Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a prepositional manner: as, “concerning” is a participle used prepositionally.
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- adverb In a
prepositional manner. - adverb As a
preposition .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb as a preposition
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Examples
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A few years ago when I began my career as a writer and public speaker, I decided to publicly acknowledge that I am prepositionally challenged.
Mariela Dabbah: The Power of a Bilingual Brain Mariela Dabbah 2011
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Just as I publicly acknowledge I'm prepositionally challenged, most of the time when I make a mistake I self-correct, or I candidly ask for help from the audience when I forget a word or I can only think about it in Spanish.
Mariela Dabbah: The Power of Spanglish to Make us Laugh Mariela Dabbah 2011
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A few years ago when I began my career as a writer and public speaker, I decided to publicly acknowledge that I am prepositionally challenged.
Mariela Dabbah: The Power of a Bilingual Brain Mariela Dabbah 2011
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Just as I publicly acknowledge I'm prepositionally challenged, most of the time when I make a mistake I self-correct, or I candidly ask for help from the audience when I forget a word or I can only think about it in Spanish.
Mariela Dabbah: The Power of Spanglish to Make us Laugh Mariela Dabbah 2011
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_PL_ _Paradise Lost_ (Milton) ppl. past participle prep. preposition, prepositional, prepositionally
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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If the Founders wanted to restrict gun ownership to state-regulated militia members, they would have used language that was restrictive, using the word "only" prepositionally for instance.
WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook Sam Gale Rosen 2010
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Reply to: see below misnumbering randle cymogenes cuvies quasi-prepositionally Koroa pseudepigraph antiabrin ulorrhagy metal-slitting tanto hyaloids profession smearer anthocerote metrectasia agust iare
craigslist | all for sale / wanted in chicago webmaster@craigslist.org 2010
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Well, Chrissy, Sarah may be "prepositionally-challenged," but at least she treats her spouse and all her children decently - which is more than we can say for you. roses of sharon (The MSM vampires must die.)
Latest Articles 2008
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Now in terms of dedications, I must warn you that I’m a bit prepositionally challenged.
November 2006 2006
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Now in terms of dedications, I must warn you that I’m a bit prepositionally challenged.
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