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Rankly

A blue wall with falling acer leaves, with a text accompanying the 'high rank fan'.
A blue wall with falling acer leaves, with a text accompanying the 'high rank fan'.
Illustrations
A high-ranking courtesan talks to a young servant playing with a ball in the long corridor of a brothel. The 'noisy cricket and the butterfly' in the title refer to the girl playing loudly with her ball and the beautiful courtesan in a kimono with a butterfly pattern.
Courtesan looking at kamuro playing ball
Woman is holding a man's belt. The woman is of the lowest rank of prostitutes, the night hawk (yotaka) who walked along the rivers in Edo at night with their sleeping mat. With two poems.
Woman is holding a man's belt. The woman is of the lowest rank of prostitutes, the night hawk (yotaka) who walked along the rivers in Edo at night with their sleeping mat. With two poems.
A group of shepherds ranks around Mary and the Christ Child. Two of them kneel. In the foreground a lying dog, in the background a hilly landscape with a settlement.
A group of shepherds ranks around Mary and the Christ Child. Two of them kneel. In the foreground a lying dog, in the background a hilly landscape with a settlement.
In a room, a few high-ranking people sit and stand around a table. Two men shake hands, which seems to confirm the intended marriage between Ferdinand VI and Maria Barbara of Portugal. On the right, a servant enters with a tray of filled glasses. At the bottom left a three-line text in Dutch with an explanation of the depiction and on the right a comparable explanation in Latin.
In a room, a few high-ranking people sit and stand around a table. Two men shake hands, which seems to confirm the intended marriage between Ferdinand VI and Maria Barbara of Portugal. On the right, a servant enters with a tray of filled glasses. At the bottom left a three-line text in Dutch with an explanation of the depiction and on the right a comparable explanation in Latin.
Arthur Axmann, Reichsjugendführer, and Van Geelkerken, leader of the Youth Storm, together with other high-ranking Germans and NSBers, on the doorstep of Oud-Wassenaar Castle. Left in long black coat WA Heerbanleider Meulenberg and right in light coat, Fritz Schmidt. Schmidt General Commissioner of Seyss-Inquart and Hauptdienstleiter of the NSDAP was killed on 27 June 1943.
Arthur Axmann, Reichsjugendführer, and Van Geelkerken, leader of the Youth Storm, together with other high-ranking Germans and NSBers, on the doorstep of Oud-Wassenaar Castle. Left in long black coat WA Heerbanleider Meulenberg and right in light coat, Fritz Schmidt. Schmidt General Commissioner of Seyss-Inquart and Hauptdienstleiter of the NSDAP was killed on 27 June 1943.
A high-ranking Wehrmacht soldier is standing in the dunes at Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk aan Zee. In the background houses and the tower of De Buurtkerk.
A high-ranking Wehrmacht soldier is standing in the dunes at Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk aan Zee. In the background houses and the tower of De Buurtkerk.
Four rectangular and five round rank ornaments with animals. From a series consisting of a title page and 9 pages.
Four rectangular and five round rank ornaments with animals. From a series consisting of a title page and 9 pages.
Men and women, including high-ranking persons such as kings and queen, look into the open tombs of historical persons of whom only skeletons remain. All react with horror at the sight of the remains of Alexander the Great, Helen or Solomon. Above a hand with banderole with the text Sic transit gloria mundi, below a banderole with the text Mors ultima linea rerum.
Men and women, including high-ranking persons such as kings and queen, look into the open tombs of historical persons of whom only skeletons remain. All react with horror at the sight of the remains of Alexander the Great, Helen or Solomon. Above a hand with banderole with the text Sic transit gloria mundi, below a banderole with the text Mors ultima linea rerum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Japan ranks Number 3 in the world for coffee consumption.
  1. rankly
    With great strength or force; fiercely; rampantly.
  2. rankly
    In an excessive manner or degree; inordinately; intensely; profusely; exuberantly: as, rankly poisonous; rankly treasonable; weeds that grow rankly.
  3. rankly
    Offensively; noisomely; fetidly.
  4. rankly
    Grossly; foully.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
The final episode of M*A*S*H ranks as the most watched television program of any kind in United States history. An estimated 50,150,000 people tuned in on February 28, 1983. That amounted to 60.2% of all households with a television. Second on the list was the “Who Shot J.R.” episode of Dallas.
  1. (adv) Rankly
    offensively: to an inordinate degree
Quotations
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
Napoleon Bonaparte
John J. Ingalls
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.
John J. Ingalls
Those who shine in the second rank, are eclipsed by the first.
French Proverb
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
James Allen
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Idioms

Close ranks - If members of an organisation close ranks, they show support for each other publicly, especially when being criticised. It is a military term- when soldiers close ranks, they stand closer together so that it is difficult to pass through them.

Pull rank - A person of higher position or in authority pulls rank, he or she exercises his/her authority, generally ending any discussion and ignoring other people's views.

Rank and file - The rank and file are the ordinary members of a company, organisation, etc, excluding the managers and directors.

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. ranc, fruitful, rank; Ice. rakkr, bold, Dan. rank, lank, slender.

