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vestigially
" I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is."
A. S. Byatt

Meaning of "vestigially" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF VESTIGIALLY

vɛsˈtɪdʒɪəlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VESTIGIALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vestigially 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 VESTIGIALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vestigially in the English dictionary

The definition of vestigially in the dictionary is in a vestigial manner; in such a way as to remain or leave hints or traces.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VESTIGIALLY

axially · clearly · collegially · cordially · dearly · editorially · entirely · ideally · laryngeally · linearly · materially · medially · merely · nearly · radially · really · serially · severely · sincerely · yearly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VESTIGIALLY

vestiaries · vestiary · vestibular · vestibular system · vestibule · vestibulitis · vestibulocochlear nerve · vestibulum · vestige · vestigial · vestigium · vestimental · vestimentary · vesting · vestiture · vestless · vestlike · Vestmann Islands · Vestmannaeyjar · vestment

WORDS THAT END LIKE VESTIGIALLY

actually · artificially · commercially · crucially · differentially · especially · essentially · exponentially · facially · financially · initially · officially · partially · potentially · preferentially · racially · sequentially · socially · spatially · specially · substantially

Synonyms and antonyms of vestigially in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vestigially» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VESTIGIALLY

Find out the translation of vestigially to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vestigially from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vestigially» in English.
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vestigially
1,325 millions of speakers
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vestigially
570 millions of speakers
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vestigially
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vestigially
380 millions of speakers
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vestigially
280 millions of speakers
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vestigially
278 millions of speakers
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vestigially
270 millions of speakers
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vestigially
260 millions of speakers
fr

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vestigially
220 millions of speakers
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Secara lisan
190 millions of speakers
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vestigially
180 millions of speakers
ja

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vestigially
130 millions of speakers
ko

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vestigially
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Leres
85 millions of speakers
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vestigially
80 millions of speakers
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vestigially
75 millions of speakers
mr

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अतिवृद्धीने
75 millions of speakers
tr

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vestigially
70 millions of speakers
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vestigia
65 millions of speakers
pl

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vestigially
50 millions of speakers
uk

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vestigially
40 millions of speakers
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vestigially
30 millions of speakers
el

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vestigially
15 millions of speakers
af

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vestigially
14 millions of speakers
sv

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vestigially
10 millions of speakers
no

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vestigially
5 millions of speakers

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

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A. S. Byatt
I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VESTIGIALLY»

