tralatitiously

English

Etymology

From tralatitious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɹaləˈtɪʃəsli/

Adverb

tralatitiously (comparative more tralatitiously, superlative most tralatitiously)

1. In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically.
   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 92:

     Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a series of predeterminate links [...].