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Meaning of "purringly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURRINGLY

purringly  [ˈpɜːrɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURRINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purringly 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 PURRINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of purringly in the English dictionary

The definition of purringly in the dictionary is in a purring manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURRINGLY


blisteringly
ˈblɪstərɪŋlɪ
blurringly
ˈblɜːrɪŋlɪ
boringly
ˈbɔːrɪŋlɪ
daringly
ˈdeərɪŋlɪ
deploringly
dɪˈplɔːrɪŋlɪ
despairingly
dɪsˈpeərɪŋlɪ
endearingly
ɪnˈdɪərɪŋlɪ
enduringly
ɪnˈdjʊərɪŋlɪ
erringly
ˈɜːrɪŋlɪ
imploringly
ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋlɪ
jarringly
ˈdʒɑːrɪŋlɪ
pouringly
ˈpɔːrɪŋlɪ
recurringly
rɪˈkɜːrɪŋlɪ
roaringly
ˈrɔːrɪŋlɪ
soaringly
ˈsɔːrɪŋlɪ
sparingly
ˈspɛərɪŋlɪ
staggeringly
ˈstæɡɛrɪŋlɪ
stirringly
ˈstɜːrɪŋlɪ
unerringly
ʌnˈɜːrɪŋlɪ
wearingly
ˈwɛərɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURRINGLY

purposively
purposiveness
purpresture
purpura
purpure
purpureal
purpuric
purpurin
purr
purring
purse
purse seine
purse snatcher
purse strings
purse-proud
purseful
purselike
purser
pursership
pursily

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURRINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
increasingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of purringly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purringly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURRINGLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

purringly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purringly
570 millions of speakers

English

purringly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

purringly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

purringly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

purringly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purringly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

purringly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purringly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purringly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

purringly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

purringly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

purringly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purringly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

purringly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purringly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Purringly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

purringly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purringly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

purringly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

purringly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purringly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

purringly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purringly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

purringly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purringly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purringly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURRINGLY»

The term «purringly» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.628 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURRINGLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURRINGLY»

Discover the use of purringly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purringly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When the lights go down
Brings together all of Kael's writings for The New Yorker over the past four years, including her famous profile of Cary Grant and her reviews of some two hundred films of the late 1970s
Pauline Kael, 1980
2
Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah
... whiles his host of spritties, lusspillerindernees, they went peahenning a ripidarapidarpad around him, pilgrim prinkips, kerilour kevinour, in neuchoristic congressulations, quite purringly excited,rpdrpd, allauding to him by all the licknames in ...
John P. Anderson, 2010
3
Motorboating - ND
... placed the innumerable cans and nuns, spars and beacons, exactly where they belonged, the boat was guided sleekly, purringly, through channels that skirted amazingly close to forested shores and bold outcroppings of wave- washed rock, ...
4
Life As Theater: A Dramaturgical Sourcebook
In this shadowy monotone, we exercise and modify our fragile selves, while our pet cat sits purringly by, convinced probably that we are only purring too. After the child has fashioned a transactable self his work has hardly begun. He must then  ...
Dennis Brissett, Charles Edgley, 2005
5
The Certain Hour
Borsdale leaned back and laughed, purringly, for the outcome of this affair of the Cardinal and the Wax Image meant much to him from a pecuniary standpoint. " Yet it is odd a prince of any church which has done so much toward the ...
James Branch Cabell, 2012
6
Tarr
She is decidedly genial and fond of a gross pleasantry, very near to “the people” —“le peuple,” as she says, purringly and pityingly in her clumsy german french. All individuals who have class marked upon them strongly resemble each other ...
Wyndham Lewis, Scott W. Klein, 2010
7
Adventures in Wine: True Stories of Vineyards and Vintages ...
It seemed to me that my friend laid out the plates in the garden purringly, unguently, and when he came to eat the food he did so with a seductive crackling of bread, a voluptuous spreading of pate, the coolest possible drafting of white wine in ...
Thom Elkjer, 2002
8
Fairy Tales and After: From Snow White to E.B. White
How deftly he sat at the table, delicately eating and drinking from his dish and bowl, purringly taking a bit of fish from the mermaid's fingers! These aren't "magic" animals, not even talking animals, but the aim of Jarrell's realistic rendering of ...
Roger Sale, 1979
9
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
She pointed with the flashlight and he saw in that brief instant the horde of microrobs disgorged, spreading out, seeking shelter like so many photophobic insects. He shut his eyes and moaned. “Are you still sure,” the girl said purringly, “ that ...
Philip K. Dick, 2013
10
Summer Sins (Mills & Boon M&B): Bedded, or Wedded? / ...
'I'm sure some champagne would turn your luck,' she ventured purringly, forcing her voice into a kind of caressing simper. Even as she spoke she felt revulsion shimmer through her. God, this was a sordid job all right. Crass and tacky and ...
Julia James, Melanie Milburne, Abby Green, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURRINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purringly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Self/Less': Why body-swapping is a bad idea
The company over which Albright purringly presides offers “humanity's greatest minds more time to reach their perfection”; in other words, they put a sick old guy ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
2
Spy Movie Review
She has terrific chemistry with all of her costars, flirting shamelessly with the Bond-like Law, an amusingly swaggering Statham and especially the purringly ... «Contactmusic.com, Jun 15»
3
Review: Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline' Gets Teleported From The Past …
Cymbeline's second wife, a vampish viper played purringly by Milla Jovovich, has an agenda too: she hates her husband's pretty daughter, Imogen (Dakota ... «Indie Wire, Mar 15»
4
Simon Rattle, lightning conductor
“They don't ask how — they ask why,” said Sir Simon purringly. “That's why I love working with them.” He duly raised their salaries. “He lovingly tends the ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
5
3 Ways I Let My Cat Boss Me Around
Not only is Brandy an immovable force once she is tucked in for the night, but she's so purringly content, all curled up warm and toasty (she gets so cold in her ... «Catster, Jan 15»
6
Now you can own the Sterling Archer tactleneck
The JackThreads website purringly describes the “100-percent Azerbaijani cashmere combined with effortlessly flattering colors—black and slightly darker ... «A.V. Club, Jan 15»
7
Only three TV election debates? Well, at least we won't miss Pointless
Broadcasting's top negotiators seem purringly pleased with their TV election debate work. Who'd have guessed that Sky, the BBC and ITV could have come up ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
8
No wonder voters blew a fuse at the antics of the party leaders
SIR – At the end of the party conference season, having witnessed purringly positive Cameron, negative Clegg, forgetful Miliband and sparky Farage, is it any ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
9
Venice Review: 'Cymbeline' Starring Ethan Hawke, Dakota Johnson …
Cymbeline's second wife, a vampish viper played purringly by Milla Jovovich, has an agenda too: she hates her husband's pretty daughter Imogen (Dakota ... «Indie Wire, Sep 14»
10
Nick Curtis: At last we are heard in my beautiful Sarf
We lack the chattering-class cohesion of the Islington/Hampstead axis, the purringly complacent economic might of the affluent western boroughs. We are a bit ... «Evening Standard, Jul 14»

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