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Meaning of "mercenarily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MERCENARILY

mercenarily  [ˈmɜːsɪnərɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCENARILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mercenarily 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 MERCENARILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mercenarily in the English dictionary

The definition of mercenarily in the dictionary is in a mercenary manner; in a manner that demonstrates a desire for financial gain.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERCENARILY


arbitrarily
ˌɑːbɪˈtreərɪlɪ
auditorily
ˈɔːdɪtərɪlɪ
cheerily
ˈtʃɪərɪlɪ
contrarily
kənˈtrɛərɪlɪ
disciplinarily
ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnərɪlɪ
discretionarily
dɪsˈkrɛʃənərɪlɪ
eerily
ˈɪərɪlɪ
evolutionarily
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪlɪ
imaginarily
ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪlɪ
legendarily
ˈlɛdʒəndərɪlɪ
necessarily
ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ
plenarily
ˈpliːnərɪlɪ
preliminarily
prɪˈlɪmɪnərɪlɪ
revolutionarily
rɛvəˈluːʃənərɪlɪ
sanguinarily
ˈsæŋɡwɪnərɪlɪ
secondarily
ˈsekəndərɪlɪ
stationarily
ˈsteɪʃənərɪlɪ
summarily
ˈsʌmərɪlɪ
traditionarily
trəˈdɪʃənərɪlɪ
voluntarily
ˈvɒləntərɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCENARILY

mercantilistic
mercaptan
mercaptide
mercaptopurine
mercat
Mercator
Mercator projection
Mercator´s projection
mercenaries
mercenariness
mercenarism
mercenary
mercer
mercerisation
mercerise
merceriser
mercerization
mercerize
mercerizer
mercery

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERCENARILY

blearily
charily
complementarily
contemporarily
customarily
exemplarily
extraordinarily
involuntarily
literarily
militarily
momentarily
monetarily
ordinarily
pecuniarily
primarily
satisfactorily
scarily
temporarily
unitarily
unnecessarily
warily

Synonyms and antonyms of mercenarily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mercenarily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCENARILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

mercenarily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mercenarily
570 millions of speakers

English

mercenarily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mercenarily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mercenarily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mercenarily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mercenarily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mercenarily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mercenarily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mercenarily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mercenarily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mercenarily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mercenarily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mercenarily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mercenarily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mercenarily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माफक प्रमाणात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıkarcı şekilde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mercenarily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mercenarily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mercenarily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mercenarily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mercenarily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mercenarily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mercenarily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mercenarily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mercenarily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCENARILY»

The term «mercenarily» is normally little used and occupies the 132.923 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCENARILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCENARILY»

