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savingly

savingly

9.9
Except for a person or thing that is not included
  • adverb
  • /ˈseɪvɪŋli/
  • Archaic
translation icon : salvo
  • The rule applies to all vehicles, savingly emergency services and public transport.

Examples

  • All employees received the bonus, savingly those who had already left the company.

  • The property was sold, savingly the small garden at the back.

  • Everyone was invited, savingly, Tom.

  • The report was accepted, savingly, by all members.

  • All participants were included, savingly the late arrivals who couldn't make it on time.

  • The new policy affects all departments, savingly the ones already exempted by previous regulations.

  • The exhibition featured various artworks, savingly those created after 2020.

Synonyms

except
vssavingly
∞ 1.0

Not including a person or thing

is the more formal choice for introducing an exception
other than
vssavingly
350 1.0

Not including someone or something

is the formal option used to introduce an exception
apart
vssavingly
253 1.0

Except for something or someone

is the formal alternative used to mark an exception

Surface Forms

savingly positive

Morphology

savingly = (opaque) = save + ing + ly

Although the word is formally built on save + ing + ly, the meaning 'except for' comes from a lexicalized old use of saving meaning 'excepting', so modern speakers cannot derive it compositionally. [Postprocessing: moved 'saving' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Savingly comes from the word save, which originally meant 'to keep safe' and is linked to Latin salvare and salvus meaning 'safe'. So savingly can be used formally to mean 'except for' — something you 'keep out' of a general rule.