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supervisorily

supervisorily adverb: in a supervisory manner; by a supervisor.

Adverb

supervisorily (not comparable)

  1. In a supervisory manner; by a supervisor.
    • Both the substation and the track-sectioning cabin are supervisorily controlled from the existing control centre of the Liverpool Street-Shenfield lines at Chadwell Heath.1956 August, “Eastern Region Electrification Extended to Chelmsford”, in Railway Magazine, page 509

Origin of supervisorily

From supervisory + -ly.

Questions about supervisorily

What does supervisorily mean?
Supervisorily means in a supervisory manner; by a supervisor.
What part of speech is supervisorily?
Supervisorily is an adverb.

Words near supervisorily in the dictionary

  1. supervisive
  2. supervisor
  3. supervisoress
  4. supervisoresses
  5. supervisorial
  6. supervisorily
  7. supervisors
  8. supervisorship
  9. supervisorships
  10. supervisory
  11. supervisory board

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