Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As a plural; in a sense implying more than one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a plural manner or sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
plural manner or fashion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I want to be plurally married to Margine and Chloe Sevigny!
Best of 2007, Part One of Four ~ Television « 1979 Semi-Finalist… 2008
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In response, he made himself a diffuse, uncertain thing, a mass of contradictory, irresolvable voices that speak truth plurally.
Speaking in Tongues Smith, Zadie 2009
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Here F is not a placeholder in a schema, but a genuine variable ranging over properties or classes (or, on some interpretations, ranging plurally over individuals).
Schema Corcoran, John 2008
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Polygamy is still marriage, albiet plurally, and some people are willing to enter into these types of arrangements (unfortunately my wife will have none of it).
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The latter had only one side, and therefore — plurally and pedantically speaking — NO SIDES.
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Representative Castle was circulating talking points about a measure that the House ended up killing that would have provided for research into promising areas that would give us access to what he wants, which are plurally potent cells.
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"Archives" is originally and most standardly only feminine plural in French source: Petit Robert, and the equivalent typically occurs plurally in Latin, it seems.
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What is the dictum on teams that do not end plurally?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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What is the dictum on teams that do not end plurally?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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What is the dictum on teams that do not end plurally?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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