anonymously
/əˈnɒnəməsli/uh-NAH-nuh-muh-slee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/əˈnɑnəməsli/uh-NAH-nuh-muh-slee
Meaningin an anonymous way
Common meaning: without giving a name
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- annot, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. · scan
- onyma nameLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1056 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘not, without (Greek ἀ-/ἀν-)’ + ‘a name’ → anonymously
Journey through time
- Greekὄνομα (ὄνυμα)‘a name’
- Englishanonymous‘without a name’
- Englishformed in English from anonymousanonymously‘without giving a name’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from anonymous + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ANONYMOUS, p.25 · scan
Roots
- ὄνομα (ὄνυμα) Greek “a name”
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