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reentrantly

reentrantly adverb: in a reentrant manner (in various senses).

Adverb

reentrantly (not comparable)

  1. In a reentrant manner (in various senses).
    • Also, just like MySpinLock in the previous section, SpinLock cannot be acquired reentrantly.2010, Trey Nash, Accelerated C# 2010, [Berkeley, C.A.]: Apress, →ISBN, page 385
    • Connections from the amygdala to long-term memory and working memory and attention circuits are also reentrantly engaged, facilitating retrieval of semantic and episodic memories of the threat.2015, Joseph LeDoux, Anxious: The Modern Mind in the Age of Anxiety, London: Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, page 229

Origin of reentrantly

From reentrant + -ly.

Questions about reentrantly

What does reentrantly mean?
Reentrantly means in a reentrant manner (in various senses).
What part of speech is reentrantly?
Reentrantly is an adverb.

Words near reentrantly in the dictionary

  1. reentrance
  2. reentrances
  3. reentrancies
  4. reentrancy
  5. reentrant
  6. reentrantly
  7. reentrants
  8. reentre
  9. reentred
  10. reentres
  11. reentries

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