nominally
/ˈnɑmɪnəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a nominal manner; in name only.
adv
adv
As a noun.
Example Sentences
- "Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis)."
- "In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv."
- "In the first phase, the grasp of an abstraction, the concept 'size' does not function nominally, rather it provides a way of thinking the quality of something."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōminālisder. Middle English nominalle English nominal Middle English -ly English -ly English nominally From nominal + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɑmɪnəli/
- British English: /ˈnɒmɪnəli/