Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a synonymous manner; in the same sense; with the same meaning.
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- adverb In a
synonymous way.
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- adverb in a synonymous manner
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Examples
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So mentoring and coaching, at least with my consultant hat on, I hear use those terms synonymously sometimes, and it drives me crazy, personally.
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Additionally, the 16th amendment says “and without regard to any census or enumeration,” which suggests to me that “census” and “enumeration” are supposed to be used synonymously throughout the constitution.
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Nevertheless, the good doctors are pinning the blame for childhood obesity on what they call junk food a term they use synonymously with "fast food", and the ads that promote it.
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However, the language evidence suggests other PNECB adopted a word from an Mbuguan (Ma'a) Southern-Cushitic-speaking neighbor, * - bUli, for the short rainy season. 54 It is possible that PNECB speakers used * - limo and * - bUli synonymously in their societies.
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But if one has never experienced such a dissonance, and has always used the terms sex and gender more or less synonymously, then it is hard to understand ‘what all the fuss is about’.
The privileged few 2008
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But what I find most disconcerting, puzzling actually, is the fact that if one listens closely to any of these shows one hears the same buzzwords and many of them are used synonymously.
Mark Axelrod: Political Nomenclature; Or, Who Am I, Anyway? 2010
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The term global warming is often used synonymously with the term climate change, but the two terms have distinct meanings.
Global warming 2010
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Swantz reports that in Zaramo communities hirizi and kinga amulets were often used synonymously.
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But what I find most disconcerting, puzzling actually, is the fact that if one listens closely to any of these shows one hears the same buzzwords and many of them are used synonymously.
Mark Axelrod: Political Nomenclature; Or, Who Am I, Anyway? 2010
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Pretty much the only reason fascism is associated with the right is that the Soviets demonized their political opponents, both fascists and conservatives alike, synonymously.
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