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  • adverb In an acronymic way; in such a way as to form an acronym.

Etymologies

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From acronymic +‎ -ally.

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Examples

  • The "semi parody" is of national novel writing month (November), or NaNoWriMo as it is acronymically known.

    Buy, give and read a book this Jan Maxine 2007

  • The "semi parody" is of national novel writing month (November), or NaNoWriMo as it is acronymically known.

    December 2007 Maxine 2007

  • You know, ... switching from the members being 'retarded'to 'acronymically challenged' is how Itook it.

    Rudy's New SC Co-Chair Has History Of "Racially Charged" Remarks 2009

  • MILF might seek counsel from other acronymically-challenged efforts, like Seattle's South Lake Union Trolley (SLUT) or the Catholic League of Decency (CLOD).

    Keith Thomson: MILF's Problem with MILFs 2009

  • The "semi parody" is of national novel writing month (November), or NaNoWriMo as it is acronymically known.

    Buy, give and read a book this Jan Maxine 2007

  • You know, ... switching from the members being 'retarded'to 'acronymically challenged' is how Itook it.

    Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Rudy's New SC Co-Chair Has History Of "Racially Charged" Remarks 2009

  • It turns out that, in April, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India acronymically TAPI signed a Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement to build a U.S.-backed $7.6 billion pipeline. ...

    Archive 2008-07-01 Michael Caddell 2008

  • I acronymically mention above – which currenlty has interjected itself into current California carbon politics.

    Unthreaded #3 « Climate Audit 2007

  • A.W.O.L., could be pronounced by its initial letters ("ay double-u oh ell") or acronymically ("ay-wol").

    NYT > Home Page By BEN ZIMMER 2010

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, for a six-month sabbatical, he used the occasion to review the work he and his various teams have done over the past 10 years or so - and bravely assessed the success or otherwise of the major various initiatives in which he has been involved - and MESUR (not for the acronymically faint-hearted).

    hangingtogether.org 2009

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