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uncategorically

uncategorically adverb: categorically, absolutely, without qualification.

Adverb

uncategorically (not comparable)

  1. (proscribed) Categorically, absolutely, without qualification.
    • Lest my remarks be interpreted as an all out endorsement of SAODAP, let me state uncategorically that I wish to see some long-overdue modification of this agency as well as modification of the total traditional structure of the Federal effort1975 March 22, William H. Harvey, quotee, First Session on Examination into the Justification for the Continuance of Federal Programs for Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (Hearings Before the...
    • Speakers described Silber as uncategorically intolerant because of his positions on issues regarding women, gay men and lesbians, and immigrants. Silber was also called a dictator because of his approach to student and faculty opposition at the university.1990 February 11, Carrie Wofford, “Gay Groups Blast Silber”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 30, page 3

Origin of uncategorically

Likely a conflation between unequivocally and categorically.

Questions about uncategorically

What does uncategorically mean?
Uncategorically means categorically, absolutely, without qualification.
What part of speech is uncategorically?
Uncategorically is an adverb.

Words near uncategorically in the dictionary

  1. uncatchy
  2. uncate
  3. uncatechised
  4. uncatechized
  5. uncategorical
  6. uncategorically
  7. uncategorisable
  8. uncategorisably
  9. uncategorise
  10. uncategorised
  11. uncategorises

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