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zeugmatically

zeugmatically adverb: in a zeugmatic manner.

Adverb

zeugmatically (comparative more zeugmatically, superlative most zeugmatically)

  1. In a zeugmatic manner.
    • […] ("Pluto Picked as the Name for New Planet X Because He Was God of Dark Distant Regions," as the New York Times zeugmatically titled its 5/26/1930 article on the announcement).2006 August 27, Geoff Nunberg, “Another Plutonian casualty?”, in Language Log

Forms of zeugmatically

comparativemore zeugmatically
superlativemost zeugmatically

Origin of zeugmatically

From zeugmatic + -ally.

Questions about zeugmatically

What does zeugmatically mean?
Zeugmatically means in a zeugmatic manner.
What part of speech is zeugmatically?
Zeugmatically is an adverb.

Words near zeugmatically in the dictionary

  1. zeugma
  2. zeugmas
  3. zeugmata
  4. zeugmatic
  5. zeugmatical
  6. zeugmatically
  7. zeugmatogram
  8. zeugmatograms
  9. zeugmatographic
  10. zeugmatography
  11. zeugmenon

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