monolithically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English monolithic

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 monolithically

From monolithic + -ally.

Adverb

monolithically (comparative more monolithically, superlative most monolithically)

1. In a monolithic manner.
   • 2025 July 6, Daniel De Simone, “How MI5 piled falsehood on falsehood in court in the case of a spy who abused women”, in BBC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 March 2026:

     The monolithically consistent way in which the policy has been presented, including in a string of important cases, has been shown to be untrue.