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catachrestically

catachrestically adverb: in a catachrestic way.

Adverb

catachrestically (comparative more catachrestically, superlative most catachrestically)

  1. In a catachrestic way.

Forms of catachrestically

comparativemore catachrestically
superlativemost catachrestically

Origin of catachrestically

From catachrestic + -ally.

Questions about catachrestically

What does catachrestically mean?
Catachrestically means in a catachrestic way.
What part of speech is catachrestically?
Catachrestically is an adverb.

Words near catachrestically in the dictionary

  1. catachreses
  2. catachresis
  3. catachresized
  4. catachrestic
  5. catachrestical
  6. catachrestically
  7. catachronism
  8. catachronisms
  9. Catachrysea
  10. catachthonian
  11. cataclases

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