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postlingually

postlingually adverb: after the acquisition of language.

Adverb

postlingually (not comparable)

  1. After the acquisition of language.
    • a postlingually deaf child

Origin of postlingually

From postlingual + -ly.

Questions about postlingually

What does postlingually mean?
Postlingually means after the acquisition of language.
What part of speech is postlingually?
Postlingually is an adverb.

Words near postlingually in the dictionary

  1. postliminious
  2. postliminium
  3. postliminous
  4. postliminy
  5. postlingual
  6. postlingually
  7. postlinguistic
  8. postlinguistically
  9. postliteracy
  10. postliterary
  11. postliterate

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