nominally

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in name only

   Nominally I am the boss.

2. 2
   adv

   In a nominal manner; in name only.

   Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis).

3. 3
   adv

   As a noun.

   In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv.

4. 4
   adv

   Slightly.

From nominal + -ly.

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