supersonically

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English supersonic
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 supersonically

    From supersonic + -ally.

    Adverb

    supersonically (comparative more supersonically, superlative most supersonically)

    1. Faster than sound; at a supersonic speed.
      • 2008 May 18, Joe Sharkey, “Past the Sound Barrier, on a Business Jet”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
        “We’re going to obviously have to demonstrate that to the various authorities, but we expect to be allowed to fly supersonically over land masses.”

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