metonymicallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈnɪmᵻkli/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈnɪmᵻk(ə)li/

Forms: 1500s–1600s metonimically, 1600s– metonymically.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metonymical adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < metonymical adj. + -ly suffix².

Chiefly Rhetoric, Literary Theory, and Linguistics.

By metonymy.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > by metonymy

metonymically1574

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 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.].

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxx. 407 Hence sins are metonymically [a1691 metonimically] called debts.

1709 Brit. Apollo 9–11 Mar. Anathema..signifies..Metonymically, a Person Devoted, or Accurs'd.

1884 J. Payne in Tales from Arabic I. 46 (note) The word bilal signifies ‘moisture’ or (metonymically) ‘beneficence’.

1922 J. Ward Study of Kant 14 At length λόγος came metonymically to mean that pure reason which Kant was essaying to criticise as the basis of experience.

1988 Lit. & Theol. 2 242 Nazi ovens stand metonymically for all demonic machinery.

2009 R. W. Langacker in K.-U. Panther et al. Metonymy & Metaphor in Gram. 51 The phrase the elephants refers metonymically to the cloud of dust they raise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metonymically
释义	metonymicallyadv. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈnɪmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈnɪmᵻk(ə)li/ Forms: 1500s–1600s metonimically, 1600s– metonymically. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metonymical adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < metonymical adj. + -ly suffix². Chiefly Rhetoric, Literary Theory, and Linguistics. By metonymy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > by metonymy metonymically1574 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 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.]. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life xxx. 407 Hence sins are metonymically [a1691 metonimically] called debts. 1709 Brit. Apollo 9–11 Mar. Anathema..signifies..Metonymically, a Person Devoted, or Accurs'd. 1884 J. Payne in Tales from Arabic I. 46 (note) The word bilal signifies ‘moisture’ or (metonymically) ‘beneficence’. 1922 J. Ward Study of Kant 14 At length λόγος came metonymically to mean that pure reason which Kant was essaying to criticise as the basis of experience. 1988 Lit. & Theol. 2 242 Nazi ovens stand metonymically for all demonic machinery. 2009 R. W. Langacker in K.-U. Panther et al. Metonymy & Metaphor in Gram. 51 The phrase the elephants refers metonymically to the cloud of dust they raise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1574
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