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unrelatedly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an unrelated manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: degree

Topics: manner

Examples

  • 1976, John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (editor), Sidney Hook (introduction), The Middle Works, 1899-1924, Volume 2: 1902-1903, page 37, Someone must come to the rescue of the threatened ideals; and so they are vehemently reasserted as inherently and unrelatedly valid.

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Antonyms: none provided

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adv

Meaning 2

Used to indicate that the accompanying statement is unrelated (unconnected) to a preceding statement or occurrence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: speech-act

Examples

  • 2005, Richard H. Brodhead, The American Literary Field 1860-1890, in Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell, The Cambridge History of American Literature: Prose Writing, 1860-1920, page 35, Not unrelatedly, it also presumes a higher degree of aesthetic cultivation.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From unrelated + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ei liity asiaan — the accompanying statement is unrelated
  • French: dans un autre registre — the accompanying statement is unrelated
  • French: rien à voir, mais ... — the accompanying statement is unrelated
  • Polish: z innej beczki — the accompanying statement is unrelated