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accessorially

accessorially adverb: in such a way as to be an accessory; in an auxiliary manner, additionally.

Adverb

accessorially (comparative more accessorially, superlative most accessorially)

  1. (rare) In such a way as to be an accessory; in an auxiliary manner, additionally.
    • Besides these groups are introduced, accessorially, all the Fathers and Doctors whose writings maintain the Roman Church's doctrine of the Real Presence.1869, CI Hemans, A History of Mediaeval Christianity and Sacred Art in Italy, page 463
    • English books unite in declaring that he, who councels, procures or aids treason, is guilty accessorially and solely in virtue of the common law principle [...].1916, AJ Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall, volume 3, page 625

Forms of accessorially

comparativemore accessorially
superlativemost accessorially

Origin of accessorially

From accessorial + -ly.

Questions about accessorially

What does accessorially mean?
Accessorially means in such a way as to be an accessory; in an auxiliary manner, additionally.
What part of speech is accessorially?
Accessorially is an adverb.

Words near accessorially in the dictionary

  1. accessless
  2. accessor
  3. accessorial
  4. accessorial service
  5. accessorial services
  6. accessorially
  7. accessorials
  8. accessories
  9. accessories after the fact
  10. accessories before the fact
  11. accessorily

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