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PRONUNCIATION OF PROLIXLY

prolixly  [prəʊˈlɪkslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROLIXLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prolixly 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 PROLIXLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbosity

Verbosity is speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness, which can be found in plain language, and laconism. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn writers not to be verbose. Similarly, some authors, including Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, use a succinct style and avoid verbosity. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. Corresponding adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix, grandiloquent, garrulous, and logorrheic. Examples of verbosity are common in political speech, academic prose, and other genres.

Definition of prolixly in the English dictionary

The definition of prolixly in the dictionary is in such a way as to be so long as to be boring; verbosely. Other definition of prolixly is in a manner that indulges in prolix speech or writing; long-windedly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROLIXLY


anonymously
əˈnɒnɪməslɪ
Bexley
ˈbɛkslɪ
closely
ˈkləʊslɪ
complexly
ˈkɒmplekslɪ
concisely
kənˈsaɪslɪ
continuously
kənˈtɪnjʊəslɪ
convexly
ˈkɒnvɛkslɪ
expressly
ɪkˈsprɛslɪ
Huxley
ˈhʌkslɪ
laxly
ˈlækslɪ
nicely
ˈnaɪslɪ
obviously
ˈɒbvɪəslɪ
orthodoxly
ˈɔːθəˌdɒkslɪ
precisely
prɪˈsaɪslɪ
previously
ˈpriːvɪəslɪ
reflexly
ˈriːflɛkslɪ
seriously
ˈsɪərɪəslɪ
simultaneously
ˌsɪməlˈteɪnɪəslɪ
spontaneously
spɒnˈteɪnɪəslɪ
unorthodoxly
ʌnˈɔːθəˌdɒkslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROLIXLY

prolicidal
prolicide
proliferate
proliferation
proliferative
proliferous
proliferously
prolific
prolificacy
prolifical
prolifically
prolification
prolificity
prolificness
proline
prolix
prolixious
prolixity
prolixness
proll

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROLIXLY

proudly
publicly
quickly
really
recently
reply
significantly
simply
slightly
specifically
successfully
supply
the Fourth of July
the only
totally
truly
typically
unfortunately
usually
weekly

Synonyms and antonyms of prolixly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prolixly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROLIXLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

prolixly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prolijamente
570 millions of speakers

English

prolixly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prolixly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prolixly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prolixly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prolixly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prolixly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prolixly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prolixly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prolixly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prolixly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prolixly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prolixly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prolixly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prolixly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रारंभीक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prolixly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prolixly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prolixly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prolixly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prolixly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prolixly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prolixly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prolixly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prolixly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prolixly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLIXLY»

The term «prolixly» is normally little used and occupies the 129.491 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLIXLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROLIXLY»

Discover the use of prolixly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prolixly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Grammar of the Arabic Language: In which the Rules are ...
Prolixly. UM^ixl In or with confidence. Jul Very well : excellently. Jjl and >Xil Whether or not. _(*jl In troops. Just Profperoufly. U^l Sufficiently. (_£ Jtf'f For the raoft part. J I Unlefs, befides, neverthelcfs, Jo U^ , J| Until this day. otherwife, to, even to ...
John Richardson, 1811
2
The Theatre of the Greeks: A Treatise on the History and ...
tion of the Greeks against Troy, prolixly describes all that was graven on the shield of Achilles which his mother Thetis brought him, but winds it up however with the wish that Clytaemnestra may be punished for her wickedness. The old keeper ...
John W. Donaldson, 1860
3
Theatre of the Greeks ... information relative to the rise, ...
tion of the Greeks against Troy, prolixly describes all that was graven on the shield of Achilles which his mother Thetis brought him, but winds it up however with the wish that Clytaemnestra may be punished for her wickedness. The old keeper ...
Greeks, John William Donaldson, 1860
4
Flügel's Complete Dictionary of the German and English ...
II. ode. distantly, prolixly, diffusely, at large ; — liuflgfeit/ — lauftigteit/ / prolixity, diffuseness; intricacy, perplexity; — en madKll/ to stand upon ceremonies, to be punctilious ; bie ©adje madjt wele — en/ the matter is attended with a great deal of ...
Felix Flügel, C. A. Feiling, A. Heimann, 1843
5
The Theatre of the Greeks, a series of papers relating to ...
tion of the Greeks against Troy, prolixly describes all that was graven on the shield of Achilles which his mother Thetis brought him, but winds it up however with the Wish that Clytsemnestra may be punished for her wickedness. The old keeper ...
John William Donaldson, 1860
6
Philosophical Transactions
The Winter following he returned into German), by En [and and Hall-ma', to enter upon publick Business, and had no longer any Leisure to sit it for the Press, nor thought it afterwards worth his while to explain those Things prolixly in the vulgar  ...
‎1717
7
Dictionary, English-German and German-English ...
SBeitfcbroeifio., a<ij. prolix, pro- lixions, longwinded, tedious; adv. prolixly, tediously. SBeitfd roeifigteit/ /. prolixity, tedionmets. JBeitftd)tlg/ adj. far-sighted, far - piercing. tH5e{6en/ "•• wheat. ffieip enSril t C/ /. wheat - harvest, crop — reaping of ...
Nathan Bailey, Johann Anton Fahrenkrüger, 1801
8
From 1713 to 1723
The winter following he returned into Germany, by England and Holland, to enter on public business, and had no longer any leisure to fit it for the press, nor thought it afterwards worth his while to explain those things prolixly in the vulgar ...
‎1809
9
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
... enlarging under my hands, I had not leisure to prepare it for the press, and other avocations interfered afterwards; especially now as it does not seem worth while to explain prolixly in the common way, what my analysis performs • . briefly.
‎1809
10
1713-1723: 1713-1723
The winter following he returned into Germany, by England and Holland, to enter on public business, and had no longer any leisure to fit it for the press, nor thought it afterwards worth his while to explain those things prolixly in the vulgar ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), Charles Hutton, George Shaw, 1809

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROLIXLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prolixly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Cloud' may save education in India
However, for this, the government needs to shift the focus towards learning, critics stop prolixly discussions on road-map for RTE while cynical ... «Asia Times Online, Mar 14»
2
August: Osage County – film review
No one has a good word to say of anyone; bad words are said loudly, floridly, prolixly, repetitively. You keep wishing that William Friedkin, who ... «Financial Times, Jan 14»
3
David Bowie Finally Comments on 'The Next Day,' in the Form of 42 …
... persuaded” Bowie — “I persuaded Bowie, somehow,” he adds, somewhat prolixly — to share “a sort of a work flow diagram for The Next Day. «SPIN, Apr 13»
4
'Pag-ibig' adjusts focus as it eases into its concluding chapter
Actually, it's difficult to write believable dialogue for child characters, so by going prolixly poetic, the writers took the facile way out. —Well ... «Inquirer.net, Jan 12»

REFERENCE
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