diachronically

English

Etymology

From diachronic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

diachronically (not comparable)

1. In a diachronic fashion, or in diachronic terms.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 188:

     A story, a science fiction film, or, in fact, a scientific theory, can thus be positioned at a higher and later turning of the spiral, diachronically, but synchronically it can be a performance of a pattern or theme.

   • 2007 September 29, Maria Lasonen-Aarnio, “Single premise deduction and risk”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, →DOI:

     In particular, risks can pile up not only synchronically, as in multi premise deductions, but also diachronically, when a subject extends her knowledge by competent deduction from just one premise.

   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 115:

     Further, by presenting lexical information diachronically, it displays the stability of the particular words, spellings, usages, idioms, etc., and thus cumulatively the overall stability of the language or variety in general.

Coordinate terms

• synchronically

Related terms

• diachronously, diachrony, synchronously, synchrony