting person for sexual gratification. It may involve touching any part of the body including the genital area. A person who practices frotteurism is known as a frotteur. The majority of frotteurs are male and the majority of victims are female, although female on male, female on female, and male on male frotteurs exist. This activity is often done in circumstances where the victim cannot easily respond, in a public place such as a crowded train or concert. Usually, such nonconsensual sexual contact is viewed as a criminal offense: a form of sexual assault albeit often classified as a misdemeanor with minor legal penalties. Conviction may result in a sentence or psychiatric treatment.

Definition of gropingly in the English dictionary

The definition of gropingly in the dictionary is by or while groping.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROPINGLY


droopingly
ˈdruːpɪŋlɪ
gapingly
ˈɡeɪpɪŋlɪ
gaspingly
ˈɡɑːspɪŋlɪ
graspingly
ˈɡrɑːspɪŋlɪ
grippingly
ˈɡrɪpɪŋlɪ
hopingly
ˈhəʊpɪŋlɪ
jaw-droppingly
ˈdʒɔːdrɒpɪŋlɪ
limpingly
ˈlɪmpɪŋlɪ
lispingly
ˈlɪspɪŋlɪ
mopingly
ˈməʊpɪŋlɪ
nippingly
ˈnɪpɪŋlɪ
rippingly
ˈrɪpɪŋlɪ
rompingly
ˈrɒmpɪŋlɪ
skippingly
ˈskɪpɪŋlɪ
slopingly
ˈsləʊpɪŋlɪ
snappingly
ˈsnæpɪŋlɪ
sweepingly
ˈswiːpɪŋlɪ
toppingly
ˈtɒpɪŋlɪ
usurpingly
juːˈzɜːpɪŋlɪ
weepingly
ˈwiːpɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROPINGLY

grooved
grooveless
groovelike
groover
groovier
grooviest
grooving saw
groovy
grope
groper
Gropius
Gros
gros de Londres
gros point
grosbeak
groschen
groser
grosgrain
gross
gross domestic income

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROPINGLY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of gropingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gropingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROPINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

摸索着
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tientas
570 millions of speakers

English

gropingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टटोलते हुए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتخبط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ощупью
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

às apalpadelas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতড়াইতে হাতড়াইতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tâtons
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meraba-raba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tastend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手探りで
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

더듬어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gropingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gropingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தட்டுத் தடுமாறிச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तृप्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el yordamıyla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tentoni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

po omacku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

навпомацки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gropingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψηλαφητά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gropingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trevande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

famlende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gropingly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROPINGLY»

The term «gropingly» is used very little and occupies the 169.216 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROPINGLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROPINGLY»

