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PRONUNCIATION OF RUINOUSLY

ruinously  [ˈruːɪnəslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUINOUSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ruinously 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 RUINOUSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ruinously in the English dictionary

The definition of ruinously in the dictionary is to a ruinous degree.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUINOUSLY


acrogenously
əˈkrɒdʒɪnəslɪ
endogenously
ɛnˈdɒdʒɪnəslɪ
exogenously
ɛkˈsɒdʒɪnəslɪ
gelatinously
dʒɪˈlætɪnəslɪ
glutinously
ˈɡluːtɪnəslɪ
heinously
ˈheɪnəslɪ
indigenously
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəslɪ
larcenously
ˈlɑːsɪnəslɪ
luminously
ˈluːmɪnəslɪ
mountainously
ˈmaʊntɪnəslɪ
mucilaginously
ˌmjuːsɪˈlædʒɪnəslɪ
multitudinously
ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəslɪ
mutinously
ˈmjuːtɪnəslɪ
ominously
ˈɒmɪnəslɪ
platitudinously
ˌplætɪˈtjuːdɪnəslɪ
resinously
ˈrezɪnəslɪ
scrutinously
ˈskruːtɪnəslɪ
serpiginously
sɜːˈpɪdʒɪnəslɪ
verminously
ˈvɜːmɪnəslɪ
voluminously
vəˈluːmɪnəslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUINOUSLY

rugulose
Ruhr
Ruhrgebiet
ruin
ruinable
ruinate
ruination
ruined
ruiner
ruinous
ruinousness
ruins
Ruisdael
rulable
rule
rule book
rule of law
rule of three
rule of thumb
rule out

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUINOUSLY

anonymously
cautiously
consciously
continuously
dangerously
deliciously
deviously
famously
generously
hilariously
meticulously
obviously
outrageously
previously
ridiculously
seriously
simultaneously
spontaneously
tremendously
unanimously
vigorously

Synonyms and antonyms of ruinously in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ruinously» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUINOUSLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

毁灭性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ruinosa
570 millions of speakers

English

ruinously
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ruinously
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разорительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ruinosamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধ্বংসাত্মক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ruineux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merosakkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ruinös
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

目が飛び出るほど
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ruinously
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ruinously
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lo xa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழிவுண்டாக்கக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विध्वंसाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ruinously
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rovinosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rujnująco
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

разорительно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

distrugător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξοντωτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bouwvallig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fördärv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ruinously
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ruinously

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUINOUSLY»

The term «ruinously» is regularly used and occupies the 79.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUINOUSLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUINOUSLY»

Discover the use of ruinously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ruinously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
After the Internet: Alien Intelligence
To be well positioned to find a winner, you have to have a thorough understanding of new directions in the technology. The key often lies in a technology most people are not as yet aware of. RUINOUSLY INTENSE COMPETITION When there ...
James Martin, 2000
2
How the Halakhah Unfolds
D. "But let the world be in accord with its accustomed way, and the idiots who behave ruinously will ultimately come and give a full account of themselves. E. " Another matter: [If] one has stolen a seah of seeds for planting and gone and planted ...
Jacob Neusner, 2006
3
The Modes of Thought of Rabbinic Judaism
D. "But let the world be in accord with its accustomed way, and the idiots who behave ruinously will ultimately come and give a full account of themselves. E. " Another matter: [If] one has stolen a seah of seeds for planting and gone and planted ...
Jacob Neusner, 2000
4
Farmers must be co-operators
to prevent "ruinously low prices." The business world combines and co-operates more and more every year. More and more of the big banks merge, more and more of the mills, mines, factories and railroads combine. Combination and ...
Charles Orrin Drayton, Farmers' Equity Union, 1914
5
Blackwood's Magazine
The bulk would most certainly find themselves de trap in the search; and their eager bidding for cargo would, whilst ruinously advancing prices of produce against the British importing merchant, as ruinously beat down the freights of the regular ...
‎1852
6
Correspondence Respecting Compensation for the Opium ...
It is undoubtedly the fact that a few trifling sales were effected by certain parties, at the ruinously low prices which only could, in consequence of the violent proceedings of Commissioner Lin, have been then obtained ; but we solemnly assure ...
‎1839
7
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Notoriouslv they had not; confessedly they had failed ; and every farmer in the corn districts would avouch that often he had been brought to the brink of ruin by prices ruinously low.“ Now, we pause not to ask, why, if the law already makes the ...
‎1843
8
Parties and Factions in England at Th Accession of William IV.
madly undertaken and ruinously pursued. It would now be deemed as rational in a king of England to repeat the attempt of Canute to give law to the ocean, as to imitate the example of George III. in endeavouring to arrest the progress of ...
‎1830
9
Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry
The final two sentences consider these relationships between the ruined and the ruinously strong, between religion and industry, between external realities and internal imaginings, between the beauty ofthe country-house estate and the ...
Michael Thurston, Nigel Alderman, 2013
10
CliffsNotes on Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables
He ruinously hypnotizes that proud man's daughter, Alice Pyncheon. Alice Pyncheon The Europeanized daughter of Gervayse who plants some flower seeds brought from Europe; she plays the harpsichord. She is ruinously mesmerized by ...
Darlene B Morris, 1964

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUINOUSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ruinously is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cancer Docs Allege Big Pharma Greed is Ruinously Out of Control
The skyrocketing price of drugs has led to growing anger not just among patients but doctors as well. The cost of prescription medication can wipe out a family ... «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jul 15»
2
Our Ruinously Expensive Criminal Justice System
In June, the Coalition For Public Safety, a bipartisan group consisting of Center For American Progress (CAP), Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), FreedomWorks, ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
3
“Drug prohibition is a ruinously expensive failure:” Legal pundit
Former Sydney Morning Herald Opinion Editor and Legal Aid criminal lawyer Tim Dick has argued that Australia “should ditch the obsession with prohibition” ... «inthemix, Apr 15»
4
Lose prohibition to help win war on drugs
One thing is clear from the current strategy in the war on drugs: prohibition is a ruinously expensive failure. As former AFP commissioner Mick Palmer wrote in ... «The Age, Apr 15»
5
A new way to save a fortune on train tickets
Train fares are ruinously expensive, and as we hand over the best part of £50 for an hour or so of trundling through the countryside, it's always galling to know ... «AOL Money UK, Feb 15»
6
Good news for footballers but a ruinously expensive deal for the …
For footballers, another pay day looms. For the broadcasters, it is a very different story. Sky and BT had to win their football rights: it would have been ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
7
Two years on: McBrown remembers near-fatal accident in tears
... were on their way back from location of a music video shoot with Hiplife group Praye when they skidded off the road leaving the actress ruinously wounded. «Starr 103.5 FM, Jan 15»
8
Buhari Commiserates With Victims Of Maiduguri, Konduga …
... Government solution is in sight with the APC set to dislodge the PDP administration that has ruinously led this great country for nearly 16 years," he assured. «SaharaReporters.com, Jan 15»
9
Europe feeling the cost of climate change policy
In UKIP we take the view that climate mitigation on the Kyoto model is probably unnecessary, certainly ineffectual, and ruinously expensive. Unnecessary ... «TheParliamentMagazine.eu, Dec 14»
10
Striking Passage in “Gone Girl” that Depicts Modern Life and …
Our society was utterly, ruinously derivative (although the word derivative as a criticism is itself derivative). We were the first human beings who would never see ... «Patheos, Nov 14»

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