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PRONUNCIATION OF TERNATELY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERNATELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ternately 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 TERNATELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ternately in the English dictionary

The definition of ternately in the dictionary is in such a way as to consist of three leaflets or other parts. Other definition of ternately is in such a way as to have groups of three members.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TERNATELY


alternately
ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ
approximately
əˈprɒksɪmɪtlɪ
definitely
ˈdɛfɪnɪtlɪ
disordinately
dɪsˈɔːdɪnɪtlɪ
explicitly
ɪkˈsplɪsɪtlɪ
fortunately
ˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ
geminately
ˈdʒɛmɪnɪtlɪ
greatly
ˈɡreɪtlɪ
importunately
ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪtlɪ
indefinitely
ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪtlɪ
indeterminately
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmnɪtlɪ
infinitely
ˈɪnfɪnɪtlɪ
lately
ˈleɪtlɪ
lightly
ˈlaɪtlɪ
predeterminately
ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnɪtlɪ
slightly
ˈslaɪtlɪ
tightly
ˈtaɪtlɪ
tripinnately
traɪˈpɪnɪtlɪ
ultimately
ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ
unfortunately
ʌnˈfɔːtʃənɪtlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERNATELY

terms of reference
terms of trade
termtime
termtime employment
tern
ternal
ternaries
ternary
ternary form
ternate
terne
terne metal
terne plate
Terni
ternion
Ternopol
terotechnology
terpene
terpeneless
terpenic

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERNATELY

absolutely
accurately
adequately
affectionately
appropriately
deliberately
delicately
desperately
disproportionately
immaculately
immediately
inappropriately
intimately
intricately
legitimately
moderately
passionately
predominately
privately
separately
stately

Synonyms and antonyms of ternately in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ternately» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TERNATELY

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

Translator English - Chinese

ternately
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ternately
570 millions of speakers

English

ternately
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ternately
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ternately
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тройчато
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ternately
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ternately
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ternately
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ternately
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nierend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ternately
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ternately
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ternately
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ternately
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ternately
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्सलपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ternately
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ternately
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ternately
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трійчасто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ternately
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ternately
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ternately
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ternately
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ternately
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ternately

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TERNATELY»

The term «ternately» is used very little and occupies the 151.760 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TERNATELY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERNATELY»

Discover the use of ternately in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ternately and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plant Systematics
A compound leaf with only three leaflets is termed trifoliolate or ternately compound. (A leaf with two orders of axes, each ternately compound, is termed biternately compound. Further orders, e.g., triternately compound, can also occur. ) ...
Michael G. Simpson, 2011
2
Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: ...
The leaves alternate, blades pinnately veined, pinnately divided, or ternately to pinnately compound. 8. Petals yellow. 8. Zizia 8. Petals white, greenish white, or pinkish. 9. Stems more or less woolly; upper leaves with sheaths very broadly ...
Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten, 2011
3
Analytical Class-book of Botany: Designed for Academies and ...
Fruit dorsafly compressed, flat, with a broadiy winged margin. Leaves ternately parted. 14. DatJtccs. Fruit oblong, not compressed, elothed with prickles in separate rows. 15. Osmorniza. Fruit linear, ciavate, tapering at ba«e, with bristly ribs. 16.
Frances Harriet Green, 1857
4
A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: From ...
Perennials with 1-3- ternately compound leaves, and yellow or dark-purple flowers. (Name a play upon that of the allied genus Thapsia, which was so called because it was found on the island Thapsus.) * Dorsal icings of the frvit often ...
Asa Gray, William Starling Sullivant, 1848
5
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge
(Meadow Parsnip) 1 Stem leaves ternately decompound, the ultimate segments narrowly lanceolate to linear; leaf sheaths essentially without a hyaline margin; flowers creamy . . . T. pinnatifidum 1 Stem leaves trifoliolate, 1- or 2-pinnately ...
B. Eugene Wofford, 1989
6
A Flora of North America: Containing Abridged Descriptions ...
glabrous; stem simple, slender, often decumbent at the base and surculose; radical leaves on slender petioles, ovate, cordate, acuminate, crenate-toothed, sometimes ternately divided, with the lateral divisions small; cauline leaves pinnately ...
John Torrey, Asa Gray, 1841
7
The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California
2luetkea 8 ́ St gen ascending to erect (prostrate in some Rubus); lvs simple to compound, not ternately dissected 9. Hypanthium obconic to cup-shaped, rim with hooked bristles; infl ± raceme ................... agriMonia 9 ́ Hypanthium gen ...
Bruce G. Baldwin, Douglas H. Goldman, 2012
8
The Botanical Class-book, and Flora of Pennsylvania: ...
Smooth; leases 2 t0 3-ternately compound; the [сиг/1025 pinnate. 5 to 7, sharply ont serrato, acute, pale beneath; petz'olßs much шпата; ín'vûluœls 8 to 10, very short; fruit smooth. Meadows and fence rows; common. July, Aug. Stem З to 6 feet  ...
Henry R. Noll, 1852
9
California Plant Families: West of the Sierran Crest and Deserts
recognition at a glance Herbaceous plants (often) with palmately lobed or ternately compound leaves and flowers with numerous, spirally arranged stamens and several separate pistils. vegetative features Herbaceous annuals, perennials, ...
Glenn Keator, 2009
10
Flowering Plants and Ferns of Arizona
Blades once pinnate, or the basal pinnae sometimes ternately cleft or divided at base; rachises smooth 2. P. suksdorfiana. 3. Blades bipinnate nearly throughout; rachises scabrous. 3. P. ATROPURPUREA. 2. Scales of rhizome bicolorous, i. e.,  ...
Thomas Henry Kearney, Robert Hibbs Peebles, 1942

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERNATELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ternately is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Clematis that won't disappoint
The alpine clematis (Clematis alpina) is native to Europe and Asia, has bi-ternately compound leaves (meaning each leaf consists of three groups of three ... «The Battlefords News-Optimist, May 15»
2
10 popular personalities for 2010
Al-ternately preacher and driver. Among his varied engagements, the Reverend Merrick 'Al' Miller is known for is his invocation of blessings upon the efforts of ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Dec 10»

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