synchronously

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/ˈsɪŋkɹənəsli/

adverb

In a synchronous manner; carried out or occurring with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.

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Meanings

adverbsynchronously (comparative more synchronously, superlative most synchronously)

comparative more synchronously · superlative most synchronously

  1. In a synchronous manner; carried out or occurring with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.

    Sequentially or synchronously, he-men consort polygynously.

    2009 January 9, Natalie Angier, “Skipping Spouse to Spouse Isn’t Just a Man’s Game”, in The New York Times
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    Software components usually communicate synchronously--the client makes a connection to the server, sends a request, waits for the server to send a response, and then closes the connection.

    2020, Elton Stoneman, “Chapter 21: Asynchronous communication with a message queue”, in Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, →ISBN, Section 21.1: What is asynchronous messaging?

    Synonyms: simultaneously, in parallel · Antonyms: asynchronously

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a synchronous manner; carried out or occurring with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.

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Origin

  1. Englishsynchronous
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishsynchronously

From synchronous + -ly.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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