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counterculturally

Definitions

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  • adverb In a countercultural manner.

Etymologies

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countercultural +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Until the punk rock scene of the late seventies, there wasn't much, counterculturally, to compete with it.

    Patricia Zohn: Off the C(H)uff: Jennifer Egan Talks About A Visit From the Goon Squad 2010

  • For one thing, the retiring, artistically earnest Muehling (counterculturally, he uses earnest as a term of high praise, and ironic as a term of derision) scorns the trendy.

    A Bit of Punctuation 2008

  • For one thing, the retiring, artistically earnest Muehling (counterculturally, he uses earnest as a term of high praise, and ironic as a term of derision) scorns the trendy.

    A Bit of Punctuation 2008

  • For one thing, the retiring, artistically earnest Muehling (counterculturally, he uses earnest as a term of high praise, and ironic as a term of derision) scorns the trendy.

    A Bit of Punctuation 2008

  • In the absence of a decent copy-editor or a course in the virtues of understatement, doesn't M have any pals who would go over her stuff sometimes and gently highlight the law of diminishing returns whereby grossly inflated overstatement stops sounding counterculturally provocative and just sounds .... well .... funny.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • To bolster the appeal of this message, the authors linked it to a series of novels by J.R. R. Tolkien then enjoying extraordinary popularity among the counterculturally inclined.

    Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

  • For some, Ken Kesey's parti-colored bus may be a hideous reminder of national unraveling, but for Coca-Cola it seemed a perfect promotional instrument for its "Fruitopia" line, and the company has proceeded to send replicas of the bus around the country to generate interest in the counterculturally themed beverage.

    What is this thing called cool? 2006

  • Miss Eden is author of The Thrill of the Chaste (2006), a guide for young adults on being counterculturally virtuous.

    Reasoned Audacity 2009

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