romantically en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English romantically From romantic + -ally.
Meanings
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In a romantic way.
Sing romantically
She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper.
2021 July 20, Sarah Molano, “Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more romantically | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most romantically | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bromantically · unromantically
Translations (10)
fi romanttisesti (in a romantic way) · ru романти́чески (in a romantic way) · pt romanticamente (in a romantic way) · nl romantisch (in a romantic way) · it romanticamente (in a romantic way) · pl romantycznie (in a romantic way) · ca romànticament (in a romantic way) · ka რომანტიკულად (in a romantic way) · gl romanticamente (in a romantic way) · es románticamente (in a romantic way)