adverb
- in a manner relating to names or naming
Usage: technical; linguistics
Examples
- The researcher analyzed the data onomastically to understand naming patterns.
- Onomastically speaking, the town’s name derives from an ancient Celtic word.
- The linguist approached the study onomastically, focusing on proper nouns.
- The place names were examined onomastically to trace their historical origins.
- Onomastically, the family surnames revealed their geographic ancestry.