nominally

English

Etymology

nominal +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɒmɪnəli/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑmɪnəli/

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• Hyphenation: nom‧i‧nal‧ly

Adverb

nominally (not comparable)

1. In a nominal manner.
   • 2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys puts a tween spin on the R-rated teen comedy, to mostly funny effect”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis).

2. slightly
3. As a noun.
   • (Can we date this quote?) [Google Books]

     In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv.

   • (Can we date this quote?) [Google Books]

     In the first phase, the grasp of an abstraction, the concept 'size' does not function nominally, rather it provides a way of thinking the quality of something.

References

• “nominally”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “nominally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.