secretarially en · ADV
Etymology
From secretarial + -ly.
Meanings
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In secretarial fashion.
I spent my adolescence touch-typing, convinced my life would be passed secretarially, my left pinkie building novelty muscle manning the A. Then the technology changed, and I improvised an inelegant three-finger style for computer keyboards.
2009 April 5, Virginia Heffernan, “I Hate My iPhone”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most secretarially | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more secretarially | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |