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canonically

canonically adverb: in a canonical manner.

Adverb

canonically (comparative more canonically, superlative most canonically)

  1. In a canonical manner.
    • For example, once the child is able to parse (i.e. grammatically analyse) an adult utterance such as Help Daddy and knows that it contains a verb phrase comprising the head verb help and its complement Daddy, then (on the assumption that the language faculty specifies that all heads of a given type...2004, Andrew Radford, Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the structure of English, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, §1.7, page 23

Forms of canonically

comparativemore canonically
superlativemost canonically

Origin of canonically

From canonical + -ly.

Questions about canonically

What does canonically mean?
Canonically means in a canonical manner.
What part of speech is canonically?
Canonically is an adverb.

Words near canonically in the dictionary

  1. canonicalize
  2. canonicalized
  3. canonicalizes
  4. canonicalizing
  5. canonicall
  6. canonically
  7. canonicalness
  8. canonicals
  9. canonicate
  10. canonicates
  11. canonicities

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