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holophrastically

holophrastically adverb: in a holophrastic manner.

Adverb

holophrastically (not comparable)

  1. In a holophrastic manner.
    • Leitgeb writes: “Thus, according to Quine, while the stimulus meaning of an observation sentence can be identified with its meaning if the sentence is taken holophrastically, i. e. as a single-word expression ..., this is no longer possible if the observation sentence is not taken holophrastically...2007 November 29, Manfred Kupffer, “An Unintentional Defense of the Indeterminacy of Meaning?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI

Origin of holophrastically

From holophrastic + -ally.

Questions about holophrastically

What does holophrastically mean?
Holophrastically means in a holophrastic manner.
What part of speech is holophrastically?
Holophrastically is an adverb.

Words near holophrastically in the dictionary

  1. holophrases
  2. holophrasis
  3. holophrasm
  4. holophrasms
  5. holophrastic
  6. holophrastically
  7. holophrasticity
  8. holophyletic
  9. holophyly
  10. holophyte
  11. holophytes

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