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plurally
adverb
uk /ˈplʊə.rəl.i/ us /ˈplʊr.əl.i/
plurallyadverb (GRAMMAR)
language specialized
using the form of a word that expresses more than one:
The word "sheep" refers both singularly and plurally to a type of farm animal.
This word is often used plurally.
The word is only used in the singular, and not plurally.
The word "politics" can be used plurally as well as singularly.
When used plurally, "the heavens" refers to the sky.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: grammatical terms
ablative
apposition
appositive
appositively
attributively
collocate
concord
dative
feminine
genitive
indirect object
inflected
nominal
plural
post-modifier
postposition
postpositional
postpositive
postpositively
syntax
plurallyadverb (DIFFERENT WAYS/PEOPLE)
by more than one person or thing:
Almost all artistic projects are now plurally funded.
The Bible is a plurally authored text.
in more than one way:
These islands have been plurally described by travellers.
Western culture can be plurally imagined.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Numbers: single, double & multiple
alone
bilateral
bilaterally
bipartite
bipolar
deca-
deka-
double-action
dual
himself
multiple
plural
purely
solitarily
solitary
trilateral
trilaterally
triply
unilaterally
unit
Related word
plural
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