Definitions

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  • adverb With only one language.
  • adverb With only one tongue.

Etymologies

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unilingual +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The moneyed elite was unilingually Anglophone and French was the language of the unwashed masses.

    languagehat.com: MONTREAL 2. 2004

  • Then we would have a royal commission to decide whether the bananas should be labelled bilingually or unilingually.

    Christmas Luncheon 1980

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