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tralatitiously

UK/tɹaləˈtɪʃəsli/

tralatitiously adverb: in a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.

Adverb

tralatitiously (comparative more tralatitiously, superlative most tralatitiously)

  1. In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.
    • Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a series of predeterminate links [...].1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 92

Forms of tralatitiously

comparativemore tralatitiously
superlativemost tralatitiously

Origin of tralatitiously

From tralatitious + -ly.

Questions about tralatitiously

What does tralatitiously mean?
Tralatitiously means in a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.
What part of speech is tralatitiously?
Tralatitiously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tralatitiously?
Tralatitiously is pronounced /tɹaləˈtɪʃəsli/ (UK).

Words near tralatitiously in the dictionary

  1. tralation
  2. tralations
  3. tralatition
  4. tralatitions
  5. tralatitious
  6. tralatitiously
  7. Tralee
  8. TRALI
  9. tralineate
  10. tralineated
  11. tralineates

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