This week’s theme
Adverbs

This week’s words
ad hoc
wherewith
inter alia
athwart
pro rata

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PRONUNCIATION:

(IN-tuhr AY-lee-uh, AH-)

MEANING:

adverb: Among other things.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin inter (among) + alius (other). Earliest documented use: 1665.

USAGE:

“Gary Lineker is chatting to the second in line to the throne as his interviewee is, inter alia, president of the FA [The Football Association].”
Rachel Johnson; Now Try Calling Kate Your ‘Current Wife’, William...; Mail on Sunday (London, UK); May 31, 2015.

See more usage examples of inter_alia in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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