synecdochally
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
synecdochal + -ly
Adverb[edit]
synecdochally (comparative more synecdochally, superlative most synecdochally)
- in a synecdochal manner
- 2014, Alan Gibbs, Contemporary American Trauma Narratives[1]:
- "This repetition frequently combines with a shorthand signification which stands synecdochally for the entire memory, which is usually too terrible to bear."