Discover the use of gropingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gropingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Modernity at Sea: Melville, Marx, Conrad in Crisis
He didn't though; he only released his grip"; "[o]ur eyes met; several seconds elapsed, till, our glances still mingled"; "[o]ur hands met gropingly, lingered united in a steady, motionless clasp for a second"; and so on. For whose glances " mingle" ...
Cesare Casarino, 2002
2
Basque-English, English-Basque Dictionary
... adj. blinding. itsuidazkera n Braille, method of writing used by the blind. itsu- itsuka adv. gropingly, blindly, n blind man's bluff (children's game). itsuka adv gropingly, blindly, itsukeria n blindness, stubbornness. obstinacy. itsuketa n confusion, ...
Gorka Aulestia, 1992
3
Chambers's etymological dictionary of the English language, ...
gropingly, grGplng-li, adv., in a groping manner. Grosbeak, same as Groiibeak. . Qrosw, gros, adj., solid, fat ; coarse : rough : great : palpable : whole ; coarse in mind ; stupid ; sensual ; obscene. — ft. the main bulk ; the whole taken together; ...
Chambers W. and R., ltd, Andrew Findlater, James Donald (F.R.G.S.), 1867
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Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
gropingly. groptngfy, grOplng-li, adv., in a groping manner. Grosbeak, same as Grosabeak. . Ones, grOs, o^r., solid, fat; coarse : rough : great : palpable : whole ; coarse in mind ; stupid ; sensual ; obscene. — n. the main bulk; the whole taken ...
James Donald, 1867
5
Chamber's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
gropingly. 1"рВДт. gröplng-li, adv., in a groping mattner. Grabéis, same as Groubeas. Огш, gris, «»Л-., solid, fat ; coarse: rough : great : palpable : whole ; coarse in mind ; stupid ; sensual ; obscene. — n. the main bulk ; the whole taken  ...
James Donald, William Chambers, 1868
6
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
Let us consider through what clouds and how gropingly we are led to the knowledge of most of the things that are right in our hands; assuredly we shall find that it is rather familiarity than knowledge that takes away their strangeness, BBut no ...
Michel de Montaigne, 1958
7
On the Wings of Hope: Prose
Gropingly, literally gropingly, in total darkness did men crawl their ways to a greater and wonderful knowledge ... many still wander in a fog of negation - but their numbers are growing short with each passing day. Just like every schoolboy  ...
Prokhor Ozornin
8
Selection Theory and Social Construction: The Evolutionary ...
"The natural selection epistemology here offered has one special analytic feature : if one is expanding knowledge beyond what one knows, one has no choice but to explore without benefit of wisdom (gropingly, blindly, stupidly, haphazardly).
Cecilia Heyes, David L. Hull, 2001
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Basque-English Dictionary
Cf. itsualdi. itsumendu (L) n. obstinance, stubbornness, obsession. Cf. itsumen. itsumustu (B,G,LN,U) n. blinding, obfuscation. itsumustuan (B,G,11) adv. blindly, gropingly. Gaua iluna zen eta itsumustuan ibili ginen. The night was dark and we  ...
Gorka Aulestia, 1989
10
The Road
Gropingly, the boy moved from stone to stone of the path. Gropingly, as if his eyes were full of sweat, the old man followed him. Once the boy fell completely. Once the old man tripped on a stone and fell heavily to the ground. The people of the ...
Austin Coates, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROPINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gropingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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ITF's ambitious strategy to plug skills gap in industries
The consequence of this is that many technical skills needed for the country's industrialisation are either imported or gropingly sought in the ... «BusinessDay, Jun 15»
2
No better time than now for Morrisons' Potts to put his foot on the pedal
... chance than he does now to gain ground because the embattled market leader, Tesco, is itself still only gropingly feeling its way forward. «Retail Week, Jun 15»
3
Secret Regency snogs: a guide to furtive love (and other naughty …
Something more gropingly “actual” is hinted at by “making”. Twenty years ago, Terry Castle kicked over a hornet's nest with a smart article in the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Even Cinderella was better off than Sierra Leone Ebola orphans
The fact that the state is only finding out now – gropingly – means the kids can be missed out on or the figures can be bloated in a country ... «Politico SL News, May 15»
5
'Girls' season 4, episode 4 review: 'Cubbies'
Both do a fine job, mind you, and while Kaplan's writing occasionally helps bring life back into this gropingly tired program, neither quite gives ... «TheCelebrityCafe.com, Feb 15»
6
Film review: Taken 3
... case studies in implausibly engaging action heroes – leaves Forest Whitaker's gropingly inept inspector to painstakingly connect the dots. «The National, Jan 15»
7
Pope John Paul II address to Asian Bishops' Conferences
... everything that it is gropingly searching for concerning God, man and his destiny, life and death, and truth” (Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, 53). «Inquirer.net, Jan 15»
8
The 'Anna Karenina' on Your Shelf
... of interior monologue—a kind of stream of moral consciousness—in which these figures gropingly try to make sense of the vicissitudes of “life ... «Wall Street Journal, Nov 14»
9
It's Time To Discover The "Neglected Master" Of Science Fiction
He braced himself, searched his memory gropingly. He knew the root-language…. "I come—from a distant land," Mason said slowly, tentatively, eyeing the great ... «io9, Sep 14»
10
Geoffrey Hill: poetry should be shocking and surprising
Hill says he “put perfectly what I've been trying to say gropingly and inadequately for years. The idea that you write to express yourself seems to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»

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