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polysemically

polysemically adverb: in a polysemic manner; with multiple meanings.

Adverb

polysemically (comparative more polysemically, superlative most polysemically)

  1. In a polysemic manner; with multiple meanings.
    • Even though some names or words polysemically carry sexual meanings, this does not automatically mean that every usage of them in literary texts, even those of a pornographic nature, has a sexual meaning, either explicitly or punningly.2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 113

Forms of polysemically

comparativemore polysemically
superlativemost polysemically

Origin of polysemically

From polysemic + -ally.

Questions about polysemically

What does polysemically mean?
Polysemically means in a polysemic manner; with multiple meanings.
What part of speech is polysemically?
Polysemically is an adverb.

Words near polysemically in the dictionary

  1. polysemants
  2. polyseme
  3. polysemes
  4. polysemia
  5. polysemic
  6. polysemically
  7. polysemies
  8. polysemous
  9. polysemously
  10. polysemousness
  11. polysemy

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