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metathetically

metathetically adverb: by means of, or in terms of, metathesis.

Adverb

metathetically (comparative more metathetically, superlative most metathetically)

  1. By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
    • 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 253

Forms of metathetically

comparativemore metathetically
superlativemost metathetically

Origin of metathetically

From metathetic + -ally.

Questions about metathetically

What does metathetically mean?
Metathetically means by means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
What part of speech is metathetically?
Metathetically is an adverb.

Words near metathetically in the dictionary

  1. metathesized
  2. metathesizes
  3. metathesizing
  4. metathetic
  5. metathetical
  6. metathetically
  7. metathetize
  8. metathetized
  9. metathetizes
  10. metathetizing
  11. metathinking

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