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Meaning of "grovellingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GROVELLINGLY

grovellingly  [ˈɡrɒvlɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROVELLINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grovellingly 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 GROVELLINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grovellingly in the English dictionary

The definition of grovellingly in the dictionary is in a way that demeans someone; obsequiously.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROVELLINGLY


appallingly
əˈpɔːlɪŋlɪ
appealingly
əˈpiːlɪŋlɪ
bafflingly
ˈbæflɪŋlɪ
chillingly
ˈtʃɪlɪŋlɪ
compellingly
kəmˈpɛlɪŋlɪ
dazzlingly
ˈdæzlɪŋlɪ
killingly
ˈkɪlɪŋlɪ
puzzlingly
ˈpʌzlɪŋlɪ
revealingly
rɪˈviːlɪŋlɪ
smilingly
ˈsmaɪlɪŋlɪ
startlingly
ˈstɑːtlɪŋlɪ
stumblingly
ˈstʌmbəlɪŋlɪ
tellingly
ˈtɛlɪŋlɪ
thrillingly
ˈθrɪlɪŋlɪ
tremblingly
ˈtrɛmblɪŋlɪ
unfailingly
ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋlɪ
unsettlingly
ʌnˈsetəlɪŋlɪ
unsmilingly
ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋlɪ
unwillingly
ʌnˈwɪlɪŋlɪ
willingly
ˈwɪlɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROVELLINGLY

grouting
grouts
grouty
grove
grovel
groveless
grovelingly
grovelled
groveller
grovelling
Groves
grovet
grow
grow bag
grow into
grow on
grow out of
grow out of one´s knowledge
grow the beard
grow up

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROVELLINGLY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of grovellingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grovellingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROVELLINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

grovellingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grovellingly
570 millions of speakers

English

grovellingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grovellingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

grovellingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

grovellingly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grovellingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grovellingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grovellingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grovellingly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grovellingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grovellingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

grovellingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grovellingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grovellingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grovellingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उदारपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grovellingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grovellingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grovellingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

grovellingly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grovellingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

grovellingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grovellingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grovellingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grovellingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grovellingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROVELLINGLY»

The term «grovellingly» is used very little and occupies the 189.155 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROVELLINGLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROVELLINGLY»

Discover the use of grovellingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grovellingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Monarchs retired from business
It was a touching, rather than a contemptible spectacle ; for no doubt, fiercely uncharitable and grovellingly superstitious as the moribund monarch may seem to us, he was sincerely religious according to the instruction he had received, and  ...
Dr. Doran (John), 1857
2
The Metropolitan Magazine
of that misery which had wasted her youth, and which seemed fated to destroy her life. The partner of her brother was a young man of low birth, but of aspiring ambition. To a mind grovellingly selfish and mean, he joined consummate tact, ...
‎1842
3
The Dublin University Magazine
You stupid Payne, what a judge you are of such things l” Mr. Payne, feebly, and almost grovellingly, acknowledged his deficiency in taste, and would beg pardon for it. They kept such ornaments by them “merely to convenience their customers.
‎1866
4
Dramatic, narrative, and other poems
At the outer door she met him ; kneelingly she barred the way; Bound his knees she cast her frenzied arms, and grovellingly she lay ; Lite the snow she clung around him ; kneeling voiceless did she lie ; All her pity, all her anguish, speaking in ...
Thomas Tilston, 1869
5
THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE
Training has to the full as much to do with these things as constitution, and the training of Childersleigh had been grovellingly practical, such as taught him to see mountains in the molehills of the loftier moralist. Say what you like, it hits a ...
‎1869
6
The Living Age
Training has to the full as much to do with these things as constitution, and the training of Childersleigh had been grovellingly practical, such as taught him to see mountains in the molehills of the loftier moralist. Say what you like, it hits a ...
‎1870
7
The Finer Grain
This was the sum, then, for which he had grovellingly compounded—under an agreement sealed by a supreme exchange of remarks. "'Where in the name of lifelong ruin are you to find Four Hundred?'" Miss Cookham had mockingly repeated ...
Henry James, 2014
8
Records of a route through France and Italy: with sketches ...
Unfortunately, the world is but too inclined to accept genius, talents, nay, almost mere cleverness, as an equivalent for what is of infinitely greater importance. It forms of them idols, before which it grovellingly prostrates itself. Again, it is urged in ...
William Rae Wilson, 1835
9
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St John Ch. I to XIV
So let us neither presumptuously antedate the time when we shall be able to do without them—the Heaven in 'which there is no Temple'—nor grovellingly and superstitiously elevate them to a place of importance and of power in the Christian ...
Alexander MacLaren, 1959
10
The Puppet Show
Some ofthe other trainees have, too, and yesterday Nigel Wilson phoned me with a trivial company law question and was grovellingly apologetic for wasting my time. Nigeland Istarted hereonthe sameday. We've always helped each other out.
Patrick Redmond, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROVELLINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grovellingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Picking the brains of the development master, by Peter Bill
In 2010 developer British Land and the City's planners were grovellingly keen to keep UBS on the Broadgate complex and satisfy the - now ... «PlanningResource, Jun 15»
2
Confessions of a cash-strapped checkout surfer
Or more likely he can grovellingly inform his wife that he got everything on her list. The person in front of me exhibits two frozen pizzas on a ... «Oxford Mail, Jun 15»
3
Richard III: It's been a remarkable story for Leicester since day one
In a panicked phone call to the Loughborough MP, who had taken on the role of Education Secretary a few days earlier, I grovellingly pleaded ... «Leicester Mercury, Mar 15»
4
Standalone restaurants have risen. Formal dining is out. The way we …
Waiters are neither proper nor grovellingly obsequious; rather they are friendly and relaxed. All the most successful new restaurants that have ... «Hindustan Times, Mar 15»
5
Why Putin is even less of a human than Stalin was
He even deleted grovellingly obsequious descriptions of himself by cowering functionaries, preferring to be seen as 'the mere modest agent of ... «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 15»
6
Cumberbatch: the Umbrage Police claim another scalp
It's depressing enough that he felt the obligation to apologise. But what's worse is that he felt the need to do so so grovellingly, self-abasingly ... «Breitbart News, Jan 15»
7
Chris Selley: The anti-Uber double standard
This strange double standard took a different form this week in Sydney, where Uber was forced to grovellingly apologize for allowing its “surge ... «National Post, Dec 14»
8
Why Akande-Adeola more naive than first thought
But Hon Akande-Adeola took her colleagues grovellingly and unashamedly before the president to pledge their support and egg him on in his ... «Osun Defender, Nov 14»
9
IndyRef: Why I Voted No
... that I have decided to take this final opportunity to submit a grovellingly naval-gazing apology for the way I voted (two weeks ago by post). «Huffington Post UK, Sep 14»
10
I will be ruled by my head, not my heart, and voting No does not …
It's the Scots' flag, to erect where the Scots wish, not Mr Cameron's, to try grovellingly to curry favour. And has he no psychology? Does he not ... «Herald Scotland, Sep 14»

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