synchronouslyadv.
1.
a. At the same time; simultaneously; contemporaneously.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adverb]
on (or in) one sitheeOE
togethersc1175
togetherc1200
at once?c1225
at one shiftc1325
jointly1362
at one strokec1374
with that ilkec1390
at one shipea1400
withc1440
at a timec1485
at (in) one (an) instant1509
all at a shove1555
pari passu1567
in (also at, with) one breath1590
in that ilkec1590
with the same1603
in one1616
concurrently1648
concurringly1650
contemporarily1669
simultaneously1675
synchronistically1684
coevallya1711
in (also with) the same breath1721
synchronically1749
at a slap1753
synchronously1793
contemporaneously1794
coinstantaneously1807
coetaneouslya1817
consentaneously1817
at one or a sweep1834
coincidentally1837
at the very nonce1855
one time1873
coincidently1875
in parallel1969
real time1993
1793 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 10 375 To mistrust the opinion of our perceiving many ideas synchronously.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 270/1 The time-balls..are lowered synchronously with that of Greenwich.
1881 J. S. Gardner in Nature 13 Oct. 558/2 Next, almost synchronously, Gymnosperms are met with.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 674 Symptoms of arterial ischæmia may occur synchronously with those of basal meningitis.
b. transferred. In relation to the same times or periods; in accordance with contemporary conditions.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adverb] > in accordance with contemporary conditions
synchronically1749
synchronously1843
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 160/1 Are the architects of the present day alone to be limited to the servile imitation of styles gone before, and their whole intelligence limited to treating them synchronously?
2. (With reference to recurrent or periodic movement): At the same successive instants of time; at the same rate and exactly together; in time with.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adverb] > isochronously or in phase
isochronously1749
synchronically1749
synchronously1822
in phase (with)1891
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 15 That the pulse, if the systole of the heart were the only projectile force, must take place, not synchronously all over the system..but..successively through the whole line of the arterial tubes.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 214/2 These alternations take place..synchronously with the reversals of the currents.
1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 19 The instrument is moved synchronously with the revolution of the heavens.
3. At a uniform rate, uniformly.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb]
evenOE
evenlya1398
evenlya1400
mackly1440
steadily1540
suantly1547
agreeably1561
agreeingly1563
uniformally1574
uniformly1577
levelly1610
invariably1646
constantly1651
homogeneously1651
equally1690
equably1715
unvariedly1780
suant1787
unrelievedly1832
consistently1861
synchronously1862
1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 67 Sonorous bodies..are those whose parts easily vibrate synchronously, so as to give out clear musical sounds.
1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 18 The patient should breathe rather deeply, but quietly, synchronously, and without effort.
4. Linguistics. According to the methods or conclusions of synchronic linguistics.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adverb] > synchrony, diachrony, or panachrony
synchronously1923
synchronically1935
diachronically1937
synchronistically1949
diachronistically1957
panchronically1957
1923 L. Bloomfield in Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 8 318 At any given time (‘synchronously’), the language of a community is to be viewed as a system of signals.
Derivatives
ˈsynchronousness n. the quality or condition of being synchronous; synchronism. (In recent dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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