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hyponymously

hyponymously adverb: in a hyponymous way.

Adverb

hyponymously (not comparable)

  1. In a hyponymous way.
    • In terms of general discourse one can proceed hyponymously, confirming and making more specific the existing expression.2014, Raymond Monelle, Linguistics and Semiotics in Music, Harwood Academic, (unpaginated)
    Synonyms:
    hyponymically

Synonyms of hyponymously

Antonyms

Origin of hyponymously

From hyponymous + -ly.

Questions about hyponymously

What does hyponymously mean?
Hyponymously means in a hyponymous way.
What part of speech is hyponymously?
Hyponymously is an adverb.

Words near hyponymously in the dictionary

  1. hyponym
  2. hyponymic
  3. hyponymically
  4. hyponymies
  5. hyponymous
  6. hyponymously
  7. hyponyms
  8. hyponymy
  9. hypooestrogenaemia
  10. hypoorder
  11. hypoorders

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