gerundally
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Μορφὴν δοvλοv λαβών, and took upon Him (taking) the form of a servant. The participle λαβὼν is to be taken gerundally—by taking, showing the way how He humbled Himself. […] Ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος, and was made (being made) in the likeness of men. Here again the participle γενόμενος, which is a further expansion of the preceding subject, is to be taken gerundally—by being made or becoming in the likeness of men."
- "See D.N. [Divine Names] 1.6.596A where “I am who am” (ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν [Exod[us] 3.14]) is said to be one of the many names of the divinity. Hence, in the same vein, divine be-ing is to be expressed “infinitively” or “gerundally.” This expression is prior to yet encompasses every distinction (always finite) between “number,” “person,” “tense,” and “mood.”"
- "I'll have to check up on the current acceptability of using progressive constitutes in the modifier slots of gerundally nominalised perfect constitutes."
Etymology
From gerundal + -ly.