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anonymously

anonymously

52 4.6
Without saying who you are
  • adverb
  • /əˈnɑːnɪməsli/
translation icon : anónimamente
  • The author chose to submit their manuscript anonymously to avoid bias in the review process.
  • complete anonymously
  • complete the questionnaire anonymously
  • complete the survey anonymously

So then, now we are ready to browse the web anonymously.

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Examples

  • Contact the charity or the police anonymously.

  • This bag was sent to my office anonymously.

  • No number of anonymously sent books to our boss will change the way that they lead.

  • No number of anonymously sent books will change their mind, right?

  • Someone sent it anonymously just a while ago.

  • I talk anonymously on the radio.

  • Students were assigned at random to work anonymously with peers in a designated conference space.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The athletes completed and returned the inventory immediately and anonymously to the researcher, not to the coach.

    Academic text (2001)
  • I would also like to address some of the written concerns and comments submitted to us anonymously ahead of tonight's discussion.

  • In January 1957, for example, one woman anonymously shared her distress with readers of the Atlantic Monthly.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

incognito
vsanonymously
5 7.4

Hiding who you are so people do not recognize you

does not give name or identity and may lack active disguise

How Anonymous

incognito
5 7.4
anonymously
52 4.6
privately
174 3.2
openly
303 1.6

Surface Forms

anonymously positive

Morphology

anonymously = anonymous (transparent) = anonymous + ly

Formed by the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' attached to the adjective 'anonymous', so the meaning 'in an anonymous manner' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Anonymously comes from Greek parts an- meaning 'without' and onym meaning 'name'. So it literally means 'without a name', which is why to act anonymously is to do something without showing who you are.