autobiographically
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7.4
- adverb
- /ˌɔːtəbaɪəˈɡræfɪkli/
- He told the story of his childhood autobiographically, sharing personal anecdotes that shaped his journey.
- write autobiographically
Examples
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In her memoir, she writes autobiographically about her struggles and achievements throughout her life.
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He says that encouraging children to respond autobiographically enhances their development as critical thinkers, writers, and learners (p. 574).
Academic text (1991) -
A consequence of this is that patients create their life stories willy-nilly instead of autobiographically.
Academic text (1999) -
Thus, from the 1480s over the next several generations, Spaniards had to train themselves to think autobiographically.
Academic text (2000) -
High Fidelity has a great scene where he rearranges his music autobiographically, based on when he came to acquire the record.
Blog text (29) -
I should point out there's a difference between the me that was autobiographically shaped and the persona that says my poems.
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Whenever possible, I also try to reflect autobiographically as a way of modeling reflective thinking for my students and as a vehicle for reconstructing the meaning of my past in light of recent events and new experiences.
Academic text (2003) -
I don't tend to write autobiographically; the journal consists more of ideas, crackpot schemes, possible fictions, etc.
Blog text (10) -
Although Millet did not read empathetically, and we lack the kind of response that van Gogh provided for his readings, he gave himself away in some extracts that can be read autobiographically.
Academic text (2007) -
Authors who write autobiographically from a bicultural perspective, one that reflects both their primary and the dominant culture, present personal responses to the question, "Who am I?" in self-affirming ways that betray neither their culture nor their people (Klein 1992).
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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6.1
Describes a person's life and events
How Personal
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4.6
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7.4
690
2.8
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6.1
58
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
autobiographically = autobiographical (transparent) = auto + bio + graphy + ical + ly
The word is a regular adverbial form of 'autobiographical', so its meaning is straightforwardly inherited.
Etymology
Autobiographically comes from auto- 'self', bio- 'life', and -graphically 'in writing', like in autograph and biography. So to do something autobiographically is to tell or show it 'from your own life' or 'as your own story'.