Meanings
adverbdialectally (comparative more dialectally, superlative most dialectally)
comparative more dialectally · superlative most dialectally
- In a dialectal way.
[...] (though dialectally e.g. in Northern British English while is used like until in (71), so that ‘Iʼll wait while tomorrow afternoonʼ means ‘Iʼll wait until tomorrow afternoonʼ).
1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 136
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
- Proto-Hellenic*légō
- Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
- Ancient Greekδιαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)
- Latindialecto
- Middle Frenchdialecte
- Englishdialect
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdialectal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishdialectally
Translations
French dialectalement
- dialectalementin a dialectal way
Polish dialektycznie
- dialektyczniein a dialectal way
Cite this entry
APA
dialectally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectally
MLA
“dialectally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectally. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dialectally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectally.
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