metathetically
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From metathetic + -ally.
Adverb
[edit]metathetically (comparative more metathetically, superlative most metathetically)
- 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.