contemporaneously

[kuhn-tem-puh-rey-nee-uhs-lee]

adverb

1. during the same time period.

   A number of state constitutions were adopted either prior to or contemporaneously with the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Other Word Forms

• noncontemporaneously adverb
• precontemporaneously adverb
• uncontemporaneously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of contemporaneously¹

contemporaneous ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

"The idea that they lived contemporaneously may not be a surprise. But this is the first time demonstrating it. I think that's really huge."

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Jan Arnold, a New Zealand doctor and climber who was on Everest contemporaneously, vividly explains the physical toll that acclimating to the mountain can take.

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As a result, by-elections sometimes produce much bigger swings to the opposition than is contemporaneously registered in the polls.

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Mikal Watts, one of the lawyers behind the lawsuit, told the AP this week that he was in Maui, interviewing witnesses and “collecting contemporaneously filmed videos.”

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Block said he contemporaneously sent his findings disputing fraud claims in writing to the Trump campaign in late 2020.

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Related Words

• closely www.thesaurus.com
• collectively 
• in tandem www.thesaurus.com
• jointly 
• simultaneously