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onomotopoetically

onomotopoetically adverb: by means of onomatopoeia.

Adverb

onomotopoetically (comparative more onomotopoetically, superlative most onomotopoetically)

  1. By means of onomatopoeia.
    • The “musical sign,” on the other hand, suggests cultural signals that function onomatopoetically by calling to mind “natural” sounds, or sounds “naturally” associated with common human situations.2000, Winston Napier, African American Literary Theory: A Reader, page 233
    • Just as the word “buzz” onomatopoetically “sounds like” buzzing, so too do words such as “noocytes,” "positronic," and "ansible"" onomatopoetically "sound like" science.2010, Seo-Young Chu, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?, page 49

Forms of onomotopoetically

comparativemore onomotopoetically
superlativemost onomotopoetically

Origin of onomotopoetically

From onomatopoetical + -ly.

Questions about onomotopoetically

What does onomotopoetically mean?
Onomotopoetically means by means of onomatopoeia.
What part of speech is onomotopoetically?
Onomotopoetically is an adverb.

Words near onomotopoetically in the dictionary

  1. onomatopœias
  2. onomatopœic
  3. onomatopœical
  4. onomatopœically
  5. onomomancy
  6. onomotopoetically
  7. Onondaga
  8. Onondaga County
  9. Onondagan
  10. Onondagans
  11. Onondagas

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