emotionally

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/ɪˈməʊʃənəli/UK/ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/CA

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English emotionally From emotional + -ly.

  1. derived from -ālisbor
  2. derived from -albor

Definitions

  1. In an emotional manner

    In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.

    • "For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf."
  2. Regarding emotions.

    • Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at emotionally. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at emotionally. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at emotionally

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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