Definition of Pleonastically

1. adv. In a pleonastic manner.

Definition of Pleonastically

1. Adverb. In a pleonastic manner. ¹

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Definition of Pleonastically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleonastically

pleomorphic lipoma
pleomorphic oligodendroglioma
pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma
pleomorphic rhabdosarcoma
pleomorphism
pleomorphisms
pleomorphous
pleon
pleonal
pleonasm
pleonasms
pleonast
pleonaste
pleonastes
pleonastic
pleonastically (current term)
pleonasts
pleonectic
pleonexia
pleonic
pleonosteosis
pleons
pleophony
pleopod
pleopoda
pleopods
pleoptics
pleoptophor
pleopus

Literary usage of Pleonastically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"1 The Indefinite Article used pleonastically. V § 227. Here and there a puts in an unexpected ap- • j pearance in analogy to so + adjective + a ; . ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Päli Language by Robert Cæsar Childers (1875)
"This pronoun is sometimes added pleonastically to the pronouns «//«//4 and l каш for ... Similarly so is pleonastically used in connexion with ayam and ..."

3. The Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio State Teachers Association (1900)
"A noun and its appositive help to define each other; a noun used pleonastically neither explains another noun, nor is explained by it. ..."

4. Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio Education Association (1900)
"Many find it difficult to distinguish between a noun appositive and a noun used pleonastically. A noun and its appositive help to define each other; ..."

5. A Grammar of the Latin Language by Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1845)
"The dative of the personal pronouns frequently seems to be used pleonastically, as it expresses a relation of an action to a person which is often almost ..."

6. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"1 The Indefinite Article used pleonastically. V § 227. Here and there a puts in an unexpected ap- • j pearance in analogy to so + adjective + a ; . ..."

7. A Dictionary of the Päli Language by Robert Cæsar Childers (1875)
"This pronoun is sometimes added pleonastically to the pronouns «//«//4 and l каш for ... Similarly so is pleonastically used in connexion with ayam and ..."

8. The Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio State Teachers Association (1900)
"A noun and its appositive help to define each other; a noun used pleonastically neither explains another noun, nor is explained by it. ..."

9. Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio Education Association (1900)
"Many find it difficult to distinguish between a noun appositive and a noun used pleonastically. A noun and its appositive help to define each other; ..."

10. A Grammar of the Latin Language by Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1845)
"The dative of the personal pronouns frequently seems to be used pleonastically, as it expresses a relation of an action to a person which is often almost ..."

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