frontally

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adverb

In a frontal manner

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English frontal →
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Meanings

adverbfrontally (comparative more frontally, superlative most frontally)

comparative more frontally · superlative most frontally

  1. In a frontal manner

    when the lesbian and gay movement addresses class issues frontally

    1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 18

Origin

  1. Englishfrontal
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishfrontally

From frontal + -ly.

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APA

frontally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontally

MLA

“frontally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontally. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frontally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frontally.

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