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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTPOSITIVELY

postpositively  [pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTPOSITIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postpositively 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 POSTPOSITIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of postpositively in the English dictionary

The definition of postpositively in the dictionary is after the word modified.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTPOSITIVELY


acquisitively
əˈkwɪzɪtɪvlɪ
additively
ˈædɪtɪvlɪ
appositively
əˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
capacitively
kəˈpæsɪtɪvlɪ
cognitively
ˈkɒɡnɪtɪvlɪ
competitively
kəmˈpetɪtɪvlɪ
creatively
krɪˈeɪtɪvlɪ
definitively
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvlɪ
dispositively
dɪsˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
expositively
ɪksˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
inquisitively
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvlɪ
intuitively
ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvlɪ
natively
ˈneɪtɪvlɪ
oxidatively
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪtɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
prepositively
priːˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
prohibitively
prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪvlɪ
sensitively
ˈsensɪtɪvlɪ
suppositively
səˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
transitively
ˈtrænzɪtɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTPOSITIVELY

postperson
postpollination
postponable
postpone
postponement
postponence
postponer
postpose
postposition
postpositional
postpositionally
postpositive
postprandial
postprandial thermogenesis
postprimary
postprison
postproduction
postpuberty
postpubescent
postpunk

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTPOSITIVELY

actively
aggressively
alternatively
collectively
comparatively
cumulatively
effectively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
inductively
lively
lovely
massively
negatively
objectively
progressively
quantitatively
relatively
respectively
selectively

Synonyms and antonyms of postpositively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postpositively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTPOSITIVELY

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The translations of postpositively from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postpositively» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

postpositively
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

postpositively
570 millions of speakers

English

postpositively
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

postpositively
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

postpositively
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

postpositively
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

postpositively
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

postpositively
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postpositively
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Postpositively
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

postpositively
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

postpositively
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

postpositively
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Postpositively
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

postpositively
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

postpositively
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टॉजिटिव्हली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postpositively
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postpositively
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postpositively
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

postpositively
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

postpositively
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

postpositively
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

postpositively
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postpositively
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postpositively
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postpositively

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTPOSITIVELY»

The term «postpositively» is used very little and occupies the 159.843 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTPOSITIVELY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTPOSITIVELY»

Discover the use of postpositively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postpositively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī: Edition and Analysis of ...
The context of the single quotable occurrence shows it as basically interchangeable with another postpositively used ad- jective -samāna “like”, “ similar”, “resembling”. The preceding noun should be understood as standing in the obl. case.
Jaroslav Strnad, 2013
2
The Pronoun of Address in English Literature of the ...
occur before consonants 274x, before h 126x, before vowels 181x, absolutely 20x, postpositively twice; in Nos. 24-45 tnev occur before cons. 8x, before h 35x, before vowels 27x, absol. 1 Ix, postpositively, none; in Nos. 46-63, before cons.
Arthur Garfield Kennedy, 1915
3
The Uralic Languages
Adjectives and participles (often with subordinate words of their own) can, however, be put into focus by placing them postpositively. Adjectives (including adjectival pronouns and participles) agree with their head nouns in number; adjectives ...
Daniel Mario Abondolo, 1998
4
Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar
It points to the actual presence of a person or thing: Postpositively it stands alone: 'A always follows the noun and refers to a past or distant person/object: Ro modifies nouns only in questions. It is postpositive and indicates that the questioner ...
Veronica du Feu, 2012
5
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
are now felt as compounds in which a modifying auxiliary pronoun has been united, postpositively, with a basic-form adjective head. poverty of stimulus See language acquisition device. PP An abbreviation for *prepositional phrase or ...
Bas Aarts, Sylvia Chalker, Edmund Weiner, 2014
6
A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
A limited number of adjectives can occur postpositively without their own dependents and with a non-fused head noun, as in [iii]: possible can also be attributive whereas asleep (as we have seen) cannot. Elect (meaning "recently elected but ...
Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 2005
7
University Series
occur before consonants 274X, before h I26X, before vowels 181X, absolutely 20X, postpositively twice; in Nos. 24-45 they occur before cons. 8X, before h 35X, before vowels 27X, absol. 1 1X, postpositively, none; in Nos. 46-63, before cons.
Stanford University, 1914
8
A Study of the Lexico-semantic and Grammatical Influence of ...
There is a fairly short list of phrases in which the adjective occurs postpositively. In Polish, on the other hand, postposition of the adjective is frequent and often obligatory. In contrast to the attributive position - in which the adjective describes  ...
Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic, 2000
9
Publications: University series
occur before consonants 274x, before h I26x, before vowels 181x, absolutely 20x , postpositively twice; in Nos. 24-45 they occur before cons. 8x, before h 35x, before vowels 27x, absol. 1 1x, postpositively, none; in Nos. 46-63, before cons.
‎1914
10
The Science of Linguistics in the Art of Translation: Some ...
X-,-X,-X- An element that occurs bound to some other element, whether pre- positively (X-). postpositively (-X), or medially (-X-) (e.g. §7.4, §13). X/Y Source X and target Y (e.g. §0.3.2(v)); trajectionally, X and Y as transla- tional alternatives in ...
Joseph L. Malone, 1988

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTPOSITIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postpositively is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Close but Not Quite
A different problem arises with “aplenty,” an unusual sort of adjective that is used postpositively — that is, it directly follows the noun it modifies, ... «New York Times, Mar 14»
2
Temp jobs become a permanent way of life for some
Definition of TWO. 1 : being one more than one in number. 2 : being the second —used postpositively
. «NBCNews.com, Aug 12»

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