sponsorially

S1P3O1N1S1O1R1I1A1L1L1Y4

adverb

In the capacity of a sponsor.

Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverbsponsorially (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the capacity of a sponsor.
    1 more example

    This eminent man, afterwards Lord Oriel, was the near relative of the subject of our present memoir; he also attended for him sponsorially at the baptismal font, and invoked the combined powers of genius, learning, and eloquence, to take charge of his youthful ward and namesake, John Leslie Foster the younger.

    1842, “The Note-Book of an Irish Barrister”, in The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 33, page 338

Origin

From sponsorial + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: sponsorially on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.