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Meaning of "washily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WASHILY

washily  [ˈwɒʃɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Washily 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 WASHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of washily in the English dictionary

The definition of washily in the dictionary is weakly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASHILY


botchily
ˈbɒtʃɪlɪ
bunchily
ˈbʌntʃɪlɪ
bushily
ˈbʊʃɪlɪ
chile
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chili
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chilli
ˈtʃɪlɪ
chilly
ˈtʃɪlɪ
flashily
ˈflæʃɪlɪ
gushily
ˈɡʌʃɪlɪ
mushily
ˈmʌʃɪlɪ
patchily
ˈpætʃɪlɪ
preachily
ˈpriːtʃɪlɪ
punchily
ˈpʌntʃɪlɪ
raunchily
ˈrɔːntʃɪlɪ
sketchily
ˈskɛtʃɪlɪ
starchily
ˈstɑːtʃɪlɪ
touchily
ˈtʌtʃɪlɪ
trashily
ˈtræʃɪlɪ
twitchily
ˈtwɪtʃɪlɪ
wishy-washily
ˌwɪʃɪˈwɒʃɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASHILY

washeries
washerman
washermen
washerwoman
washerwomen
washery
washeteria
washier
washiest
washin
washiness
washing
washing day
washing line
washing machine
washing powder
washing-up
washing-up bowl
washing-up liquid
washing-up water

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASHILY

breathily
cushily
fishily
fleshily
healthily
lengthily
pithily
plushily
praiseworthily
scripophily
shily
slushily
splashily
squashily
stealthily
techily
toothily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of washily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «washily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASHILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

washily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

washily
570 millions of speakers

English

washily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

washily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

washily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

washily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

washily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

washily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

washily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Washily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

washily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

washily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

washily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Washily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

washily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

washily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुखाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

washily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

washily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

washily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

washily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

washily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

washily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

washily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

washily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

washily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of washily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASHILY»

The term «washily» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.237 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of washily
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASHILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASHILY»

Discover the use of washily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to washily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Everybody's Magazine
COTTON stockings, of course! and not even shiny cotton, imitative of something better! Uncompromising, heavy, thick, and but washily black! Faded 'black cotton stockings on the girl with the lambent brown eyes! Wayne damned the stockings.
‎1918
2
The Contemporary Review
If he does this, however, it is scarcely possible but that he will escape some of the most crying vices of ordinary unprofessional painting. He is little likely to be weakly, washily pretty, the temptations are all the other way. The sham picturesque ...
‎1886
3
Pretending to See Elephants: Poems
Then with a sigh like a sleeper turning over slowly a big thing moves washily in the unseen water and loiters a little further away. A secrecy more secret, the sparks of flying life coming back to one as if chased by duller arrivals. At dawn the  ...
Ralph Pordzik, 2011
4
The Quick Or the Dead?
This room was delightful,—small, square, with a low ceiling ornamented in white plaster-work, its walls wainscoted in oak within three feet of the ceiling, wherefrom hung old stone engravings, washily tinted, of girls and rabbits, girls and doves, ...
Améllie (Rives) Chanler Troubetzkoy, 1888
5
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
This room was delightful, — small, square, with a low ceiling ornamented in white plaster-work, its walls wainscoted in oak within three feet of the ceiling, w herefrom hung old stone engravings, washily tinted, of girls and rabbits, girls and  ...
‎1888
6
A Fantasy in Fustian
“No; he's ignorant, and dull and stupid, and wishy-washily amiable,” said Zenobia quietly; “ but he's not a glutton.” The North Field formed the furthest point of Luke Gaskard's lands, and the road leading to it was. A FANTASY IN F USTIAN 243.
George Wemyss, 1899
7
Drawn from life
I know you will give me no reason to waver in the implicit confidence I have in you ;" and so forth, perhaps a little washily. From the 84th and the 64th there went up a lusty cheer. Colonel Hamilton, who had mounted, gave his chief, as in duty ...
Archibald Forbes, 1871
8
CCSS L.8.5a Figures of Speech: Aligns to CCSS L.8.5a: ...
They are all adverbs, and they are supposed to be punny. purrfectly rapidly royally airily cleanly poorly soundly highly wishy-washily 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11 . impressively or finely (finally) 12. Shirley/surely 7. ship just plowed the waves.
‎2014
9
Al Fike the Modern Minstrel Man 1912 - 1996
It will way for steeks and is washily eased. Glamps with No Stoo (Stamps with No Glue) Did you ever go to put a stoastidge pamp on a letter, only to find no bickum on the stack of it? Well, just glampen the doo on enn of your new wonveloaps, ...
Kay Hoflander, 2006
10
It Can't Happen Here (搶救美國):
The newspapers everywheremight nolonger be so wishily washily liberal asto printthe opinionsof nonCorpos; theymight give butlittle news fromthose oldfashioned anddemocratic countries, GreatBritain,France, and the Scandinavian states; ...
Sinclair Lewis, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term washily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Kylie Jenner NOT Married To Tyga, Despite Reports (EXCLUSIVE)
The rumor was first floated by the Daily Mail, which wrote wish-washily, “Tyga may have popped the question… and Kylie Jenner may have said yes.” The British ... «Gossip Cop, Jul 15»
2
The Easter story, the resurrection and the gospel truth
Those of us who count ourselves (even if, as in my case, wishy-washily) among the Christian number do so because we have been shown the light by other ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
3
Fire fights of soapy suds
The cloudy air was not lifted in any way with the Education Department coming up with a wishy-washily crafted statement that contained various qualifications. «Astro Awani, Feb 15»
4
Liberal Foreign Policy Intellectuals Flip on Obama Over Paris Episode
White House press secretary Josh Earnest has admitted the mistake and apologized (perhaps a little wishy-washily, but we'll give him a pass), informing us that, ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jan 15»
5
Hope, Royal Court, review: a play about spending cuts that dodges …
Washily weak, he still has his conscience. For Hope presents a hopeful picture about intentions, at least: hearts are all in the right place… The play even ends ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
6
The Flash: Are You "Going Rogue"?
The tensions surrounding the cold gun were sort of too wishy-washily wrapped up for me, so I hope they'll resurface as the S.T.A.R. group and Barry sort of work ... «TV.com, Oct 14»
7
KPV on valmis haastamaan kakkosen kärkijoukkueet
Sairastuvalla on nelikko Joonas Myllymäki, Aaro Hedman, Oskar Ylimäki ja Washily Tshibasu. – Tshibasu on varmuudella poissa. Takaisku, tottakai, mutta nyt ... «KP24, Apr 14»
8
Chris Philpott: Sherlock's bungled beginning
I think my main problem with the explanation is that the episode handled it so wishy-washily. I can understand why Moffat and Gatiss, and co-writer Steve ... «New Zealand Herald, Mar 14»
9
Jennifer Lopez Remains On The Idol Fence, But Thinks It's Time To …
Jennifer wishy-washily explained: "I've loved it so much. I've enjoyed the show so much. I enjoy just the whole process of the show … It's a tough decision either ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 12»
10
Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-in #48
Dave Gibbons was less harsh and actually kind of wishy-washily said that the Watchmen book was meant to be the complete story but good luck to the guys ... «VICE, Feb 12»

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