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allophonically

allophonically adverb: in an allophonic manner.

Adverb

allophonically (comparative more allophonically, superlative most allophonically)

  1. In an allophonic manner.
    • However, the identification of a significant proportion of the Bengali oral vowel inputs as belonging to an allophonically nasalized vowel suggests that the simplest derivation story is not sufficient.1995, Juli A. Carter, Early Auditory Comprehension: The Case for Prelexical Morphology and Phonology

Forms of allophonically

comparativemore allophonically
superlativemost allophonically

Origin of allophonically

From allophonic + -ally.

Questions about allophonically

What does allophonically mean?
Allophonically means in an allophonic manner.
What part of speech is allophonically?
Allophonically is an adverb.

Words near allophonically in the dictionary

  1. allophilia
  2. allophonate
  3. allophone
  4. allophones
  5. allophonic
  6. allophonically
  7. allophonics
  8. allophony
  9. allophycocyan
  10. allophycocyanin
  11. allophycocyanine

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