lexically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

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adv

"It is important to note that connotation is different from an unambiguous “double meaning” or “pun.” With a pun both meanings have to be lexically current but with connotation it is the multiple, even ambiguous, associations of each word that are important.)"

Etymology tree English lexical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English lexically From lexical + -ly.

prelexically sublexically

lexically scoped

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