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phonographically

phonographically

1 9.3
To record sound on records or wax cylinders
  • adverb
  • /ˌfoʊnəˈɡræfɪkli/
  • Specialized
: fonográficamente
  • She enjoyed listening to music phonographically reproduced from vinyl records.
  • phonographically reproduced
  • phonographically produced

Examples

  • The lecture was phonographically recorded so students could review it later.

  • When the Gospel is phonographically reproduced, then that is the Gospel to its people.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Nobody can say that when God's word is phonographically reproduced, this is not the Quran.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The answer is that a phonograph has no feeling, but whoever listens to God's word should feel the emotion, even when it is reproduced phonographically. (19) # 10.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The conversation was phonographically archived for future reference.

Surface Forms

phonographically positive
phonographicallyer comparative
phonographicallyest superlative

Morphology

phonographically = phonographic (transparent) = phonograph + ic + ally

Standard adjectival -> adverbial formation from 'phonographic' by adding '-ally'; the meaning 'in a manner relating to phonographic recording' follows directly.

Etymology

Phonographically comes from phon- 'sound' and -graph 'write', and it recalls the old machine the phonograph that 'wrote' music onto a disk, so to do something phonographically is to record or reproduce actual sound.