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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

quotationally en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /kwoʊˈteɪʃənli/ (US)
  • /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənəli/ (UK)
  • /kwoʊˈteɪʃənəli/ (US)
  • /kwoʊˈteɪʃnəli/ (US)
  • /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃənli/ (UK)
  • /kwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃnəli/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English quotational Middle English -ly English -ly English quotationally From quotational + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) As a quotation; by use of quotations.
    • I have presented this matter thus quotationally because I am anxious to emphasize Conrad's understanding loyalty to his art... 1922, The Sewanee Review:
    • In my quotationally informed analysis, the ages of the poet and auctoritas are similarly premodern modes... 1998, Eloise Knowlton, Joyce, Joyceans, and the Rhetoric of Citation:
    • So as not to appear disbelieving, they opted to respond quotationally, to offer literal citation of chapter and verse. 1994, Harold M Schulweis, For Those Who Can't Believe: