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metonymically, adv.|mɛtəʊˈnɪmɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
By metonymy.
1574Whitgift Def. Answ. 152 But be it that they [sc. the words of the text] may be taken there metonimically (whiche is but a coniecture) that can not excuse [etc.]. 1671J. Flavel Fount. Life xxx. 92 Hence sins are metonimically called Debts. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 113. 1/1 Anathema..signifies..Metonymically, a Person Devoted, or Accurs'd. 1884J. Payne Tales fr. Arabic I. 46 note, The word bilal signifies ‘moisture’ or (metonymically) ‘beneficence’. |