Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable, rare
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adj
Pertaining or relating to languages; lingual, linguistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable, rare
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adv
In terms of or with the tongue; lingually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
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History
From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense “appearing like or resembling [what is denoted by the noun]”).
From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives and nouns).
