Freudianly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Freud

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Freudian

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English Freudianly

From Freudian + -ly.

Adverb

Freudianly (comparative more Freudianly, superlative most Freudianly)

1. In a Freudian manner.
   • 2000, James Hawes, “Among the Dead, Live”, in Dead Long Enough, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 9:

     Harry in the flesh, in his baggy, black designer jeans with their stupid overgrown turn-ups, in his big-heeled boots and his Indiana Jones rip-off battered leather coat, sitting there, trowel stuck Freudianly through his belt, dramatically half lit in his poshy university office, with his tossily clever PostModern collection of artefacts behind him: […]

Translations

in a Freudian manner

• Italian: freudianamente