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Etymology edit

From pleonastic +‎ -ally.

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pleonastically (comparative more pleonastically, superlative most pleonastically)

  1. (chiefly linguistics) In a pleonastic manner.
    • 1926, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta University Press, page 697:
      Originally implying ‘ similarly, intensity,’ from OIA. « rūpa » form, shape   MIA. « -rūva », this affix is generally used pleonastically in NIA. in which it occurs in only a few words : e.g.,  গোরূ  গোরু, «  gō-rū   gō-ru » ox, cow, cattle, []

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