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diachronically

diachronically adverb: in a diachronic fashion, or in diachronic terms.

Adverb

diachronically (not comparable)

  1. In a diachronic fashion, or in diachronic terms.
    • A story, a science fiction film, or, in fact, a scientific theory, can thus be positioned at a higher and later turning of the spiral, diachronically, but synchronically it can be a performance of a pattern or theme.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 188
    • In particular, risks can pile up not only synchronically, as in multi premise deductions, but also diachronically, when a subject extends her knowledge by competent deduction from just one premise.2007 September 29, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio, “Single premise deduction and risk”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI

Origin of diachronically

From diachronic + -ally.

Questions about diachronically

What does diachronically mean?
Diachronically means in a diachronic fashion, or in diachronic terms.
What part of speech is diachronically?
Diachronically is an adverb.

Words near diachronically in the dictionary

  1. diachoresis
  2. diachroneity
  3. diachronic
  4. diachronic linguistics
  5. diachronical
  6. diachronically
  7. diachronicities
  8. diachronicity
  9. diachronies
  10. diachronism
  11. diachronist

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