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confederally

confederally adverb: in a confederal manner.

Adverb

confederally (comparative more confederally, superlative most confederally)

  1. In a confederal manner.
    • This would probably take the form of either more confederally structured parties or more Byzantine overlap and obfuscation within parties committed to an integrated approach to political party life in Canada.1991, R. Kenneth Carty, Canadian Political Parties in the Constituencies, Dundurn Press, page 51
    • Most religious denominations are organized federally or confederally in the United States, with greater or lesser degrees of congregational autonomy and regional or national authority.1998, Daniel Judah Elazar, Covenant and Constitutionalism: The Great Frontier and the Matrix of Federal Democracy, Volume 3: The Covenant Tradition in Politics, Transaction Publishers, page 114

Forms of confederally

comparativemore confederally
superlativemost confederally

Origin of confederally

From confederal.

Questions about confederally

What does confederally mean?
Confederally means in a confederal manner.
What part of speech is confederally?
Confederally is an adverb.

Words near confederally in the dictionary

  1. confederal
  2. confederalism
  3. confederalisms
  4. confederalist
  5. confederalists
  6. confederally
  7. confederate
  8. Confederate Arizona
  9. Confederate flag
  10. Confederate flags
  11. Confederate States

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