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a·non·y·mous
(ə-nŏn′ə-məs)adj.
1. Having an unknown or unacknowledged name: an anonymous author.
2. Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency: an anonymous letter.
3. Having no distinctive character or recognition factor: "They were carried over a bridge above an anonymous parade of shops" (Elizabeth Speller).
[From Late Latin anōnymus, from Greek anōnumos, nameless : an-, without; see a-1 + onuma, name (influenced by earlier nōnumnos, nameless); see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots.]
a·non′y·mous·ly adv.
a·non′y·mous·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | anonymously - without giving a name; "she wrote these letters anonymously" |
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anonymously
[əˈnɒnɪməslɪ] ADV [send, give, speak] → anónimamente, de manera anónima; [live] → en el anonimato; [publish] → de forma anónima, sin el nombre del autorthe book came out anonymously → el libro salió de forma anónima or sin el nombre del autor
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anonymous
(əˈnonəməs) adjective without the name of the author, giver etc being known or given. The donor wished to remain anonymous; an anonymous poem.anónimo
aˈnonymously adverbanonymity (ӕnəˈniməti) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.