Unetymologically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way which is not etymological.

    "But while women were often not in touch with their own history—what feminists came to call, unetymologically but pertinently, 'herstory'—they were keenly aware of the immediate, oppressive past."

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"But while women were often not in touch with their own history—what feminists came to call, unetymologically but pertinently, 'herstory'—they were keenly aware of the immediate, oppressive past."

Etymology

From unetymological + -ly.

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