tralatitiously

adv

tralatitiously

adv

UK /tɹaləˈtɪʃəsli/

Etymology From tralatitious + -ly.

1

In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.

  • Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a series of predeterminate links [...].1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 92:

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