didactically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English didactic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

Middle English -ally

English -ally

English didactically

From didactic + -ally.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

didactically (comparative more didactically, superlative most didactically)

1. In a didactic manner.
   • 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow‎^[1], London: Chatto & Windus:

     Mary had to explain. "The natural instincts of sex . . ." she began didactically. But Anne cut her short.

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Derived terms

• nondidactically

Related terms

• didact
• didactic
• didactical
• didacticism
• didacticist

Translations

in didactic manner

• Catalan: didàcticament (ca)
• Finnish: opettavaisesti (fi)
• French: didactiquement (fr)
• Polish: dydaktycznie (pl)
• Spanish: didácticamente (es)