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quantumly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkwɒntəmli/ (UK)

Etymology

From quantum + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a quantum manner; in terms of quantum theory; according to the laws of quantum mechanics.
    • Make a transistor too small, for example, and electrons within it can simply vanish from one place and reappear in another because their location is quantumly indeterminate. 2012 February 25, ‘An uncertain future’, The Economist:
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Involving a massive increase, especially over a short time or seemingly at once; in one giant leap forwards.
    • 'What's different now,' said Grove, 'is that the landscape of the city has changed again, as inevitably it does, and the number of people who want a production from the Manhattan Theatre Club has grown sort of quantumly[.]' 1996, John W. Pereira, Opening Nights: 25 Years of the Manhattan Theatre Club, page 323:
    • SEC chairman Isabella Huang-Loh said told reporters on Tuesday (Jul 31) that plastic bag usage in Singapore has 'quantumly grown' over the years. 2018 July 31, Aqil Haziq Mahmud, “Singapore shoppers take 820 million plastic bags from supermarkets each year: Study”, in Channel NewsAsia:
    • So today, I am here today to talk about something equally important and quantumly more interesting I have to say. 2012, Bola Essien-Nelson, The Diary of a Desperate Naija Woman in the Year 2011, page 142: