adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɪn.tɚˈfɹæs.tɪ.kʌ.li/
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adv
Meaning 1
In the very next phrase; in a prompt manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, informal
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History
Etymology
Apparently formed from interphrastic + -ally. From a 1987 episode of the British television comedy Blackadder, in which Dr. Samuel Johnson boasts about his newly completed dictionary containing every word in the English language. Blackadder subsequently uses a number of newly-invented words to perplex him: "I shall return interfrastically".