Metathetically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.

    "'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded."

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"'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded."

Etymology

From metathetic + -ally.

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