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multitudinously

multitudinously

8.1
In very large numbers
  • adverb
  • /ˌmʌltɪˈtjuːdɪnəsli/
  • Literature
translation icon : multitudinariamente
  • At the fair, vendors offered treats and games from multitudinously diverse cultures.

Examples

  • The festival attracted crowds who sang and danced multitudinously throughout the night.

  • And Jonah... bruised and beaten... his ears like two seashells... still multitudinously murmuring of the ocean...

    Moby Dick (1956)

  • Mouths with multitudinously forked tongues.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Wildflowers grew multitudinously across the field, creating a beautiful and vibrant landscape.

Synonyms

numerously
vsmultitudinously
3.9

In large numbers

has identical meaning but uses a different adverb form

Antonyms

individually
136 2.5

Happening one at a time and not with others

singly
5 4.6

One at a time rather than in a group

How Numerous

multitudinously
  • Literature
8.1
sparsely
15 4.6

Surface Forms

multitudinously positive

Morphology

multitudinously = multitudinous (transparent) = multitude + ous + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'multitudinous', yielding a predictable meaning.

Etymology

Multitudinously comes from multitude, which uses the root multi- meaning 'many' and is the same idea in multiple. It brings to mind crowds or many things happening together, so to do something multitudinously is to do it in very large numbers.