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PRONUNCIATION OF SPUNKILY

spunkily  [ˈspʌŋkɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPUNKILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spunkily 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 SPUNKILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spunkily in the English dictionary

The definition of spunkily in the dictionary is in a brave or spirited manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPUNKILY


cheekily
ˈtʃiːkɪlɪ
chunkily
ˈtʃʌŋkɪlɪ
cockily
kɒkɪlɪ
crankily
ˈkræŋkɪlɪ
funkily
ˈfʌŋkɪlɪ
huskily
ˈhʌskɪlɪ
jerkily
ˈdʒɜːkɪlɪ
kinkily
ˈkɪŋkɪlɪ
lankily
ˈlæŋkɪlɪ
luckily
ˈlʌkɪlɪ
quirkily
ˈkwɜːkɪlɪ
shakily
ˈʃeɪkɪlɪ
skilly
ˈskɪlɪ
slinkily
ˈslɪŋkɪlɪ
smokily
ˈsməʊkɪlɪ
sneakily
ˈsniːkɪlɪ
spookily
ˈspuːkɪlɪ
sulkily
ˈsʌlkɪlɪ
swankily
ˈswæŋkɪlɪ
unluckily
ʌnˈlʌkɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPUNKILY

spumoni
spumous
spumy
spun
spun silk
spun sugar
spun yarn
spunbonded
spunk
spunkie
spunkiness
spunky
spur
spur gear
spur track
spur veins
spur wheel
spur-gall
spur-of-the-moment
spurdog

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPUNKILY

flakily
flukily
friskily
gawkily
murkily
pawkily
perkily
peskily
pluckily
pockily
pokily
riskily
rockily
silkily
snakily
snarkily
spikily
stickily
streakily
trickily

Synonyms and antonyms of spunkily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spunkily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPUNKILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

spunkily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spunkily
570 millions of speakers

English

spunkily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spunkily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spunkily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spunkily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spunkily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spunkily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spunkily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spunkily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spunkily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spunkily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spunkily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spunkily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spunkily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spunkily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुदैवाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spunkily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spunkily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spunkily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spunkily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spunkily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spunkily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spunkily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spunkily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spunkily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spunkily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPUNKILY»

The term «spunkily» is used very little and occupies the 154.668 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPUNKILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPUNKILY»

Discover the use of spunkily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spunkily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Secret Path of Destiny
... spunkily. “I knew it/ I knew the old guy was going to make you marry him. I could see it in his eyes when he saw you leading the children through the woods” Tseena was seething mad, and he used a string of obscenities, which sounded ...
M.B. Tosi, 2012
2
Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Art and Politics
I don't know jest what you're up to,” she blurted out spunkily and yet timorously. “ And what the deuce is be up to? Going to marry you, is he ? " Sally made no reply , but she colored a coarse blush, and threw a glance at the faithful pursuing ...
‎1871
3
The National Magazine
Long were the faces at the breakfast table ; the older ones talking of prudence in bad weather, the wives urging their husbands to a descent, " rain or no rain ;" and the young ones spunkily protesting that they came to sec the active part of the ...
Abel Stevens, James Floy, 1853
4
The Atlantic Monthly
I don't know jest what you 're up to," she blurted out spunkily and yet timorously. " And what the deuce is he up to ? Going to marry you, is he ? " Sally made no reply, but she colored a coarse blush, and threw a glance at the faithful pursuing  ...
‎1871
5
Media-Made Dixie: The South in the American Imagination
In a remarkable twist of scenes Gibson's character leaves home for industrial work. He must earn cash while wife and children hold the farm front. There, Spacek's arm is nearly mangled in a machinery accident, but she spunkily coaxes a bull ...
Jack Temple Kirby, 1986
6
Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life
Clare introduced Eleanor to the newspaper PM, a progressive tabloid that spunkily declared it was “against people who push other people around.” On more familial matters, Clare confided that one of her cousins was dating a Catholic. Here ...
Samuel G. Freedman, 2007
7
Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent ...
Ironically, Mama catches Columbia's spirit and spunkily fights back by inviting her sister-in-law to the local WCTU levee and eventually becomes one of Columbia's staunchest allies in her various crusades. By April, Columbia has become ...
Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, 1986
8
The Beautiful and Damned
Immediately and rather spunkily she had borne him a son and, as if completely devitalized by the magnificence of this performance, she had thenceforth effaced herself within the shadowy dimensions of the nursery. The boy, Adam Ulysses ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2009
9
Tender is the Night
... asleep onthe bed. When Igotthere Itriedtoargue with Tommy but the latter wouldn't accept anything short of an apology and McKisco rather spunkily wouldn 't give it. WhenAbehad finished Rosemary asked.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2001
10
Shore Acres and Other Plays
That don't scare me. cap'n dan. Yeh dasn't set a day. Elizabeth. [Spunkily.] I dare, too. cap'n dan. I double stump yeh! Elizabeth. [The champagne has made her daring.] I won't take a stump from anybody. First Monday in September. cap'n dan .
James A. Herne, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPUNKILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spunkily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wayne and Wingnut
Of course he wasn't really dead, and talked back to Wayne very spunkily that he wanted his doggie treat. The kids were convulsed with laughter. The last ... «La Junta Tribune Democrat, Jul 15»
2
How Soccer Despot Sepp Blatter Finally Fell to Earth
It was some turnaround: the previous week, he'd been spunkily defiant after winning the election. "I am the president now, the president of everybody," he ... «VICE, Jun 15»
3
Theater: Eisenberg's "Spoils;" Cinderella... Again
But it's hard to imagine why they wouldn't just choose the Rodgers & Hammerstein Cinderella instead, since that show has a spunkily modern book as well, not ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
The sculptures of Cammie Staros contain beautiful wit
Her 10-foot stack of faux-ancient pots riffs spunkily on Brancusi's "Endless Column," much as her herringbone-patterned, graphite-painted ceramic tile runner ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
5
Shakespeare's clowns rule this 'Dream'
Molly Searcy, with her initially lovelorn then spunkily outraged Helena, and Skyler Sinclair, with her initially confident then comically frustrated Hermia, register ... «Houston Chronicle, Mar 15»
6
will.i.am: new Black Eyed Peas music coming
She's sweet, she's spunkily, she's edgy, she's vibrant, she's fiery, she's a sweetheart. The Voice vs. The X Factor I think The X Factor is needed, I think you need ... «Music News, Jan 15»
7
Do Bollywood movies reflect the reality?
She's well able to look after herself, even, as in this year's Queen, spunkily embarking on her honeymoon alone because she was jilted at the wedding. In Mary ... «The National, Nov 14»
8
Evangelism is Awkward [Beau Crosetto]
As she spunkily opened the door, I said something to the affect of, “Hey, you know those missionary dudes that were just over here? Yeah, they were full of crap ... «Patheos, Oct 14»
9
TCA: Kate Walsh Comes To Defense Of NBC's 'Bad Judge'
Later, Walsh said, more spunkily, that she's playing a party girl who “happens to be really good at her job” and that “in the series we will see how proficient she is ... «Deadline.com, Jul 14»
10
An Artist-Run Gallery Emerges in The Rockaways
The spunkily-named gallery, Topless, is the brainchild of Brent Birnbaum and Jenni Crain, who felt that an art space would be the perfect use for one of the many ... «artnet News, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spunkily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spunkily>. Apr 2024 ».
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