iconically

iconically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English iconic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English iconically

    From iconic + -ally.

    Adverb

    iconically (comparative more iconically, superlative most iconically)

    1. In a way or to an extent that is iconic
      • 2007 January 7, A. O. Scott, “Surrender and Survival in the Crucible of Battle”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        THE obvious novelty of Clint Eastwood ’s “Letters From Iwo Jima” is that this quintessentially — you might even say iconically — American filmmaker has made a World War II movie from the Japanese perspective.
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