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solecistically

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From solecistic + -ally.

  1. In a solecistic way; in a way that involves solecism.

    “1819, Timothy Dwight, Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons, Volume 5, page 143, Accordingly, Dr. Young says forcibly, and justly, though solecistically, " A shameless woman is the worst of men."”

    “Several of the most individual players who had success in the fusion field, however, were originally jazzmen whose first love was the conventional piano, now frequently and solecistically known as the ‘acoustic piano’ (or, by those who strongly prefer it, by the ironic name of ‘steam piano’).”