phrasallyadv.
/ˈfreɪzl̩i/, /ˈfreɪzəli/, U.S. /ˈfreɪzəli/ In the manner of a phrase; in phrases; as regards phrases or phrasing.
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phrasally1901
1901 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 842/2 To express the shame of it phrasally,..it may be said that if the English are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of expert accountants.
1968 Language 44 269 On the evidence of Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian, Proto-Italic still had the phrasally prior final consonants that have disappeared in Proto-Romance.
1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading v. 160 It is not merely that the beginning and the end of the narrative unit mirror each other as sequences of events but also that they mirror each other phrasally.
2003 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Apr. 25 French sentences are often back to front phrasally when compared to their English counterparts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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