tralatitiously
English
editEtymology
editFrom tralatitious + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edittralatitiously (comparative more tralatitiously, superlative most tralatitiously)
- 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 [...].