different between spankingly vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From spanking +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?spæ?k??li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?spæ?k??li/

Adverb

spankingly (comparative more spankingly, superlative most spankingly)

1. In a spanking manner; vigorously; freshly.
   • 1843, John Howell, The man-o'-war's man, by Bill Truck (page 159)

     She is both wetting and getting up a fresh topsail on her after-mast — I see them crossing the yard even now. By my honour, she is a charming, lively creature, and goes through it spankingly.

   • 2005, Lark Ellen Gould, Los Angeles Off the Beaten Path

     a modern and spankingly clean subway system

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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