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linguistically

lin·guis·ti·cal·ly

US/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk(ə)li/

adverb

What it means

  1. In the manner of linguistics.
  2. From a linguistic perspective.
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    English is scandalously lacking in politically and linguistically correct antonyms of this sort. The Queen can create the Duchess of Cambridge, so surely I can create the much-needed expressions "cisgress" (be a good boy), "cisvestite" (bloke wearing trousers), "cisaction" (no deal), and "cisom" (something that isn't a lintel). Anyone who doesn't disagree is a transsy.

    2011 June 26, “Linguistically correct”, in The Guardian

In a sentence

English is scandalously lacking in politically and linguistically correct antonyms of this sort. The Queen can create the Duchess of Cambridge, so surely I can create the much-needed expressions "cisgress" (be a good boy), "cisvestite" (bloke wearing trousers), "cisaction" (no deal), and "cisom" (something that isn't a lintel). Anyone who doesn't disagree is a transsy.

2011 June 26, “Linguistically correct”, in The Guardian

Where it comes from

From linguistical + -ly or from linguistic + -ally.

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