elegiacally

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adverb

In the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem

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Meanings

adverbelegiacally (comparative more elegiacally, superlative most elegiacally)

comparative more elegiacally · superlative most elegiacally

  1. In the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem

    He was co-founder of Naropa's writing program, the elegiacally named Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, later that year.

    2007 November 4, Claire Dederer, “The Inner Scholar”, in New York Times

Origin

From elegiacal + -ly.

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APA

elegiacally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elegiacally

MLA

“elegiacally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elegiacally. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elegiacally,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elegiacally.

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