Meanings
adverbnonexhaustively (not comparable)
alternative non-exhaustively
- not comparableIn a nonexhaustive manner.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
- Proto-Italic*auziō
- Latinhauriō
- Latinexhauriō
- Latinexhaustus
- Medieval Latinexhaustīvus
- Englishexhaustive
- Englishexhaustively
- Englishnon-
- Englishexhaustive
- Englishnonexhaustive
- Englishnonexhaustively
From non- + exhaustively or nonexhaustive + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
nonexhaustively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexhaustively
MLA
“nonexhaustively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexhaustively. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonexhaustively,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonexhaustively.
Source: nonexhaustively on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.