informally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

English formal

English informal

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 informally

From informal + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

informally (comparative more informally, superlative most informally)

1. In an irregular or informal manner; without the usual forms.

   informally dressed

   speak informally

   write informally

Synonyms

• en famille

Translations

in an informal manner

• Catalan: informalment
• Dutch: informeel (nl)
• French: informellement (fr)
• Galician: informalmente (gl)
• Italian: informalmente (it)
• Polish: potocznie (pl), nieformalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: informalmente
• Spanish: informalmente

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “informally”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.