forensically

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o-

Proto-Italic *θworom

Proto-Italic *fworom

Proto-Italic *forom

Latin forum

Etruscanbor.?

Italicbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *-wénts

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-wenttisder.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁énder.?

Latin -ēnsis

Latin forēnsis

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English forensic

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 forensically

From forensic + -ally.

Adverb

forensically (comparative more forensically, superlative most forensically)

1. In a forensic manner.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 486:

     He banged his fist forensically on the top of a dinner-wagon.

   a forensically thorough search

2. Regarding forensics, or forensic science.