adv
Meaning 1
In a temperamental manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The car engine coughed temperamentally before roaring into life.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
temperamentally
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CMU ARPABET: T EH2 M P R AH0 M EH1 N T AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: T EH2 M P ER0 M EH1 N T AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: T EH2 M P R AH0 M EH1 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 4: T EH2 M P ER0 M EH1 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
By one's temperament.
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
adverb
Meaning 3
by temperament
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- temperamentally suited to each other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English temperamental Middle English -ly English -ly English temperamentally From temperamental + -ly.
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