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gerundally en · ADV

Etymology

From gerundal + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) In a gerundal manner.
    • I'll have to check up on the current acceptability of using progressive constitutes in the modifier slots of gerundally nominalised perfect constitutes. 2002 February 28, Mark Wallace, “Part of speech of "using"”, in alt.english.usage (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jun 2026:
    • 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.” 1980, John D. Jones, “Power, Justice, Preservation, Redemption, and Peace”, in The Divine Names and Mystical Theology (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation; 21), Milwaukee, Wis.: Marquette University Press, →ISBN, section II (Divine Causality), section C (The Divine Powers: An Analysis of Selected Divine Names), footnote 102, page 63:
    • 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. 1883, Francis Tilney Bassett, “Phil[ippians] II. 5—11”, in An Examination of Some of the More Important Texts in the New Testament That Relate to the Deity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, […], London: Elliot Stock, […], →OCLC, chapter III (Texts in Which Christ Is Identified with Jehovah), pages 146–147:

Synonyms

gerundively · gerundially