allophonically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

allophonic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

allophonically (comparative more allophonically, superlative most allophonically)

  1. In an allophonic manner.
    • 1995, Juli A. Carter, Early Auditory Comprehension: The Case for Prelexical Morphology and Phonology:
      However, the identification of a significant proportion of the Bengali oral vowel inputs as belonging to an allophonically nasalized vowel suggests that the simplest derivation story is not sufficient.