Definition of Nominally

1. Adverb. In name only. "Nominally he is the boss"

Partainyms: Nominal

Definition of Nominally

1. adv. In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.

Definition of Nominally

1. Adverb. In a nominal manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nominally

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nominally

nominalisations
nominalism
nominalisms
nominalist
nominalistic
nominalists
nominality
nominalization
nominalizations
nominalize
nominalized
nominalizer
nominalizers
nominalizes
nominalizing
nominally (current term)
nominalness
nominals
nominate
nominate subordinate taxon
nominated
nominately
nominates
nominating
nominating address
nominating speech
nomination
nominations
nominatival
nominative

Literary usage of Nominally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"He was bookseller to the Royal Society, and nominally their printer, and was also a nominal printer of the votes of the House of Commons. ..."

2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Still, however, the abbeys and religious houses in Tyrone, Donegal, and Fermanagh—though nominally suppressed half a century before by Henry VIII. ..."

3. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1873)
"At that period their independence of the emperor was formally recognised, but they continued nominally attached to the empire down to 1648. ..."

4. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838)
"A large additional allowance, at least nominally, for the inspectors is proposed, but it is a very imperfect compensation for the additional trouble ; and, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Suits in which cither necessarily or practically only women are plaintiffs are: breach of promise, affiliation (qv) and (though not nominally) seduction ..."

6. A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the East-India by Edward Thornton (1854)
"... nominally reigned about twenty-nine years. Ghulam Kadir shortly after fell into the hands of Scindia, who put him to death with ostentatious* cruelty. ..."

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