zestfullyadverb
Factsheet
What does the adverb zestfully mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adverb zestfully. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adverb zestfully?
| 1860 | 0.0018 |
| 1870 | 0.0021 |
| 1880 | 0.0042 |
| 1890 | 0.0072 |
| 1900 | 0.014 |
| 1910 | 0.023 |
| 1920 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 0.037 |
| 1940 | 0.042 |
| 1950 | 0.043 |
| 1960 | 0.043 |
| 1970 | 0.038 |
| 1980 | 0.032 |
| 1990 | 0.029 |
| 2000 | 0.024 |
| 2010 | 0.021 |
Where does the adverb zestfully come from?
Earliest known use
1840s
The earliest known use of the adverb zestfully is in the 1840s.
OED's earliest evidence for zestfully is from 1843, in Sheffield & Rotherham Independent.
Nearby entries
- zerovalent, adj.1906–
- zero waste, adj. & n.1974–
- zero-zero, adj. & n.1930–
- zerumbet, n.1640–
- zest, n.¹1674–
- zest, n.²1706
- zest, v.1702–
- zest, int.1705–22
- zester, n.1963–
- zestful, adj.1797–
- zestfully, adv.1843–
- zestiness, n.1912–
- zesty, adj.1826–
- zeta, n.¹?a1425–
- zeta, n.²1706–1860
- zetacism, n.1860–
- zeta function, n.1879–
- zeta-ic, adj.1840–1927
- zeta potential, n.1927–
- zetetic, adj. & n.1645–
- zetetical, adj. & n.1646–
Meaning & use
- 1843–In a zestful manner; with great energy or liveliness.Stressed as ˈzestfully.
- 1843
It always flits zestfully from my tongue.
Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 29 July 3/1 - 1901
At seventy I sip the wine of life as zestfully as when I was seventeen.
Independent (New York) 18 April 889/1 - 2003
She is now a medical student who zestfully balances domestic duties and intense study.
S. W. Levine, Mystics, Mavericks, & Merrymakers (2004) i. 54
- relishingly1683–With relish or enjoyment.
- zestfully1843–In a zestful manner; with great energy or liveliness.
Frequency
zestfully typically occurs about 0.03 times per million words in modern written English.
zestfully is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zestfully, adv., 1860–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1860 | 0.0018 |
| 1870 | 0.0021 |
| 1880 | 0.0042 |
| 1890 | 0.0072 |
| 1900 | 0.014 |
| 1910 | 0.023 |
| 1920 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 0.037 |
| 1940 | 0.042 |
| 1950 | 0.043 |
| 1960 | 0.043 |
| 1970 | 0.038 |
| 1980 | 0.032 |
| 1990 | 0.029 |
| 2000 | 0.024 |
| 2010 | 0.021 |