metathetically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

metathetic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

metathetically (comparative more metathetically, superlative most metathetically)

  1. By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 253:
      'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.