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Etymology

Etymology tree English synchronic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English synchronically From synchronic + -ally.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a synchronic way; at the same time.
    • He divides synchronically opaque Sardinian toponyms into segments supposedly related to Basque lexical roots. For instance, the Ogliastan toponyms Dolai, Dodoliai and Iridolai, analyzd as *dol-ai, *do-dol-iai and *iri-dol-ai, in his view, all three contain a cognate of Bq. odol 'blood'. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 19:
    • A story, a science fiction film, or, in fact, a scientific theory, can thus be positioned at a higher and later turning of the spiral, diachronically, but synchronically it can be a performance of a pattern or theme. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 188:
    • In particular, risks can pile up not only synchronically, as in multi premise deductions, but also diachronically, when a subject extends her knowledge by competent deduction from just one premise. 2007 September 29, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio, “Single premise deduction and risk”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI:

Coordinates

diachronically

Relateds

synchronously · diachrony · diachronously · synchrony