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asynchronously

asynchronously adverb: in an asynchronous manner.

Adverb

asynchronously (not comparable)

  1. In an asynchronous manner.
    • These allow scripts to specify functions that should be invoked asynchronously when certain events occur.2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
    • Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.2014, Richard Blewett, Andrew Clymer, Pro Asynchronous Programming with .NET, page 25

Origin of asynchronously

From asynchronous + -ly.

Questions about asynchronously

What does asynchronously mean?
Asynchronously means in an asynchronous manner.
What part of speech is asynchronously?
Asynchronously is an adverb.

Words near asynchronously in the dictionary

  1. asynchronistically
  2. asynchronization
  3. asynchronized
  4. asynchronous
  5. asynchronous transfer mode
  6. asynchronously
  7. asynchronousness
  8. asynchronus
  9. asynchrony
  10. asynclitic
  11. asynclitically

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