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sponsorially

sponsorially adverb: in the capacity of a sponsor.

Adverb

sponsorially (not comparable)

  1. In the capacity of a sponsor.
    • This eminent man, afterwards Lord Oriel, was the near relative of the subject of our present memoir; he also attended for him sponsorially at the baptismal font, and invoked the combined powers of genius, learning, and eloquence, to take charge of his youthful ward and namesake, John Leslie Foster...1842, “The Note-Book of an Irish Barrister”, in The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 33, page 338

Origin of sponsorially

From sponsorial + -ly.

Questions about sponsorially

What does sponsorially mean?
Sponsorially means in the capacity of a sponsor.
What part of speech is sponsorially?
Sponsorially is an adverb.

Words near sponsorially in the dictionary

  1. sponsoresses
  2. sponsorette
  3. sponsorettes
  4. sponsorhood
  5. sponsorial
  6. sponsorially
  7. sponsoring
  8. sponsorless
  9. sponsorly
  10. sponsors
  11. sponsorship

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