contemporaneously

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contemporaneously

/kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/ UK
/ˌkɒntɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/ UK
/kənˌtɛmpəˈɹeɪni.əsli/ US

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From contemporaneous + -ly, from Latin contemporāneus, from co- (“together”) + tempus (“time”).

adverb

not comparable In a contemporaneous way: in the same period of time. And with Sellars’ shift to the centerground of philosophical interest, we have, all of a sudden, two such books appearing almost contemporaneously.
Similar: cotemporaneously, contemporarily, cotemporally, coevally

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@misc{contemporaneously_2026,
  title = {contemporaneously},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contemporaneously},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}