dialectically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English dialectical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English dialectically

    From dialectical + -ly.

    Adverb

    dialectically (comparative more dialectically, superlative most dialectically)

    1. In a dialectical manner; logically.
    2. Regarding dialectics.
      • 2008, Max Weinreich, History of the Yiddish Language:
        The main point in the diminutive and iminutive system is, however, not only that elements of two dialectally different subsystems of German have fused in the German component.

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