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succedaneously

succedaneously adverb: in a manner that serves as a succedaneum.

Adverb

succedaneously (not comparable)

  1. In a manner that serves as a succedaneum.
    • ...being obliged to acquire a knowledge of the natural system by itself and succedaneously, it is quite certain that he can have as little interest as comprehension...1835, Dr. Frank E. Tappan, American Journal of Science, Hezekiah Howe, page 316
    • ...homologous parts) and this proceeds succedaneously with the still projecting diplotene threads.2012, Frederik Jan Maurits Offerijns, Meiosis in the Pollen Mother Cells of Some Cannas, page 45

Examples of succedaneously in a sentence

  • ...he adds, " whether this is the same kind of palm that was used by the Israelites, we know not ; or whether it is not here succedaneously used as bearing the nearest resemblance to it...1831, Henry Phillips, The Companion for the Orchard, page 144:
  • ...does not admit of being realised specifically, is to be realised, as nearly as possible, succedaneously : he then institutes, in conformity with this latter principle...1832, Holker Meggison, A Treatise of the Administration of Assets in Equity, page 28:

Origin of succedaneously

From succedaneous + -ly.

Questions about succedaneously

What does succedaneously mean?
Succedaneously means in a manner that serves as a succedaneum.
How do you use succedaneously in a sentence?
...he adds, " whether this is the same kind of palm that was used by the Israelites, we know not ; or whether it is not here succedaneously used as bearing the nearest resemblance to it...
What part of speech is succedaneously?
Succedaneously is an adverb.

Words near succedaneously in the dictionary

  1. succdem
  2. succdems
  3. succedanea
  4. succedaneaflavanone
  5. succedaneous
  6. succedaneously
  7. succedaneum
  8. succedaneums
  9. succede
  10. succeded
  11. succedent

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