didactically

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English didactic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
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
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English didactically

    From didactic + -ally.

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    Adverb

    didactically (comparative more didactically, superlative most didactically)

    1. In a didactic manner.
      • 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow‎[1], London: Chatto & Windus:
        Mary had to explain. "The natural instincts of sex . . ." she began didactically. But Anne cut her short.
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