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Nominally

//ˈnɒmɪnəli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a nominal manner; in name only. not-comparable

    "Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis)."

  2. 2
    Slightly. not-comparable
  3. 3
    As a noun. not-comparable

    "In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in name only wordnet

Etymology

From nominal + -ly.

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