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nonattributably

nonattributably adverb: in a way that is not attributable.

Adverb

nonattributably (not comparable)

  1. In a way that is not attributable.
    • I felt moved to sympathy with that member of Mrs Thatcher's Cabinet who had muttered under his breath, and nonattributably, that in Japan the Trade Ministry ranks second and the Foreign Office eighteenth […]1983, Encounter, volume 60, page 151
    • As a warrior, he knew a thousand ways to kill nonattributably. But he didn't lash out.2001, Larry Simmons, Broken Seals: No Safe Place, page 33

Origin of nonattributably

From non- + attributably.

Questions about nonattributably

What does nonattributably mean?
Nonattributably means in a way that is not attributable.
What part of speech is nonattributably?
Nonattributably is an adverb.

Words near nonattributably in the dictionary

  1. nonattracting
  2. nonattraction
  3. nonattractions
  4. nonattractive
  5. nonattributable
  6. nonattributably
  7. nonattribution
  8. nonattributive
  9. nonatypical
  10. nonauction
  11. nonaudible

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