HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of transliterally | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. In a transliteral (more than literal, beyond literal) way; more than literally.
    not-comparable, rare
  2. In a way that exhibits simple transliteration; in a transliteral (transliterating) way; (that is,) being (or having been) transliterated.
    not-comparable, rare

Examples

“An ironic utterance may be successful at the locutionary level if it is properly understood transliterally, but fails at the perlocutionary level if the conversational reaction does not respect the 'literal complicity' of the ironic game.”
““Taneic ," "Sabaneeff" and others preferred to be spelled abroad this way, rather than transliterally Tanyeyev or Sabanyeyev.”
“Likewise, ποιητικῆς^([sic]) [transliterally poetikes] is not an untranslatable term.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See transliterally used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free