Meanings
adverbcontiguously (comparative more contiguously, superlative most contiguously)
comparative more contiguously · superlative most contiguously
- In a contiguous manner.
The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840.
1951 May, “Notes and News: The Penydarran Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 350
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
- Proto-Italic*tangō
- Latintangō
- Latincontingō
- Latincontiguus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishcontiguous
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcontiguously
From contiguous + -ly.
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contiguously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contiguously
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