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ahistorically

ahistorically adverb: in an ahistorical way.

Adverb

ahistorically (comparative more ahistorically, superlative most ahistorically)

  1. In an ahistorical way.
    • This dwelling marks American architecture's return to a human and domestic scale; it asserts at the same time the builder's right to work ahistorically from his own sense of form and present necessity.1917, Wisconsin magazine of history, volume 29, page 6
    • When she had to mention them — for example, in scenes in Charleston and Atlanta — she referred to them, ahistorically, as “black,” which at the time would have been considered an insult.2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of ahistorically

comparativemore ahistorically
superlativemost ahistorically

Origin of ahistorically

From ahistoric + -ally or ahistorical + -ly or a- + historically.

Questions about ahistorically

What does ahistorically mean?
Ahistorically means in an ahistorical way.
What part of speech is ahistorically?
Ahistorically is an adverb.

Words near ahistorically in the dictionary

  1. Ahirman
  2. Ahirs
  3. ahis
  4. ahistoric
  5. ahistorical
  6. ahistorically
  7. ahistoricalness
  8. ahistoricism
  9. ahistoricisms
  10. ahistoricity
  11. Ahithophel

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