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interphrasally

/ɪn.tɚˈfɹeɪ.zʌ.li/

interphrasally adverb: in an interphrasal way.

Adverb

interphrasally (comparative more interphrasally, superlative most interphrasally)

  1. In an interphrasal way.
    • For example, marking agreement inside a single phrase, via a process of unification, between a noun and an adjacent adjective in a noun phrase, will be less demanding in processing terms than a procedure that requires exchanging information 'inter-phrasally', that is, across two separate phrases...2014, Michael Sharwood Smith, John Truscott, The Multilingual Mind: A Modular Processing Perspective

Forms of interphrasally

comparativemore interphrasally
superlativemost interphrasally

Origin of interphrasally

From interphrasal + -ly.

Questions about interphrasally

What does interphrasally mean?
Interphrasally means in an interphrasal way.
What part of speech is interphrasally?
Interphrasally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce interphrasally?
Interphrasally is pronounced /ɪn.tɚˈfɹeɪ.zʌ.li/.

Words near interphrasally in the dictionary

  1. interphobic
  2. interphone
  3. interphones
  4. interphotoreceptor
  5. interphrasal
  6. interphrasally
  7. interphrase
  8. interphrasic
  9. interphrastic
  10. interphrastically
  11. interphylar

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