plurally
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of plurally
First recorded in 1350–1400, plurally is from the Middle English word pluraliche. See plural, -ly
Example Sentences
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“More than our brother is our chastity,” she says plurally, leaving Claudio to his fate.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2017
This has the necessary twofold effect of both broadening one’s mental capacities—we begin to think collectively or plurally thanks to the reliable access to these networks—and shrinking the horizons of the discrete, individual self.
From Slate ● Feb. 29, 2016
We can pluralize it: inikw-ihl-’minih; it is still either “fires in the house” or “burn plurally in the house.”
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
But these, and many similar words, may be taken plurally without the s, because a collective noun is the name of many individuals together.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
He speaks singularly, he that ruleth, as of one kind of ruling officer; not plurally, they that rule, as if he had indefinitely or universally meant all the ruling officers in the church.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
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