malapropistically
malapropistically adverb: in a malapropistic way.
Adverb
malapropistically (not generally comparable, comparative more malapropistically, superlative most malapropistically)
- In a malapropistic way.
- Subterranean descent can land in an underworld, be it Hell or Elysium or the other side of the earth, the Antipodes, which Alice malapropistically calls "the Antipathies"—not so exact an opposite to our side as the Looking-Glass Country, but a topsy-turvydom of sorts like Butler's Erewhon.1994, Harold Bloom, Classic Fantasy Writers, Chelsea House, →ISBN, retrieved 02 May 2023, page 45
- exhibition / (A) This word has two meanings: a financial allowance or endowment (a term still current in some British universities) and a gift or present. It is also used once malapropistically by Verges to Dogberry mistaking the word for 'commission' (ADO 4.2.5).2015, Vivian Thomas, Shakespeare's Political and Economic Language: A Dictionary, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, retrieved 02 May 2023
Forms of malapropistically
| comparative | more malapropistically |
|---|---|
| superlative | most malapropistically |
Origin of malapropistically
From malapropistic + -ally.
Questions about malapropistically
- What does malapropistically mean?
- Malapropistically means in a malapropistic way.
- What part of speech is malapropistically?
- Malapropistically is an adverb.
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