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bilingually

bilingually

1 4.4
Using two languages when speaking or writing
  • adverb
  • /ˌbaɪlɪŋˈɡwɑːli/
: bilingüe
  • Students were continually reminded that the credential prepared them to teach bilingually, to be leaders in schools and advocates for bilingual communities.
  • raised bilingually

Examples

  • (My mother was born in the United States, but her family had recently emigrated from Naples, and she was raised bilingually.)

    Academic text (2011)

  • I'm punning bilingually.

    House of D (2004)

  • Growing up in a bilingual household, she learned to speak bilingually from an early age.

  • At the international conference, delegates communicated bilingually in English and Spanish.

  • The children's program was designed to teach them bilingually, promoting both French and English equally.

Antonyms

monolingually
8.5

In a way that uses only one language

How Many Languages

bilingually
1 4.4

Surface Forms

bilingually positive

Morphology

bilingually = bilingual (transparent) = bi + lingual + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'bilingual' by adding the productive suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

The word bilingually comes from the parts bi- 'two' and lingua 'tongue', where bi- is the 'two' you see in bicycle and lingua is the 'tongue' in linguist. So, bilingually means doing something 'in two languages'.