metonymically

1. 1.

   in a metonymic manner

Questions about metonymically

What does metonymically mean?

metonymically means "in a metonymic manner".

How many syllables are in metonymically?

metonymically has 6 syllables and divides as me-to-ny-mi-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is metonymically a common word?

metonymically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.