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holographically

holographically

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In the writer's own handwriting
  • adverb
  • /ˌhoʊləˈɡræfɪkli/
  • Formal
: holográficamente
  • The will was deemed legal since it was composed holographically by the deceased individual.

Examples

  • But anything I conjured, whether holographically or mechanically, would only look and sound like Smithers.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The contract was marked as a valid document because it was signed holographically by the author.

  • She wrote the entire letter holographically, ensuring that every word was in her own handwriting.

Surface Forms

holographically positive

Morphology

holographically = holographic (semi-transparent) = holo + graph + ic + ally

The adverb is a regular formation from holographic, but the legal sense 'written entirely by the author' is specialized and not fully predictable from the Greek elements alone.

Etymology

Holographically comes from holo- meaning 'whole' and graph meaning 'write', the same parts you see in autograph. So if a document is written holographically, it is 'wholly written by the author's own hand', which is why this word is used to show a will or letter is the writer's own work.