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Meaning of "piddlingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIDDLINGLY

piddlingly  [ˈpɪdlɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIDDLINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piddlingly 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 PIDDLINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of piddlingly in the English dictionary

The definition of piddlingly in the dictionary is used for emphasizing that something is very petty, small or trivial.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIDDLINGLY


appallingly
əˈpɔːlɪŋlɪ
appealingly
əˈpiːlɪŋlɪ
bafflingly
ˈbæflɪŋlɪ
bloodcurdlingly
ˈblʌdˌkɜːdlɪŋlɪ
chillingly
ˈtʃɪlɪŋlɪ
compellingly
kəmˈpɛlɪŋlɪ
dazzlingly
ˈdæzlɪŋlɪ
killingly
ˈkɪlɪŋlɪ
middlingly
ˈmɪdlɪŋlɪ
sidlingly
ˈsaɪdlɪŋlɪ
smilingly
ˈsmaɪlɪŋlɪ
startlingly
ˈstɑːtlɪŋlɪ
stumblingly
ˈstʌmbəlɪŋlɪ
tellingly
ˈtɛlɪŋlɪ
thrillingly
ˈθrɪlɪŋlɪ
unfailingly
ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋlɪ
unsmilingly
ʌnˈsmaɪlɪŋlɪ
unwillingly
ʌnˈwɪlɪŋlɪ
wheedlingly
ˈwiːdlɪŋlɪ
willingly
ˈwɪlɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIDDLINGLY

picturesquely
picturesqueness
picturisation
picturization
picturize
picul
PID
piddle
piddler
piddling
piddly
piddock
pidgin
pidgin English
pidginisation
pidginization
pidginize
pie
pie cart
pie chart

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIDDLINGLY

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 piddlingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piddlingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIDDLINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

piddlingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piddlingly
570 millions of speakers

English

piddlingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

piddlingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

piddlingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

piddlingly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piddlingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

piddlingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piddlingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Piddlingly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

piddlingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

piddlingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

piddlingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piddlingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piddlingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

piddlingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ठळकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

piddlingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piddlingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piddlingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

piddlingly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piddlingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

piddlingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piddlingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piddlingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piddlingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piddlingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIDDLINGLY»

The term «piddlingly» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.555 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIDDLINGLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIDDLINGLY»

Discover the use of piddlingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piddlingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dramatic Works
I cannot but suspect that the Master of the Revels, who always seems to have done his work by halves, as piddlingly as the Editor of the “ Family Dramatists,” has been meddling here. Perhaps what he expungcd would have placed the ...
Philip Massinger, John Ford, 1869
2
The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford. With an ...
... what Christians and Moslem hold in common reverence? I must but suspect that the Master of the Revels, who always seems to have done his work by halves , as piddlingly as the Editor of the “ Family Dramatists," has been meddling here.
Philip Massinger, Hartley Coleridge, John Ford, 1848
3
The dramatic works of Massinger and Ford
I cannot but suspect that the Master of the Revels, who always seems to have done his work by halves, as piddlingly as the Editor of the " Family Dramatists," has been meddling here. Perhaps what he expunged would have placed the ...
Philip Massinger, John Ford, 1840
4
Degree Words
awful(ly) irretrievably real(ly) ineffably terribly especially literally microscopically unbelievably overmasteringly appreciably piddlingly absurdly toweringly laughably negligibly Investigation will probably reveal that virtually any adverb modifying ...
Dwight Bolinger, 1972
5
Between Dawn and Sunrise
... and the rough draughts and notes designed for the waste-basket, and the politic ephemerae into which most writers are allured by kindness or advertising purposes, are piddlingly amassed to be bound up, in pompous scavengery, with all ...
James Branch Cabell, 2008
6
Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
And that didn't even include discussing the diseases the patients already had. And for sure it didn't include working through interpreters and dealing with malfunctioning computers, intrusive phone calls, and piddlingly slow elevators. I arrived ...
Danielle Ofri, 2010
7
Straws and Prayer-Books
... the politic ephemerae into which most writers are allured by kindness and advertising purposes, are piddlingly amassed to be bound up, in pompous scav- engery, with 274 STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS.
James Branch Cabell, 2003
8
tailspin spring 09
... to tell me that they've given me the princely sum of 2p in interest this month. that's on a current account with £294.38 in it. these letters are a monthly occurence, and the interest has been at the same piddlingly low level for at least half a year, ...
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9
Journey Towards Himself
You're so bloody patriarchal! So piddlingly Victorian! So crashingly Miltonic in your views about marriage! You've got the mentality of a Middle-Eastern caliph in the Sinbad era! You haven't even got up to Ibsen and Shaw and the Emancipated  ...
Roy Holland, 2008
10
These Restless Heads
James Branch Cabell. 15 Which defers to %omance I desist from this run of thought because I grant such reflections to be merely rational. They are but such little truths as may frolic piddlingly, as gnats might dance, about yonder large ...
James Branch Cabell, 2003

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIDDLINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term piddlingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
CEO David McLean says Westpac still awaiting news on outcome of …
CEO David McLean says Westpac still awaiting news on outcome of Crown banking tender of business it earns 'a piddlingly small amount of ... «Interest.co.nz, May 15»
2
PANTO . . . now there's a word to chill the blood.
As props malfunctioned and supposedly spectacular pyrotechnics turned out to be piddlingly embarrassing, Jeanie Finlay's engaging if slightly ... «Herald.ie, Dec 14»
3
It's strange, but we never really had to learn to love the bomb
... the justification for the surveillance of each and every one of us — it's easy to forget how piddlingly small these risks really are by comparison. «Crikey, Jan 14»
4
Airbus wants all planes to have wider seats because of you giant …
... minimum seat width of 18 inches for long-haul aircraft, saying that rivals were “eroding passenger comfort” with their piddlingly narrow chairs. «Bitterwallet, Oct 13»
5
The Two Sides of Tax Lien Sales
So when the tax debt gets too high, the tax lien sale system breaks down. Unfortunately, it can also break down when the debt is piddlingly low. «Washington City Paper, Sep 13»
6
Samsung introduces Galaxy Camera packing Android
... edit and upload images to Twitter, Facebook and other social networks, they invariably have a piddlingly small sensor and a lens the size of a ... «TechRadar UK, Aug 12»
7
Pay to Play Shooters – Are They The Future?
... a rocket-drone or even a simple scope for your piddlingly short-ranged weapon, Kaos Studios have crafted an enticing lure to encourage ... «RipTen, Mar 11»

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