Onomotopoetically
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Onomotopoetically is an adverb meaning By means of onomatopoeia.
Meaning
By means of onomatopoeia.
Example Sentences
Just as the word “buzz” onomatopoetically “sounds like” buzzing, so too do words such as “noocytes,” "positronic," and "ansible"" onomatopoetically "sound like" science.
Camels walk with a lurching gait, onomatopoetically called jonjoo in Mongolian (“jon-joo jon-joo jon-joo”), which English might render, less onomatopoetically, as “clump, clump, clump.”
The “musical sign,” on the other hand, suggests cultural signals that function onomatopoetically by calling to mind “natural” sounds, or sounds “naturally” associated with common human situations.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include onomatopoetically, onomatopoeically, onomatopoietically, onomatologically, metaphonically, onomastically.
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