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metonymically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
metonymi-cal-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.

Etymology

From metonymic + -ally or metonymical + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more metonymically (comparative) most metonymically (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

as it were figuratively metaphorically synecdochically

Synonyms

metonymously

Questions

What does metonymically mean?
In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.
Where does metonymically come from?
From metonymic + -ally or metonymical + -ly.

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