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antiphrastically

antiphrastically adverb: by means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis.

Adverb

antiphrastically (comparative more antiphrastically, superlative most antiphrastically)

  1. (rhetoric) By means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis.

Forms of antiphrastically

comparativemore antiphrastically
superlativemost antiphrastically

Origin of antiphrastically

From antiphrastic + -ally.

Questions about antiphrastically

What does antiphrastically mean?
Antiphrastically means by means of, or in terms of, antiphrasis.
What part of speech is antiphrastically?
Antiphrastically is an adverb.

Words near antiphrastically in the dictionary

  1. antiphrase
  2. antiphrases
  3. antiphrasis
  4. antiphrastic
  5. antiphrastical
  6. antiphrastically
  7. antiphthisic
  8. antiphthisical
  9. antiphthisics
  10. antiphylloxeric
  11. antiphysical

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