SYNONYMOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synonymously mean? 

• SYNONYMOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb SYNONYMOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a synonymous manner

  Familiarity information: SYNONYMOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNONYMOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a synonymous manner

Context example:

the two terms are used synonymously

Pertainym:

synonymous ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same)

 Context examples 

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The term is often used synonymously with diffuse adenocarcinoma of the stomach.

(Linitis plastica, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Increasingly the concept is used synonymously with race but this use trend has a pragmatic basis rather than scientific.

(Ethnicity, NCI Thesaurus)