pleonastically en · ADV
Etymology
From pleonastic + -ally.
Meanings
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In a pleonastic manner.
Originally implying ‘ similarly, intensity,’ from OIA. « rūpa » form, shape gt; MIA. « -rūva », this affix is generally used pleonastically in NIA. in which it occurs in only a few words : e.g., ^(#42;)গোরূ gt;গোরু, « ^(#42;)gō-rū gt; gō-ru » ox, cow, cattle,[…]
1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta University Press, page 697:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most pleonastically | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more pleonastically | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |