pleonastically

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English

Etymology

From pleonastic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

pleonastically (comparative more pleonastically, superlative most pleonastically)

  1. (chiefly linguistics) In a pleonastic manner.
    • 1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta University Press, page 697:
      Originally implying ‘ similarly, intensity,’ from OIA. « rūpa » form, shape MIA. « -rūva », this affix is generally used pleonastically in NIA. in which it occurs in only a few words : e.g., গোরূ গোরু, « gō-rū gō-ru » ox, cow, cattle, []

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