The authors state quite categorically that the female members of only a small number of species also sing.
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Categorically
//ˈkaʈ.ə.ɡə.rɪk.(ə.)li//
Synonyms for "categorically" (92 found)
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Adverb(23 words)
definitivelydetaillydownrightentirelyexhaustivelyfinallyfirst and lastflat outflat-outfrom a to zfrom aardvark to zymurgyfrom head to toefrom soup to nutsfrom stem to sternfrom the rooter to the tooterfrom top to bottomfrom top to toefullygenericallyhandsomely
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3 entriesderived
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1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- категорѝчно adv (In a categorical manner)
Catalan
1 entries- categòricament adv (In a categorical manner)
Dutch
1 entries- categorisch adv (In a categorical manner)
French
2 entries- catégoriellement adv (by the use of categories)
- catégoriquement adv (In a categorical manner)
Georgian
1 entries- კატეგორიულად adv (In a categorical manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- kategorikusan adv (In a categorical manner)
Italian
1 entries- categoricamente adv (In a categorical manner)
Japanese
4 entries- 例外無く adv (In a categorical manner)
- 漏れなく adv (In a categorical manner)
- 無条件に adv (In a categorical manner)
- 遍く adv (In a categorical manner)
Macedonian
1 entries- категорично adv (In a categorical manner)
Polish
1 entries- kategorycznie adv (In a categorical manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- categoricamente adv (In a categorical manner)
Russian
1 entries- категори́чески adv (In a categorical manner)
Spanish
4 entries- categóricamente adv (In a categorical manner)
- en redondo adv (In a categorical manner)
- rotundamente adv (In a categorical manner)
- tajantemente adv (In a categorical manner)
Swedish
1 entries- kategoriskt adv (In a categorical manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- категори́чно adv (In a categorical manner)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I categorically refused.
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I am categorically opposed to the company declaring bankruptcy.
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We cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed, but as more information has come to light we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device.
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