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PRONUNCIATION OF METONYMICALLY

metonymically  [ˌmɛtəˈnɪmɪkəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METONYMICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metonymically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES METONYMICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of metonymically in the English dictionary

The definition of metonymically in the dictionary is by metonymy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METONYMICALLY


acronymically
ˌækrəˈnɪmɪkəlɪ
aerodynamically
ˈɛərəʊdaɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ
agronomically
ˌæɡrəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
autonomically
ˌɔːtəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
biochemically
ˌbaɪəʊˈkemɪkəlɪ
comically
ˈkɒmɪkəlɪ
dynamically
daɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ
economically
ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
electrochemically
ɪˌlektrəʊˈkemɪkəlɪ
histochemically
ˌhɪstəʊˈkɛmɪkəlɪ
hydrodynamically
ˌhaɪdrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ
inimically
ɪnˈɪmɪkəlɪ
logarithmically
ˌlɒɡəˈrɪðmɪkəlɪ
photochemically
ˌfəʊtəʊˈkemɪkəlɪ
rhythmically
ˈrɪðmɪkəlɪ
seismically
ˈsaɪzmɪkəlɪ
socioeconomically
ˌsəʊsiəʊˌɛkəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
systemically
sɪsˈtɛmɪkəlɪ
taxonomically
ˌtæksəˈnɒmɪkəlɪ
thermodynamically
ˌθɜːməʊdaɪˈnæmɪkəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METONYMICALLY

meticulousness
metif
metoestrous
metoestrus
metol
Metonic cycle
metonym
metonymic
metonymical
metonymies
metonymy
metope
metopic
metopism
metopon
metoposcopic
metoposcopical
metoposcopist
metoposcopy
metopryl

WORDS THAT END LIKE METONYMICALLY

actually
alphabetically
automatically
basically
clinically
critically
dramatically
drastically
electronically
fantastically
historically
locally
periodically
physically
politically
practically
specifically
statistically
technically
tragically
typically

Synonyms and antonyms of metonymically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metonymically» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METONYMICALLY

Find out the translation of metonymically to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metonymically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metonymically» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

转喻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metonímicamente
570 millions of speakers

English

metonymically
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metonymically
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metonymically
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

метонимически
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metonimicamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লক্ষনা হিসেবে সেটিকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métonymique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa nama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metonymisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

metonymically
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metonymically
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sacara metonymically
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metonymically
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

metonymically
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चयापचयपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metonymically
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metonimicamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metonimicznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метонімічно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metonimic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετωνυμικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metonymically
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metonymically
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metonymically
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metonymically

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METONYMICALLY»

The term «metonymically» is normally little used and occupies the 146.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METONYMICALLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «metonymically» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «metonymically» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metonymically

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METONYMICALLY»

Discover the use of metonymically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metonymically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rhetorical Listening: Identification, Gender, Whiteness
3. Listening. Metonymically: A. Tactic. for. Listening. to. Public. Debates. [W]hat I must engage/ ... is meant to break my heart and reduce me to silence. — Adrienne Rich, "North American Time" I had decided never again to speak to white ...
Krista Ratcliffe, 2005
2
Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads: A Cognitive Perspective
It also means that (part of ) the image-schematic structure of the source has to be metonymically mapped onto the whole of the source domain to check its degree of structural similarity to the target domain. If a metaphorical mapping requires ...
Antonio Barcelona, 2003
3
The Question of Ethics for the Metonymically Restless, as ...
This dissertation attempts to articulate a postmodern ethics according to the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Emmanuel Levinas, primarily.
Erik Martin Schneider, 2007
4
Defending Pussy Riot Metonymically: The Trial ...
During August 2012 the issues of women's rights in Russia attracted attention of the U.S. newspapers, which was an unusual occurrence for this unprivileged region in feminist theorizing.
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Kolesova, 2013
5
Metonymy in Language and Thought
In many instances, our ability to draw implicatures requires us to see how a speaker's utterance metonymically refers to a whole organized sequence of activities. Thus, suggesting one part of a likely scenario (e.g., men often go to other places ...
Klaus-Uwe Panther, Günter Radden, 1999
6
Singular Reference: A Descriptivist Perspective: A ...
... h| is metonymically related to h, which can then be said to refer metonymically to New York (or to the place occupied by New York). Analogously, in the car example, we can assume that there is a conversationally implicated proposition ...
Francesco Orilia, 2009
7
Virginia Woolf in Context
As readers of Mrs Dalloway, then, we need to read the many car references neither symbolically, nor as actualist realism providing merely factual verisimilitude, but metonymically, as denotative tracks to the structures and processes of the ...
Bryony Randall, Jane Goldman, 2012
8
Metonymy and Metaphor in Grammar
Margarida Basilio discusses the metonymically motivated sense extensions of agent suffixes in Brazilian Portuguese, and Gary Palmer, Russell S. Rader, and Art D. Clarito provide an in-depth analysis of the Tagalog prefix ka-, which functions ...
Klaus-Uwe Panther, Linda L. Thornburg, Antonio Barcelona, 2009
9
A Cognitive-Functional Approach to Nominalization in English
Verb- based -er formations evoke such action scenarios directly, i.e. through their verbal base; non-verb-based nominals evoke them metonymically, by naming a component (e.g., Patient, Instrument, Location, Time) of the action scenario, ...
Liesbet Heyvaert, 2003
10
The Continental Monthly
But you say that when the word is used in ' a meaning synonymous with administration of public affairs, then ' the Government ' is metonymically used for administration, and should not be confounded with the original and true signification of ...
‎1868

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METONYMICALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metonymically is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Explaining the Appeal of the Song 'Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' Across …
Africa metonymically occupies the space of a departed ancestor, living in a timeless eternity while waiting for redemption. The political song ... «Global Voices Online, Jul 15»
2
Read Chris Thurman's Paper on “Poison”, by Henrietta Rose-Innes …
Her character is read metonymically in order to pose and, tentatively, answer certain questions. Does she stand for a particular kind of response ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
3
Ukraine Calls in California Highway Patrol to Combat Police …
[Highway police] is used metonymically for a highway robber in much of the post-Soviet world…. Advertisement. The idea is that the California ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
4
The Import Of Sri Lankan Muslim Names
The statement from the appreciation signifies that this particular social group, or at least its male elite, conceived its subjectivity metonymically, ... «Groundviews, Jun 15»
5
'Children of Men', 'Babel', 'Pan's Labyrinth', and the Mapping of the …
... but instead of constructing this scene as metonymically reverberating in the rest of the world, Cuarón stages the war scene to keep going as ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
6
The Genius of S Club 7
These lines metonymically exemplify the childish pleasure of S Club 7. Ordinarily, being the very adult, very Cambridgey person that I am, ... «Varsity Online, Apr 15»
7
A Defense Of Ryan T. Anderson, Marriage's Don Quixote
It's far too often the supporters of same-sex marriage who are reacting religiously—symbolically and metonymically, in horror at the ... «The Federalist, Apr 15»
8
'It's just hair'
And while I don't plan to get rid of my hair any time soon, I recognize its unimportance, its inability to metonymically capture any or all of me as a ... «Daily Californian, Apr 15»
9
Is this the worst local journalism ever?
... Metonymically speaking, I like that #edstone is mostly supported by supports below it, though dislike the triangulation feature behind it. «Though Cowards Flinch, Apr 15»
10
Roomful of Teeth shares unorthodox vocal wonders
Beyond its award-based prestige, the piece has almost come to stand, metonymically, for the ensemble itself. Embedded in its spoken texts, ... «Boston Globe, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Metonymically [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/metonymically>. Apr 2024 ».
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