onomastically
onomastically adverb: in an onomastic way.
Adverb
onomastically (comparative more onomastically, superlative most onomastically)
- In an onomastic way.
- Quite to the contrary, Skipper is the sexual barometer in Cat. Nowhere is this more evident than in his name. Onomastically, Skipper underscores the major sexual conflicts at the heart of Williams’s script.2002, Philip Kolin, “Williams’s CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF”, in The Explicator, →DOI, →ISSN, page 215
Forms of onomastically
| comparative | more onomastically |
|---|---|
| superlative | most onomastically |
Origin of onomastically
From onomastic + -ally.
Questions about onomastically
- What does onomastically mean?
- Onomastically means in an onomastic way.
- What part of speech is onomastically?
- Onomastically is an adverb.
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