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tonologically

Syllables: ton·o·log·i·cal·lyUK/ˌtəʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)li/

tonologically adverb: in a tonological manner; with respect to tone.

Adverb

tonologically (not comparable)

  1. In a tonological manner; with respect to tone.
    • All of them influence tonologically the preceding noun in the same way: the qualified noun bears the A tonomorpheme.1972, African Abstracts: A Quarterly Review of Ethnographic, Social, and Linguistic Studies Appearing in Current Periodicals, volume 13, London: Oxford University Press, →OCLC, page 192
    • [T]he fact that a lexically specifiable subgroup of etyma from within the whole group of *creaky phonation etyma split off tonologically is not surprising by itself, but rather the fact that the tonological outcome of such a development is one of blurred and opaque relationships within the...1987, Alfons Weidert, “Evidence for PTB *Creaky Phonation = T/G/Th *A-tone”, in Tibeto-Burman Tonology: A Comparative Account (Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science....

Origin of tonologically

From tonological + -ly.

Questions about tonologically

What does tonologically mean?
Tonologically means in a tonological manner; with respect to tone.
What part of speech is tonologically?
Tonologically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tonologically?
Tonologically is pronounced /ˌtəʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)li/ (UK).

Words near tonologically in the dictionary

  1. tonographic
  2. tonographs
  3. tonography
  4. tonoi
  5. tonological
  6. tonologically
  7. tonologies
  8. tonologist
  9. tonologists
  10. tonology
  11. tonometer

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