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Pleonastically
Pleonastically Ple`o*nas"tic*al*ly, adv. In a pleonastic manner.

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- handwriting—pleonastic phrases can help ensure that the meaning is communicated even if some of the words are lost.[citation needed] Some pleonastic phrases...
- (logical double negation) and duplex negatio negat (negative concord and pleonastic a.k.a. explective, paratactic, sympathetic, abusive negation) phenomena...
- equivalent of ancient skorothalmi. The name, on the other hand, may be a pleonastic compound of Gr**** σκόρδο [ˈskorðo] 'garlic' and Italian agliata [aʎˈʎaːta]...
- A dummy pronoun, also known as an expletive pronoun, is a deictic pronoun that fulfills a syntactical requirement without providing a contextually explicit...
- was paid minimum wage, but didn't seem to mind it. Finally, it also has pleonastic uses, which do not refer to anything specific: It's raining. It's really...
- y'all can also be used for emphasis; the existence of this etymologically pleonastic form is further evidence that speakers now perceive y'all as a grammatically...
- is referred to as a pleonastic, or expletive it (also called a dummy pronoun). Because it is semantically meaningless, pleonastic it is not considered...
- Relationship. 1: 69–80. Chandrasekaran, Periannan (7 January 2016). "Pleonastic Compounding: An Ancient Dravidian Word Structure". Electronic Journal...
- According to Ernst Mach the notion of force in Newton's second law was pleonastic, tautological and superfluous and, as indicated above, is not considered...
- cape', referring to the nearby promontory named Cape Ighir on maps (a pleonastic name, literally 'Cape Cape').[citation needed] The oldest known map that...