Discover the use of vestigially in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vestigially and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Journal of Aquariculture & Aquatic Sciences
... strongly ctenoid Preoperculum - scaleless - loosely scaled - fully scaled Squamation pattern on lower median of caudal peduncle - uniserial. Preopercular scales - cycloid - vestigially ctenoid - moderately ctenoid - strongly ctenoid Cheek ...
‎2001
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Systematic revision of diplocentrid scorpions ...
Carapace brunneous with diffuse fuscous pattem; lustrous, sparsely punctate throughout, vestigially granulose submedially; anterior margin moderately emarginate, median notch rounded. Venter ochreous fuscescent, lustrous, sparsely setate ...
Oscar F. Francke, 1978
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A Sketch of the Indo-European Finite Verb
Moods. Apart from endingless forms, bare stems widely used as ipv. sg. 2, but also vestigially in Hit. med. sg. 3 and perhaps elsewhere, earliest PIE had only one 'mood', the 'injunctive.' In later PIE this was partly differentiated into an indicative ...
J. Alexander Kerns, Benjamin Isadore Schwartz, 1973
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Education and the End of Work
A hundred years ago this was commonly assumed, and the assumption was built into educational arrangements and other parts of the political system. Even today this is at least vestigially the case. Here, too, we have a taken-for-granted belief ...
John White, 1997
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The Interpretation of Dialogue
To review the dialogical in the dialogues as programmatic rather than as vestigially "oral" or "literary," it is worthwhile to dispense with the following predicationalist conceptions of Plato's dialogue: (1) that it represents a middle stage in an ...
Tulio Maranhao, 1990
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Mind, Value, and Reality
If we let the vestigially Kantian thesis embrace that point, our conception of the world, in the sense of what logos aims to represent accurately, expands to include features that practical logos, if equipped to get things right in its proper sphere, ...
John Henry McDowell, 1998
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Pedagogy, Intellectuals, and Dissent in the Later Middle ...
clerisy are still vestigially present in the modern idea of the intellectual. As a relatively unattached, classless stratum (to cite Karl Mannheim's enduring but ever contested deWnition), conWned to the ''pure,'' as distinct from the ''applied,'' ...
Rita Copeland, 2001
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An Intellectual in Public
The scholars of the new American studies may seem radical, he writes, but their work "remains vestigially inscribed by the ideology of American exceptionalism even as it criticizes it and tries to transcend its confining parameters." I have never ...
Alan Wolfe, 2003
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The Nostratic Macrofamily: A Study in Distant Linguistic ...
Being definite, these nouns naturally took the definite—accusative in *—m, which itself was a deictic element as vestigially exemplified by the accusative of specification in Classical Greek. Most nouns, however, were probably condi— tionally ...
Allan R. Bomhard, John C. Kerns, 1994
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Dear Me, The Sky Is Falling
What else? Congratulations. DEBBIE. (Up to L. end of sofa.) But she is still there, vestigially. LIBBY. Who is still there vestigially? DEBBIE. A girl he knew before me. LIBBY. You mean that woman? DEBBIE. Her name is Betty Scott. LIBBY.
Gertrude Berg, Herman Shumlin, Roger De Koven, Leonard Spigelgass, James Yaffe

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VESTIGIALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vestigially is used in the context of the following news items.
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Europe's Ghosts of Faith
In this comfortable and non-demanding sense, most do still define themselves, however vestigially, as Christians. The question for Europe's churches is whether ... «Aleteia, Mar 15»
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The New New Coke: Milk?!
But this is not even vestigially that milk. It tastes bland, cooked and feels thicker -- not in a nice way -- than it ought to be. I love cheese of all sorts, but this isn't ... «Pulse, Feb 15»
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Katie Couric on Diane Sawyer: I Wonder Who She Blew This Time
... even in the second decade of the 21st century, remains more than vestigially sexist. In one representative anecdote, CBS News Executive Vice President Paul ... «Daily Beast, Aug 14»
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Volvo reveals all-new XC90 SUV, and a plan for its future — finally
They're paid homage to vestigially in some jeweled bits on the bow and stern. Up front, these introduce the brand's new face. We see a revamped version of the ... «Yahoo Singapore News, Aug 14»
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Link(s) To The Past: Nintendo In Deep Trouble, Microsoft On Top
... but third-party support is seriously lacking, and nobody seems to have any idea what to do with the system's vestigially umbilical tablet controller—not even ... «Kotaku, Apr 14»
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A Short History of Long-Term Thinking, for Our Fifty Thousand Year …
(It is for this reason that the Babylonians constructed a duodecimal number system and, vestigially, why we have twelve hours per half-day.) The Voyager ... «Motherboard, Jul 13»
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Eric Idle: the Pio Interview
Eric: I'm not really a celebrity; I'm just vestigially left over from doing stuff from before. (Laughs.) I try to not to be a celebrity as much as possible. Pio: Do you want ... «Whitman Pioneer, May 13»
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'Ecco the Dolphin' as a Psychedelic Screensaver
I remember its tropical graphics only vestigially, like a dream buried somewhere beneath that seapunk wave. But the dream feeling reverberates through ... «Motherboard, Feb 13»
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Notable CDs
Except for the acoustic misstep “True” and the vestigially biblical “Jordan,” specific tracks don't stand out. But the riffs render track-specific ID moot. Los Angeles ... «World Magazine, Jan 13»
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Walk This Way
Today, the goose step is about as commonly seen as the Hitler's toothbrush mustache, although it does live on vestigially among some ceremonial guards ... «The Smart Set, Jan 13»
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