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Webster 1913 Edition


Tralatitiously

Tralˊa-ti′tious-ly

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adv.
In a tralatitious manner; metephorically.
Holder.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tralatitiously

TRALATI'TIOUSLY

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adv.
Metaphorically; not in a literal sense.

Definition 2024


tralatitiously

tralatitiously

English

Adverb

tralatitiously (comparative more tralatitiously, superlative most tralatitiously)

  1. In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.
    • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 92:
      Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a series of predeterminate links [...].