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pleonastically

pleonastically adverb: in a pleonastic manner.

Adverb

pleonastically (comparative more pleonastically, superlative most pleonastically)

  1. In a pleonastic manner.
    • Originally implying ‘ similarly, intensity,’ from OIA. « rūpa » form, shape gt; MIA. « -rūva », this affix is generally used pleonastically in NIA. in which it occurs in only a few words : e.g., ^(#42;)গোরূ gt;গোরু, « ^(#42;)gō-rū gt; gō-ru » ox, cow, cattle,[…]1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta University Press, page 697

Forms of pleonastically

comparativemore pleonastically
superlativemost pleonastically

Origin of pleonastically

From pleonastic + -ally.

Questions about pleonastically

What does pleonastically mean?
Pleonastically means in a pleonastic manner.
What part of speech is pleonastically?
Pleonastically is an adverb.

Words near pleonastically in the dictionary

  1. pleonast
  2. pleonaste
  3. pleonastes
  4. pleonastic
  5. pleonastical
  6. pleonastically
  7. pleonasts
  8. pleonectic
  9. pleonexia
  10. pleonexias
  11. pleonite

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