anagrammatically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From anagrammatic +‎ -ally or anagrammatical +‎ -ly.[1]

Adverb[edit]

anagrammatically (comparative more anagrammatically, superlative most anagrammatically)

  1. In an anagrammatic manner.
    • 1886, Martin Farquhar Tupper, My Life as an Author[1]:
      Now the words "Oh, Walter Hawkins, Esquire," makes anagrammatically, "W.H., who likes rare antiques!" exactly his idiosyncrasy as a man and a collector.
    • 2009 July 18, Mike Hale, “Gay Heroes and a Reptilian Monster, From the BBC”, in New York Times[2]:
      The monster in this case is a reptilian, vomit- and blood-spewing thing in a glass tank that’s more reminiscent of “Alien” than of the dime-store concoctions on “Doctor Who,” the show from which “Torchwood” was anagrammatically spun off.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ anagrammatically, adv.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.