adv
Meaning 1
In a preliminary manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
preliminarily
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P R IH0 L IH2 M AH0 N EH1 R IH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English preliminary 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 preliminarily From preliminary + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: preliminarment — in a preliminary manner
- Czech: předběžně — in a preliminary manner
- French: préliminairement — in a preliminary manner
- German: vorläufig — in a preliminary manner
- German: im Voraus — in a preliminary manner
- Italian: preliminarmente — in a preliminary manner
- Polish: wstępnie — in a preliminary manner
- Russian: предвари́тельно (predvarítelʹno) — in a preliminary manner
- Spanish: preliminarmente — in a preliminary manner
- Swedish: preliminärt — in a preliminary manner