Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metonymously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metony-mous-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Synonym of metonymically, by means of metonymy.

Etymology

Etymology tree English metonymous Middle English -ly English -ly English metonymously From metonymous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more metonymously (comparative) most metonymously (superlative)

Synonyms

metonymically by means of metonymy

Questions

What does metonymously mean?: Synonym of metonymically, by means of metonymy.
Where does metonymously come from?: Etymology tree English metonymous Middle English -ly English -ly English metonymously From metonymous + -ly.

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