Meanings
comparative more synchronously · superlative most synchronously
- 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 Times1 more example
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.
Origin
- Englishsynchronous
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishsynchronously
From synchronous + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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