exprofesamente

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Spanish

Etymology

From ex profeso +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

exprofesamente

  1. (Mexico, nonstandard) Synonym of ex profeso

Usage notes

  • Attested as a correct form in Mexican Spanish.[1][2]
  • In other countries this form is seen as ill-formed. The suffix -mente derives adverbs from adjectives, but ex profeso is already an adverb.[3]

References

  1. ^ "exprofesamente" in Diccionario del Español de México.
  2. ^ exprofesamente” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
  3. ^ "*exprofesamente" in El Castellano.org