Usage in the news

Two Grady County wrestlers have been ranked nationally ranked in their respective weight classes, according to the Wrestling Insider News Magazine 2012-13 preseason rankings. chickashanews.com

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Rank: 24 (2005 rank: 18) Get quote: NTT Employees: 199,113. money.cnn.com

Lastly, we included the number of top-ranked four-year colleges in the state from Forbes' annual college rankings. forbes.com

Orange Conf Rank CBK Rank. msn.foxsports.com

Ott Conf Rank NHL Rank. msn.foxsports.com

The 18th-ranked Bulldogs (10-3) and 12th-ranked Spartans (10-3) will play in the Jan 2 bowl in Tampa, a matchup of 10-win teams that had a chance to earn berths in the Bowl Championship Series. cbs47.com

One of the nation's leading college ranking groups fails to keep actual LGBT students in mind when ranking the most gay-friendly campuses. advocate.com

Rank Science and Technology Schools Overall Score 100% Rank 1999. cnn.com

Utah currently ranks seventh in the nation when it comes to the overall health of its residents, the same spot it held in last year's rankings. standard.net

Billick's Power Rankings: Week 15 Posted: Dec 11, 2012 Brian Billick breaks down his Week 15 NFL power rankings. msn.foxsports.com

Sac Conf Rank NBA Rank. msn.foxsports.com

Sac Conf Rank NBA Rank. msn.foxsports.com

Eagle Scout is the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting , and according to Boy Scouts of America, only five percent of all Boy Scouts earned the Eagle Scout rank, and the average age to do so is 17. oakhillgazette.com

Redhawks Conf Rank CBK Rank. msn.foxsports.com

Lions Conf Rank CBK Rank. msn.foxsports.com

Usage in scientific papers

This makes it much harder to decide when a unital simple separable C ∗ -algebra is rationally tracial rank one. A closely related problem is whether a unital separable simple C ∗ -algebra with finite tracial rank is in fact of tracial rank at most one.
On Local AH algebras

Fourth, and more generally, given a rank parameter k , one can define the statistical leverage scores relative to the best rank-k approximation to A to be the m diagonal elements of the pro jection matrix onto the span of the columns of Ak , the best rank-k approximation to A.
Randomized algorithms for matrices and data

The resulting smaller matrix has size a− rank (B )− rank (C ) and must be of maximum rank because its determinant is nonzero.
A Geometric Approach to Matrix Ordering

Therefore, it is necessary that e ≤ d ⇐⇒ a − rank (B ) − rank (C ) − d ≤ d ⇐⇒ a − 2 d ≤ rank (B ) + rank (C ) ⇐⇒ (b + c + d) − 2 d ≤ rank (B ) + rank (C ), from which eqn (4.2) follows.
A Geometric Approach to Matrix Ordering

It was shown in [PR04, Proposition 5.7] that if A is a unital C ∗ -algebra of real rank zero then A admits a unital embedding of a finite dimensional C ∗ -algebra of rank at least n if and only if rank(A) ≥ n.
Divisibility properties for C*-algebras

Usage in literature

Bland became 2nd in command with the rank of Major, and Captain R. Hastings and Lieut. "The Fifth Leicestershire" by J.D. Hills

In point of mineral wealth Loudoun ranks with the foremost counties of the State. "History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia" by James W. Head

Dining should be ranked among the fine arts. "Our Deportment" by John H. Young

Corsica remains in the ranks of conquered provinces; but Paoli must always be in the ranks of great men. "History of the Girondists, Volume I" by Alphonse de Lamartine

For signal service he was rewarded by knighthood and the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. "Lady Rosamond's Secret" by Rebecca Agatha Armour

The guard presented the customary salute due General Leman's rank. "The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12)"

Do the ranks in these tests correspond to the students' ranks in thinking in the school subjects? "The Science of Human Nature" by William Henry Pyle

In the vulgar ranks of this democracy must march sooner or later four million negroes but yesterday from the jungles of Africa. "The Victim" by Thomas Dixon

By no manner the same thing, this, as getting drafts to fill up the ranks of the 29th. "Gallipoli Diary, Volume I" by Ian Hamilton

When any front rank man is absent his rear rank man steps up in the front rank. "The Plattsburg Manual" by O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey

Usage in poetry
'Tis God I need, not rank in good:
'Tis Life, not honour's meed;
With him to fill my every mood,
I am content indeed.
"The Disciple" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
But the far beaches saw their ranks
Gather and greet and grow
By myriads on the naked banks
Watching their sign to go;
"The Flight" by Rudyard Kipling Author object (589)
And wife, soft hearted creature,
Seems a saying in my ear,
"I'd rather have you in those ranks
Than see you Brigadier."
"A Rainy Day in Camp" by Anonymous Americas
Condemned to toil were all the race;
But is it thus with all?
The gilded idler struts apace
Mid rank and pomp and ball.
"The Youthful Villager And The Hermit" by James Madison Bell
By sweet Chautauqua's flow'ry banks
We love to sing and play,
But should we spy a foeman's ranks!
We'd proudly run away!
"Pacifist War Song - 1917" by Howard Phillips Lovecraft Author object (305)
Oh, rank is good, and gold is fair,
And high and low mate ill;
But love has never known a law
Beyond its own sweet will!
"Amy Wentworth" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)