pleonastically

English

Etymology

From pleonastic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

pleonastically (comparative more pleonastically, superlative most pleonastically)

1. (chiefly linguistics) In a pleonastic manner.
   • 1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta University Press, page 697:

     Originally implying ‘ similarly, intensity,’ from OIA. « rūpa » form, shape $>$ MIA. « -rūva », this affix is generally used pleonastically in NIA. in which it occurs in only a few words : e.g., ^$*$গোরূ $>$গোরু, « ^$*$gō-rū $>$ gō-ru » ox, cow, cattle, […]

Anagrams

• neoplastically