different between aloofly vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

aloof +? -ly

Adverb

aloofly (comparative alooflier or more aloofly, superlative aloofliest or most aloofly)

1. In an aloof manner.
   • 1919, Thomas Hardy, "For Life I Had Never Cared Greatly" in Moments of Vision:

     With symphonies soft and sweet colour

     It courted me then,

     Till evasions seemed wrong,

     Till evasions gave in to its song,

     And I warmed, until living aloofly loomed duller

     Than life among men.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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