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dictionarily

adv

Etymology

From dictionary + -ly.

  1. derived from dictiōnārius
  2. derived from dictiōnārium
  3. inherited from dixionare
  4. suffixed as dictionarily — “dictionary + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.

    • We, therefore, need not seek for a starting point for this paper, for, dictionarily, progress and extension are synonyms.
    • Is it the case that someone identifies himself as an X every time he says that he is an X or acknowledges that he is an X? That might be literally or 'dictionarily' so.

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