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plurally
[ ploor-uh-lee ]
adverb
- as a plural; in a plural sense.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
“More than our brother is our chastity,” she says plurally, leaving Claudio to his fate.
“ I love is he said he had a revelation in 1831 from an angel who said, ‘Marry plurally — get as many b–—s as you can up in there,’” Mr. Maher said.
On the other hand, the names which signify essence in an adjectival manner are predicated of the three persons plurally, by reason of the plurality of supposita.
He speaks singularly, he that ruleth, as of one kind of ruling officer; not plurally, they that rule, as if he had indefinitely or universally meant all the ruling officers in the church.
But these, and many similar words, may be taken plurally without the s, because a collective noun is the name of many individuals together.
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