synecdochally

English

Etymology

From synecdochal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

synecdochally (comparative more synecdochally, superlative most synecdochally)

  1. in a synecdochal manner.
    Synonym: synecdochically
    Antonym: literally
    Coordinate terms: as it were, figuratively, in a manner of speaking, metaphorically, so to speak
    Near-synonym: metonymically
    • 2014, Alan Gibbs, Contemporary American Trauma Narratives‎[1]:
      "This repetition frequently combines with a shorthand signification which stands synecdochally for the entire memory, which is usually too terrible to bear."
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