militarily en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹ.ə.li/ (US)
- /ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹə.li/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English military 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 militarily From military + -ly.
Meanings
- In a military or martial manner; not peaceably.
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By way of military or otherwise belligerent means.
2007 Ranjit Matthews, Re: Senator calls for Mecca and Medina to be nuked in retaliation Group: soc.culture.indian If it were, it would lose because you can't defeat a religion militarily. You can. Jahaliya was cleansed out of Arabia. More recently, Sufism was eliminated in the Hejaz. Kafirism was wiped out in Kafiristan (Nuristan).
At the very moment when their petty-bourgeois counterparts were coming to power elsewhere in Africa, these Mozambicans found the Portuguese turning their backs on neocolonialism and digging in their heels militarily against any such denouement to their rule.
1985, John S. Saul, chapter I, in John S. Saul, editor, A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, section 1, page 46:The borders of the empire were expanded militarily over the course of many wars of conquest.
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In a manner relating to the military or military matters.
Whether [Israel's] blockade [of Gaza] is militarily justified is a point of contention.
2025 October 2, The Associated Press, “Israeli navy intercepts most Gaza-bound flotilla boats and arrests activists”, in NPR:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more militarily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most militarily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
fi sotilaallisesti (in a military manner) · ca militarment (by way of military) · pl wojskowo (in a military manner) · fi sotilaallisesti (by way of military) · el στρατιωτικά (in a military manner) · pl militarnie (by way of military) · de militärisch (in a military manner) · pl wojskowo (by way of military) · es militarmente (in a military manner) · pl militarnie (in a military manner) · ca militarment (in a military manner)