onymously meaning (rare): definition, etymology and quotations

onymously

adv

Etymology From onymous + -ly, as a back-formation from anonymously.

Rare In an onymous manner; having a name.

But divulge it to Mrs. Rick I must and will—anonymously or onymously.1859, Paul Bell [Henry Chorley], Roccabella, volume 1, London: James Blackwood, →OCLC, page 226:
Article is clearly by —, and he anonymously or onymously is not worth powder and shot.1920, Stephen Paget, Sir Victor Horsley, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 86:

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But whether or not you order the book, you’ll write us on the Doormat Theory, won’t you, onymously or anonymously, as you choose. We’ll respect your confidence. Thank you.1953 December, The Massachusetts Teacher, volume 33, number 3, Massachusetts Teachers Association, →OCLC, page 20, column 3:
At one and the same time, the same person might well be in favour of discursive anonymity in the case of a text like the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion while declaring a social right and need to identify the author of a text such as The Garden of Fascism. Indeed, the higher ethical demand in the case of persecuted authors is not for a rearguard policy of anonymity but to ensure that an individual may write onymously without threat of reprisal: pseudonymity and dissimulation being within the grasp of most authors, the freedom to identify oneself as the author of a particular discourse is commonly assumed as a right of citizenship. To recommend anonymity per se is complicit with or at least acquiescent before the very totalitarian forces that provoke such a consideration in the first place.1995, Seán Burke, “The Ethics of Signature”, in Seán Burke, editor, Authorship: From Plato to the Postmodern, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 287:
>May I quote your text anonomously^([sic]) in the FAQ? Yes, or anonymously, or onymously.1998 April 17, Mike Barnes, “Clean up calls”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
>I find it rather strange that someone who posts insults about >Americans does so anonymously from a US Account. >Sounds a little like another disaffected ex-pat who >likes the life style too much to go home. > >When you have the balls to post under your own name >you can call other people cowards. […] If someone happened to be posting insults about Americans from a US account onymously, would that someone no longer qualify as a disafftected^([sic]), damned, detestable rebellious expat?1999 July 3, Padideh, “WTB: "Down With USA" T- Shirts”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):