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committally

/kəˈmɪtəli/

committally adverb: in a committal manner.

Adverb

committally (comparative more committally, superlative most committally)

  1. In a committal manner.
    • It is even a convention in some quarters (which I shall not follow) to use "I will do x" as an intentive and "I shall do x" as an indicative; or at any rate, less committally, "I will" where there is, as Fowler's Modern English Usage puts it, "an implication of intention, volition, or choice".1987, Robert Dunn, The Possibility of Weakness of Will, page 67

Antonyms of committally

Forms of committally

comparativemore committally
superlativemost committally
alternative formcommitally

Origin of committally

From committal + -ly.

Words that rhyme with committally

Questions about committally

What does committally mean?
Committally means in a committal manner.
What part of speech is committally?
Committally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce committally?
Committally is pronounced /kəˈmɪtəli/.

Words near committally in the dictionary

  1. committability
  2. committable
  3. committal
  4. committal hearing
  5. committal hearings
  6. committally
  7. committals
  8. committed
  9. committed adultery
  10. committed die
  11. committed dose

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