Adverbs

[Sirkett]

Can anyone help my colleague in Hong Kong with the following ?
I am filling a form which needs me to fill an adverb of 'assess' and 'compromise'

for example, define - the adverb is definitively. differ - the adverb is differently.
Do you know what are the adverbs of assess and compromise?

[robomcbobo]

Assess is assessiverally

Compromise is compromiserently

 

You are welcome

[woofgang]

done some synonym searching and would like to suggest "appraisingly" for "assess" and "concedingly" for "compromise"

however i am sure that others will improve on this!

[Quizmonster]

How about 'assessingly' and 'compromisingly'? You may not find either specifically listed in a dictionary, but that doesn't mean there is no reason for them to exist. There was a time when none of the words in dictionaries existed, so - if you feel the need of them - create them.
(Mind you, you need to create words that adhere to certain rules as to word-formation, rather than the free-expression versions adopted by Robomchobo above!)

[Quizmonster]

Sorry...I meant Robomcbobo.

[robomcbobo]

How about assessivalatory or compromisillatory.

Although if we are going down the route of making up words, lets at least make them exciting.

How about zoombangassessively or crashbangcompromisely

What's the name of the poem with the big monster that has all the made up words? Did any ever pass into our everyday language?

[Sirkett]

Nice one - can you try your hand at multidextrous Mr McBobo ?

[robomcbobo]

fatscarchasewinninggoalphotofinishspeedoglightalienmonstermultidexterously?

[robomcbobo]

sorry, I spelt that last one wrong

 

fastcarchasewinninggoalphotofinishspeedoflightalienmonste rmultidexterously?



 

[Quizmonster]

If you do a Google search on 'assessingly', you will find 1,050 page-references and on 'compromisingly' 660. It's clearly not really a case of "going down the route of making up words", therefore, since so many people have earlier felt the need to "make up" these very same words! They're pre-made, in other words.
Oddly enough, a search for 'assessivalatory' comes up blank which is, I think, a shame.

[robomcbobo]

Not any more though...hopefully Google will pick up this page!

[Quizmonster]

There you go, then, Robo. You've gone down the route of making up words. Way to go!
(I think when you do it, though, you should advise questioners that that's what you're doing. A resident of Hong Kong might easily imagine you really mean 'compromiserently', you see.)

[ChocClare]

The poem with the big monster with the made-up words is Jabberwocky (at least I think that's what you mean, robomcbobo!) by Lewis Carrol.  I'm trying to think of the words in it  - I know that chortle was a word which came from that poem, but I can't think of any others offhand...

[Sirkett]

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
  And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
  The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
  Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
  And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
  The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
  And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
  The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
  He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
  Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
  He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
  And the mome raths outgrabe.

[jno]

chortle is the only Jabberwock word that's definitely made it into the language, but you do come across galumphing from time to time.

My Oxford gives assessable, so assessably ought to be ok.