Transliterally
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Transliterally is an adverb meaning (rare) In a transliteral (more than literal, beyond literal) way; more than literally.
Meaning
(rare) In a transliteral (more than literal, beyond literal) way; more than literally.
More Meanings
- (rare) In a way that exhibits simple transliteration; in a transliteral (transliterating) way; (that is,) being (or having been) transliterated.
Example Sentences
Likewise, ποιητικῆς^([sic]) [transliterally poetikes] is not an untranslatable term.
“Taneic ," "Sabaneeff" and others preferred to be spelled abroad this way, rather than transliterally Tanyeyev or Sabanyeyev.
An ironic utterance may be successful at the locutionary level if it is properly understood transliterally, but fails at the perlocutionary level if the conversational reaction does not respect the 'literal complicity' of the ironic game.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyperliterally, translatively, unliterally, illiterally, literalistically, unfiguratively.
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