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cognominally

cognominally adverb: by way of cognomen, in regard to the cognomen.

Adverb

cognominally (not comparable)

  1. By way of cognomen, in regard to the cognomen.
    • She accompliſhed in 1706 a union of England and Scotland into one kingdom, ſtyled, cognominally with the the^([sic]) iland of which they are parts, the kingdom of Great-Britain;1805, James [Bentley] Gordon, A History of Ireland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Accomplishment of the Union with Great Britain in 1801, volume II, Dublin: […] John Jones, […], page 203
    • “Rich in worldly things,” I resumed, with a sigh, “but cognominally I am impoverished, degraded, sunk deeper than plummet ever sounded. Were it a fair name, I could submit; but this is a nickname, a byword, a reproach.[…]”1825, “Mr. Mark Higginbotham’s Case of real Distress”, in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 291

Examples of cognominally in a sentence

  • The double ovals appear in other monuments, and thus cognominally identify the kings.1836, “I Monumenti dell’ Egitto e della Nubia, disegnati della Spedizione scientifico—letteraria Toscana in Egitto. Distribuiti in ordine...
  • Be it notified unto you, that I am lineally descended from my hero: the masculine parent of King Arthur was cognominally furnished like myself—he also was a Pendragon.1837, Charles Whitehead, “A Word or Two about Geoffrey Gooch”, in The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller; Consisting of Original...
  • He made many inquiries about the business of the town, and especially of the inhabitants cognominally.1910, O. Henry [pen name; William Sydney Porter], Whirligigs, page 129:
  • Now, in Tossim’s habitation there abode a female chattel servant cognominally known as Morgenthaunia.2005, Charles Manley Brown, Thou Shalt Not Take Thyself Too… Seriously: The Lighter Side of the Golden Years, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN...

Origin of cognominally

From cognominal + -ly.

Questions about cognominally

What does cognominally mean?
Cognominally means by way of cognomen, in regard to the cognomen.
How do you use cognominally in a sentence?
The double ovals appear in other monuments, and thus cognominally identify the kings.
What part of speech is cognominally?
Cognominally is an adverb.

Words near cognominally in the dictionary

  1. cognomens
  2. cognometric
  3. cognometrics
  4. cognomina
  5. cognominal
  6. cognominally
  7. cognominals
  8. cognominate
  9. cognominated
  10. cognominates
  11. cognominating

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