residually
Americanadverb
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in a residual manner.
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Mathematics. with an element in the directed set such that for every element in the directed set in relation to the given element, the corresponding element of the set is in some given set.
Etymology
Origin of residually
Example Sentences
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It can be true that, one, America is still sufficiently residually Christian that there’s no other religion, certainly, that feels like it is the defining religion of the U.S.
From The New Yorker
The best Cuts exercise firm aesthetic command, which will count for those, like me, who are residually enamored of art for art’s sake.
From The New Yorker
While Provincetown is residually bohemian and Palm Springs outwardly conventional, both offer the same promise of protection, a camaraderie of shared otherness.
From New York Times
But he might overperform in Rust Belt states where the white working class is still a residually liberal swing vote and where there are a lot of disaffected independents who sat out 2012.
From Seattle Times
From the particular standpoint of Israeli national security, further encouraging any such allowance would make it increasingly difficult or perhaps operationally impossible to mount any residually indispensable preemptions against Iran.
From US News
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