adv
Meaning 1
In a military or martial manner; not peaceably.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
militarily
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹə.li/
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US: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹ.ə.li/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH2 L AH0 T EH1 R AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
By way of military or otherwise belligerent means.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The borders of the empire were expanded militarily over the course of many wars of conquest.
- 2007 Ranjit Matthews, Re: Senator calls for Mecca and Medina to be nuked in retaliation Group: soc.culture.indian If it were, it would lose because you can't defeat a religion militarily. You can. Jahaliya was cleansed out of Arabia. More recently, Sufism was eliminated in the Hejaz. Kafirism was wiped out in Kafiristan (Nuristan).
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adv
Meaning 3
In a manner relating to the military or military matters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adverb
Meaning 4
with respect to the military
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- on a militarily significant scale
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English militarily From military + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: militarment — in a military manner
- Finnish: sotilaallisesti — in a military manner
- German: militärisch — in a military manner
- Greek: στρατιωτικά (stratiotiká) — in a military manner
- Polish: wojskowo — in a military manner
- Polish: militarnie — in a military manner
- Spanish: militarmente — in a military manner
- Catalan: militarment — by way of military
- Finnish: sotilaallisesti — by way of military
- Polish: wojskowo — by way of military
- Polish: militarnie — by way of military