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Meaning of onomotopoetically | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

By means of onomatopoeia.

Examples

“The “musical sign,” on the other hand, suggests cultural signals that function onomatopoetically by calling to mind “natural” sounds, or sounds “naturally” associated with common human situations.”
“Just as the word “buzz” onomatopoetically “sounds like” buzzing, so too do words such as “noocytes,” "positronic," and "ansible"" onomatopoetically "sound like" science.”
“Camels walk with a lurching gait, onomatopoetically called jonjoo in Mongolian (“jon-joo jon-joo jon-joo”), which English might render, less onomatopoetically, as “clump, clump, clump.””

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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