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nonstandardly

nonstandardly adverb: in a nonstandard manner.

Adverb

nonstandardly (comparative more nonstandardly, superlative most nonstandardly)

  1. In a nonstandard manner.
    • Men, however, are likely to underreport their use of standard forms, and to claim that they speak more nonstandardly than they really do.1999, Suzanne Romaine, Communicating gender

Forms of nonstandardly

comparativemore nonstandardly
superlativemost nonstandardly

Origin of nonstandardly

From nonstandard + -ly.

Questions about nonstandardly

What does nonstandardly mean?
Nonstandardly means in a nonstandard manner.
What part of speech is nonstandardly?
Nonstandardly is an adverb.

Words near nonstandardly in the dictionary

  1. nonstandard variety
  2. nonstandardised
  3. nonstandardization
  4. nonstandardizations
  5. nonstandardized
  6. nonstandardly
  7. nonstandardness
  8. nonstandards
  9. nonstandart
  10. nonstandarts
  11. nonstanding

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