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Meaning of "phonily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHONILY

phonily  [ˈfəʊnɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHONILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phonily 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 PHONILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of phonily in the English dictionary

The definition of phonily in the dictionary is in a phoney manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHONILY


bonnily
ˈbɒnɪlɪ
brainily
ˈbreɪnɪlɪ
brawnily
ˈbrɔːnɪlɪ
cannily
ˈkænɪlɪ
cornily
ˈkɔːnɪlɪ
funnily
ˈfʌnɪlɪ
hornily
ˈhɔːnɪlɪ
moonily
ˈmuːnɪlɪ
punily
ˈpjuːnɪlɪ
rainily
ˈreɪnɪlɪ
scrawnily
ˈskrɔːnɪlɪ
shinily
ˈʃaɪnɪlɪ
spoonily
ˈspuːnɪlɪ
stonily
ˈstəʊnɪlɪ
sunnily
ˈsʌnɪlɪ
tinily
ˈtaɪnɪlɪ
tinnily
ˈtɪnɪlɪ
uncannily
ʌnˈkænɪlɪ
willy-nilly
ˌwɪlɪˈnɪlɪ
zanily
ˈzeɪnɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHONILY

phonetize
phoney
phoney war
phoneyness
phonic
phonically
phonics
phonier
phonies
phoniest
phoniness
phonmeter
phono plug
phonocamptic
phonocardiogram
phonochemistry
phonofiddle
phonogram
phonogramic
phonogramically

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHONILY

bodily
daily
easily
family
happily
heavily
Holy Family
lily
luckily
momentarily
necessarily
oily
primarily
readily
Sicily
steadily
temporarily
thornily
unnecessarily
voluntarily

Synonyms and antonyms of phonily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phonily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHONILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

phonily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

phonily
570 millions of speakers

English

phonily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phonily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

phonily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phonily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phonily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phonily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phonily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phonily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phonily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phonily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phonily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phonily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phonily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phonily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुस्पष्टपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phonily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phonily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phonily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phonily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phonily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phonily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phonily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phonily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phonily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phonily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONILY»

The term «phonily» is used very little and occupies the 157.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of phonily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «phonily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONILY»

Discover the use of phonily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phonily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Adventures of MDM: A Satire of College
she smiled brightly, not phonily, as she talked with the pair. “Sure,” Iim said. “ What about?” “This “Massive Doh Man” thing that happened to the college president on Thursday evening.” Iim played dumb as Mark tried not to drool on himself.
Jason Hatch, 2001
2
God Speaks the Pastafarian Quatrains
(19.2) - Atoms step frighteningly. (19:3) - Empty lines, ghost farting. (19:4) Neatest , spongy grim filth. (19:4a) 20 On fighting messy prattle: (20:1) 1. Test gingerly, if phantoms. (20:2) 2. Test phonily farting gems. (20:3) (Parse intently, fight smog.)  ...
Jon Smith, 2008
3
The youthful look
And I think I convinced her that Sally was as quick as anyone to see through a phony compliment — and that perhaps the problem was that I had complimented her too often and too phonily in the past for her to believe my compliments. Earlier ...
Judson Jerome
4
Faking It
I know it is phonily prissy of me not to write "fuck," but it strikes me as even phonier to assume fake boldness or a fake flip casualness and write it. That The New Republic, The Nation, and other respectable organs use 48 Naked Truth: Hey, ...
William Ian Miller, 2003
5
All Q, No A: More Tales of a 10th-Grade Social Climber
Instead I smiled phonily and waited for a brilliant idea to strike. Within seconds it hit me, pure genius. "She was an avid golfer, Ms. Singer." I almost high-fived myself—take that, embittered spinster! Ms. Singer didn't blink. "That's very interesting ...
Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, 2006
6
The Truth About Tate (Mills & Boon Vintage Cherish)
They wereallartificially, phonily gorgeous. Andtheycouldn't hold a candle to their illegitimate half brother. His tan came fromhoursin the sun,his muscles from hardwork. His dark hair was perfectly tousled, as if he'd combed it with his fingers.
Marilyn Pappano, 2014
7
Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the ...
... been given their houses through sweat-equity contracts—the National Center for Housing Management was regarded as useful by some community development groups but despised as phonily touchy-feely and quasi-fascistic by others.
Lis Harris, 2003
8
Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch
... walked, humiliated, through the crowd, some audience member said, “you'll get 'em next time,” which was nice, however phonily supportive he was being. In the book of fraudulent, empty sentiments, “you'll get 'em next time” is listed as ...
Jim Norton, 2008
9
Time to Rejoice: Devotions Celebrating God's Love
Many a time, I started out phonily happy and ended up genuinely joyful. Serve: Do something for someone else; it gets our minds off us. Bake a cake, send a card, plan a party for someone you love or don't, pick a bouquet for a neighbor ( out of ...
Women of Faith, 2011
10
Traveler: A Screenplay
It's the home of the city's oldest and most famous restaurant. JESSE How oldis it? SETH It was founded in 1364. JESSE That's incredible. SETH Most restaurants in New York can't last more than a year. They laugh phonily. Then Jesse stops.
Charles Platkin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phonily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What Do Indie Musicians Really Think About Music Streaming?
Everyone is kind of phonily aghast, like, "Oh, how dare they!" Yet these bands are making 100 times more—even if they were being paid ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
SEC commissioner off to a good start
He did so with genuine respect, not with the "all due respect" recognition many new bosses phonily proffer before aggressively erasing the ... «Northwest Arkansas News, Jul 15»
3
Hillary Clinton Throws Down The Gauntlet And Challenges …
The people that they so phonily represent, get nothing in their eyes. It's time the OBGYN collective conservatives in congress be eliminated. «PoliticusUSA, Jun 15»
4
Nguyen's record-setting golden double lifts Vietnam
JUBILANT: Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy celebrates after defeating Lao's Phonenaly Phonily to win the women's -52 kg gold medal judo ... «Arab News, Jun 15»
5
Keep playing the Hunger Games and we get craven politicians
They don't listen, they trot out the same guff and they ooze insincerity, with their dismissive body language and phonily chummy first-name thing ... «The Sunday Times, May 15»
6
Women don't like public speaking? Small wonder
The issue resurfaced in the Channel 4 event, phonily regretted by a leader who has done nothing to correct behaviour that could have been ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
7
Veterans Affairs Is Even Worse Than We Thought, Reveal …
Brown felt that belatedly and phonily “processing” these claims seemed like more of a deliberate cover-up than an attempt to fix the situation. «Care2.com, Mar 15»
8
Pacquiao vs Algieri: Five Reasons to Watch Saturday's Big Fight
Every time either of them fights, the matchup is brought back into the national sports dialogue, as TV talking heads phonily pontificate on the ... «Bad Left Hook, Nov 14»
9
Andy Murray salty as poor 2014 leaves him in danger of missing …
I think the ATP should be congratulated for not phonily acting as if its events are more important than the Grand Slams. It would be dishonest to ... «USA TODAY, Oct 14»
10
Restaurant Cocktails That Aim Too High
Some are rudely sour, or pointlessly bitter, or ickily sweet, or phonily complicated, or just too reminiscent of a spoonful of Robitussin with a ... «New York Times, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Phonily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phonily>. Apr 2024 ».
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