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synchronously en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪŋkɹənəsli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English synchronous 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 English -ly English synchronously From synchronous + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a synchronous manner; carried out or occurring with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.
    • Sequentially or synchronously, he-men consort polygynously. 2009 January 9, Natalie Angier, “Skipping Spouse to Spouse Isn’t Just a Man’s Game”, in The New York Times:
    • Software components usually communicate synchronously--the client makes a connection to the server, sends a request, waits for the server to send a response, and then closes the connection. 2020, Elton Stoneman, “Chapter 21: Asynchronous communication with a message queue”, in Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, →ISBN, Section 21.1: What is asynchronous messaging?:

Forms

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more synchronously Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most synchronously Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

asynchronously

Coordinates

diachronously

Deriveds

quasisynchronously · antisynchronously

Relateds

diachronically · synchronically · synchronization · synchronized

Synonyms

simultaneously · in parallel