contemporarily
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- adverb
- /kənˈtɛmpəˌrɛrɪli/
- contemporarily, fashion designers draw inspiration from past styles with a modern twist.
Examples
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contemporarily, many artists use digital tools to create their work, reflecting current trends.
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In our country, most of the congressional centers are small or of average dimensions, generally in a few rooms, and incapable of contemporarily entertaining more demonstrations.
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contemporarily, social media influences how we communicate and share information.
Synonyms
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At the present time
How Contemporary
Surface Forms
Morphology
contemporarily = contemporary (transparent) = contemporary + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'contemporary' (meaning 'modern'), yielding an adverb meaning 'in a modern way'.
Etymology
Contemporarily comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and tempus 'time', and it shares the same root as tempo, the music word for speed. So it can mean 'in a way that belongs to the present' or 'modern', which is why we use it to describe things that fit today's style.