"canonically" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-canonically.wav [US] Forms: more canonically [comparative], most canonically [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English canonical Middle English -ly English -ly English canonically From canonical + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|canonical|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English canonical Middle English -ly English -ly English canonically [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" : "canonically", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="canonically"> From canonical + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} canonically (comparative more canonically, superlative most canonically)
  1. In a canonical manner. Translations (in a canonical manner): canònicament (Catalan), canonialement (French), canoniquement (French), canonicamente (Galician), canonicamente (Italian), canonicamente (Portuguese), canónicamente (Spanish)
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