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anonymously

anonymously

52 4.6
Without saying who you are
  • adverb
  • /əˈnɑːnɪməsli/
: 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
15 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
15 7.4
anonymously
52 4.6
privately
179 3.2
openly
274 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.