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synecdochally en · ADV

Etymology

From synecdochal + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a synecdochal manner.
    • Near-synonym: metonymically
    • "This repetition frequently combines with a shorthand signification which stands synecdochally for the entire memory, which is usually too terrible to bear." 2014, Alan Gibbs, Contemporary American Trauma Narratives:

Forms

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more synecdochally Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most synecdochally Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

literally

Coordinates

figuratively · as it were · metaphorically · so to speak · in a manner of speaking

Synonyms

metonymically · synecdochically