"anonymously" meaning in English

See anonymously in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /əˈnɒnəməsli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anonymously.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree English anonymous Middle English -ly English -ly English anonymously From anonymous + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|anonymous|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English anonymous Middle English -ly English -ly English anonymously [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "anonymously", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="anonymously"> From anonymous + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} anonymously (not comparable)
  1. In an anonymous manner; without a name. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. In an anonymous manner; without individuality. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in an anonymous manner): anònimament (Catalan), anonime (Esperanto), anonyymisti (Finnish), nimettömästi (Finnish), anonymement (French), anonimamente (Galician), ανώνυμα (anónyma) (Greek), anonimamente (Italian), anonimowo (Polish), bezimiennie (Polish), anonimamente (Portuguese), anonim (Romanian), анони́мно (anonímno) (Russian), anonimno (Serbo-Croatian), anónimamente (Spanish), anonymt (Swedish), anonimmint (Walloon)
Disambiguation of 'in an anonymous manner': 50 50
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      "sense": "in an anonymous manner",
      "word": "anonymt"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "sense": "in an anonymous manner",
      "word": "anonimmint"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anonymously"
}

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