Discover the use of mercenarily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mercenarily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Works: Now First Collected
So I say, a man may be made use of providentially, and also mercenarily and judicially. S0 the devils have been; “Whom shall I send to be a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets? Send me; and he went.” This is a judicial service; and thus ...
William Bridge, 1845
2
Paying the pastor unscriptural and traditional
43 niarily ; or for a pecuniary reward, or mercenarily ; for a mercenary is "a hireling, one retained or serving for pay." It is not a question of how much ; of adequacy or inadequacy ; of sufficiency or insufficiency ; of just or unjust compensation.
James Beaty, 1885
3
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English ...
MERCENARILY. MERRIMENT. mercantile. In its stricter use, commercial relates to the shipping* forwarding, and other business connected with the commerce of a country, that is, the exchange of commodities; while mercantile applies to the ...
Noah Webster, 1896
4
The Columbian cyclopedia
-flk-er, one who trafficks; a trader; one who deals meanly or mercenarily. TRAGACANTH, n. trag'a-kanlh [L. tragacan'thum — from Gr. trngos, a goat; akan' tha, a thorn]: the concrete juice or gum of several species of shrubby or herbaceous ...
‎1897
5
Prosperity and Politics
Uninformed persons who are unable to form a judicial opinion as to what constitutes a just basis for a pension claim. 2. Mercenarily interested politicians who think they can still gain political capital by pandering to the prejudices of the ignorant ...
Allen Ripley Foote, 1893
6
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
mercenarily. Saucy and overbold ! how did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth In riddles and affairs of death ! Siaktfeare. How hast thou dar'd to think so vilely of me, That I would condescend to thy mean arts. And traffick with thee for a ...
Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, 1805
7
How to pass graduate record examination: aptitude test
... (C) addend CIRCLE : : diametric : — (D) add (E) addenda (E) diametrist (A) diameter (B) curve (C) radius (D) diameters 16. INITIAL : INITIALLY :: mercenary : (A) mercenarily (B) mercenal (C) mercenorially (D) mcrcenially (E) mercenarily 17.
College Publishing Corporation, Brooklyn, Francine Klasbrun, 1967
8
Preparation for medical college admission test
Jj mercenarily 2. merccnal 3. mercenorially 4. mcrcenially 5. mercenarily 17. DISMAL : DISMALLY :: implicit : 17. 1. implicital 2. implicity 3. deny 4. imply 5. implicitly 18. STEWARDSHIP : STEWARDESS :: tragedy : 18. 1. tragedy 2. trade 3.
Cowles Book Company. Education Division, Cowles Education Corporation, 1970
9
How to Pass Dental Aptitude Test
INITIAL : INITIALLY :: mercenary : 1. mercenarily 2. mercenal 3. mercenorially 4. mcrcenially 5. mercenarily 17. DISMAL : DISMALLY :: implicit : 1. implicital 2. implicity 3. deny 4. imply 4. add 5. addenda 4. diameters 5. diametrist 5. implicitly 14.
Cowles Education Corporation, 1966
10
The Spectator
... that all lawyers who are proficients in wind-mufiek may lodge at the flames: * Mr. Srecraron, WE are a- company of young women who pass. our time very much tofgether, and obliged by the mercenary humour o the men to be as. mercenarily ...
‎1896

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCENARILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mercenarily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shooting Bambi: Crucifying Dr Karl
Granted, Karl did himself no favours by mercenarily admitting he'd agreed to spruik the report partly because he's paid "bugger all" by the ABC ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
2
Book Review: Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since …
Nevertheless, much more infuriating is Blum's somewhat patronising characterisation of those he deems to be ignorantly or mercenarily ... «USAPP American Politics and Policy, Jan 15»
3
Best Shots Advance Reviews: DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 …
His artwork mercenarily serves the story but the story also gives a lot of joy to the artist. It allows him moments of quiet meditation and then ... «Newsarama, Sep 14»
4
'The Approval Matrix' Begins Monday on Sundance TV
As a magazine page, it can be mercenarily efficient — a clearinghouse for the week's notable culture that is sometimes cluttered and ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
5
22 Jump Street: Second time not so funny
a send-up of itself and of the genre of comedic sequels that mercenarily milk the popularity of an earlier outing. 22 Jump Street Genre: Slapstick ... «The Hindu, Aug 14»
6
Gigs In Brief: Bad Vision, Kirin J Callinan, Electric Cultures
The latter will be mercenarily selling off exclusive copies of their recent 7”s on Matador and Total Punk, but nearly as appealing as that is ... «Mess+Noise, Sep 13»
7
LeBron to leave Heat in 2014? Better believe it -- if going gets tough
Lots of us thought the Heat would rampage to a series of NBA titles, a mercenarily made dynasty. I promise you, LeBron was one of those ... «CBS sports.com, May 13»
8
Charlie Zone review: A gritty east coast film noir
He sees her as his big score and nothing more — he mercenarily up his demands when things go badly awry — while she contemptuously ... «Toronto Star, Feb 13»
9
Total Recall: The 5 Best Bits about the Original
She unwrapped breasts faster than a chicken-skinning robot and was even more mercenarily concerned with flesh. And for one month in 1990 ... «CBS Local, Aug 12»
10
The Importance of Being Honest
... an inaccurate tip off than that she mercenarily fabricated it? I'll admit I haven't seen the paper, but it seems a serious accusation, and one that ... «The University Times, Dec 11»

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