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PRONUNCIATION OF TENSIBLY

tensibly  [ˈtensɪblɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENSIBLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tensibly 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 TENSIBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tensibly in the English dictionary

The definition of tensibly in the dictionary is in a manner capable of being stretched; tensilely.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENSIBLY


accessibly
əkˈsɛsɪblɪ
defensibly
dɪˈfɛnsɪblɪ
evincibly
ɪˈvɪnsɪblɪ
impermissibly
ˌɪmpəˈmɪsɪblɪ
inaccessibly
ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪblɪ
insensibly
ɪnˈsɛnsɪblɪ
invincibly
ɪnˈvɪnsɪblɪ
irreducibly
ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsɪblɪ
irresponsibly
ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪblɪ
irreversibly
ˌɪrɪˈvɜːsɪblɪ
ostensibly
ɒˈstɛnsɪblɪ
permissibly
pəˈmɪsɪblɪ
possibly
ˈpɒsɪblɪ
reprehensibly
ˌreprɪˈhensɪblɪ
reproducibly
ˌriːprəˈdjuːsɪblɪ
reversibly
rɪˈvɜːsɪblɪ
sensibly
ˈsensɪblɪ
supersensibly
ˌsuːpəˈsensɪblɪ
unsensibly
ʌnˈsensɪblɪ
vincibly
ˈvɪnsɪblɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENSIBLY

tensibility
tensible
tensibleness
tensile
tensile load
tensile strength
tensile stress
tensilely
tensileness
tensility
tensimeter
tensiometer
tensiometric
tensiometry
tension
tension headache
tensional
tensionally
tensioner
tensionless

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENSIBLY

comprehensibly
expansibly
feasibly
fusibly
implausibly
impossibly
incomprehensibly
incredibly
indefeasibly
indefensibly
indivisibly
inexpressibly
insuppressibly
invisibly
irremissibly
irreprehensibly
irrepressibly
plausibly
responsibly
risibly
visibly

Synonyms and antonyms of tensibly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tensibly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENSIBLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

tensibly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tensibly
570 millions of speakers

English

tensibly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tensibly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tensibly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tensibly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tensibly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tensibly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tensibly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tegang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tensibly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tensibly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tensibly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tensibly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tensibly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tensibly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Tensibly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tensibly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tensibly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tensibly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tensibly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tensibly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tensibly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tensibly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tensibly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tensibly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tensibly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENSIBLY»

The term «tensibly» is normally little used and occupies the 144.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENSIBLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENSIBLY»

Discover the use of tensibly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tensibly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Iniquity in High Places as Revealed in the ...
tensibly it was a step taken for national protection. Ostensibly it was a measure to appropriate the sum of fifty million dollars and to place that sum in the hands of William McKinley, to be expended by him at his discretion for the purposes of ...
Henry Clay Kinne, 1908
2
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, ...
HE debates of the 7th and had brought forward in the pre8th of February were occuied hya review of the general policy and procedure of thetGovernment in Ireland, and had little reference to that which was 03. tensibly the subject of them; the ...
‎1838
3
Columbian cyclopedia
... which that which seems to be C. does not really turn out to be so. Perhaps the most memorable mistake of thjs kjnd ever made wa» when the French revQlutjpnajy CAPITAL. government issued assignats (q.v.). These were issued os. tensibly.
‎1897
4
School Government: A Practical Treatise, Presenting a ...
tensibly important aid. Here is, at the outset, an unexpected exhibition of confidence which may at first puzzle the pupil, but which will ultimately and the more surely, because it puzzles him, beguile him like a fascination into the bestowment of ...
Frederick Swartz Jewell, 1874
5
Littell's Living Age
... as yet knew nothing ; so that he was permitted to bury himself os— tensibly in his reading, in reality in a delicious dream. The hand which had been so honored slightly trembled. Lady Evelyn did not reappear till after dinner was announced.
‎1893
6
The Medical and Surgical Reporter
As is often the case, there was constant dribbling of the amniotic fluid from the vulva, and yet the distention of the abdomen did not tensibly diminish. It was unnaturally prominent and rotund, so that there was no projection of any of the bony ...
‎1882
7
Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Judicial ...
Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee, Edmund F. Moore. tensibly issued) under the Statute, 5th & 6th Wm. IV. .Jf6^ c. 76, which authorizes the granting of various privi- Graham leges to Municipalities. It was objected, that the berry.
Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee, Edmund F. Moore, 1866
8
Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction
05— tensibly Harvard expected Lilley to fumble when the three tacklers hit him concertedly. Be it known, Lilley held on to the ball. - One could go on and pile incident upon incident, showing how the Unexpected has won for some teams and ...
‎1912
9
Waverley anecdotes: illustrating some of the popular ...
... them to something like a due sense of the laws and expectations of civilized society. What remains of them,,nevertheless, continue one way or other to elude the vigilance of the laws by dilferent masked callings, under which they os tensibly.
Sir Walter Scott, 1856
10
The American Ruling Cases as Determined by the Courts, ...
tensibly and usually carried on the business of brokerage or a real estate business so-called." Stout v. Humphrey, 69 N. J. L. 436, 440, 55 Atl. 281. And in Aldis v. Schleicher, 9 Cal. App. 372, 373, 99 Pac. 526, the court declared such a statute ...
Basil Jones, 1920

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENSIBLY»

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Watch Out For These Overpriced Products At The Grocery Store
The point of buying in bulk is ostensibly for the consumer to save by buying more at a time, but Marks mentions he's seen instances where the larger size wasn't ... «Business Insider, Sep 14»

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