tralatitiously

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Etymology

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From tralatitious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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tralatitiously (comparative more tralatitiously, superlative most tralatitiously)

  1. In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.
    • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 92:
      Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a series of predeterminate links [...].