NOMINALLY

nominally

(adverb) in name only; “nominally he is the boss”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

nominally (not comparable)

In a nominal manner.

slightly

As a noun.

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Source: Wiktionary

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Nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

Definition: In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. Burke.

NOMINAL

Nom"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See Name.]

1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.

2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.

Nom"i*nal, n.

1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: A verb formed from a noun.

3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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