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unetymologically

unetymologically adverb: in a way which is not etymological.

Adverb

unetymologically (comparative more unetymologically, superlative most unetymologically)

  1. In a way which is not etymological.
    • But while women were often not in touch with their own history—what feminists came to call, unetymologically but pertinently, 'herstory'—they were keenly aware of the immediate, oppressive past.2012, Gisela Kaplan, Contemporary Western European Feminism

Forms of unetymologically

comparativemore unetymologically
superlativemost unetymologically

Origin of unetymologically

From unetymological + -ly.

Questions about unetymologically

What does unetymologically mean?
Unetymologically means in a way which is not etymological.
What part of speech is unetymologically?
Unetymologically is an adverb.

Words near unetymologically in the dictionary

  1. unethnological
  2. unethylated
  3. Unetician
  4. unetiolated
  5. unetymological
  6. unetymologically
  7. unetymologizable
  8. unetymologized
  9. uneucharistic
  10. uneucharistical
  11. uneugenic

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