adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/əˈnɒnəməsli/
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 N AA1 N AH0 M AH0 S L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In an anonymous manner; without a name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
In an anonymous manner; without individuality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
without giving a name
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she wrote these letters anonymously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English anonymous Middle English -ly English -ly English anonymously From anonymous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
anònimament
— in an anonymous manner
Esperanto:
anonime
— in an anonymous manner
Finnish:
anonyymisti
— in an anonymous manner
Finnish:
nimettömästi
— in an anonymous manner
French:
anonymement
— in an anonymous manner
Galician:
anonimamente
— in an anonymous manner
Greek:
ανώνυμα
(anónyma)
— in an anonymous manner
Italian:
anonimamente
— in an anonymous manner
Polish:
anonimowo
— in an anonymous manner
Polish:
bezimiennie
— in an anonymous manner
Portuguese:
anonimamente
— in an anonymous manner
Romanian:
anonim
— in an anonymous manner
Russian:
анони́мно
(anonímno)
— in an anonymous manner