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Tralatitiously
Part of Speech: Noun
In a tralatitious manner; metephorically.
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Part of Speech: pronoun
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            1.                                           The                                                         neuter                                                           pronoun                                                         of                                                         the                                                         third                                                         person,                                                           corresponding                                                         to                                                         the                                                         masculine                                                           pronoun                                                         he                                                         and                                                         the                                                         feminine                                                         she,                                                         and                                                         having                                                         the                                                         same                                                         plural (                                                        they,                                                         their                                                         or                                                           theirs,                                                         them).                                    

            2.                                           As                                                           a                                                           substance                                                         for                                                         any                                                         noun                                                         of                                                         the                                                         neuter                                                         gender;                                                         as,                                                         here                                                         is                                                         the                                                         book,                                                         take                                                           it                                                         home.                                    

            3.                                           As                                                           a                                                         demonstrative,                                                         especially                                                         at                                                         the                                                         beginning                                                         of                                                           a                                                         sentence,                                                         pointing                                                         to                                                         that                                                         which                                                         is                                                         about                                                         to                                                         be                                                           stated,                                                         named,                                                         or                                                         mentioned,                                                         or                                                         referring                                                         to                                                         that                                                         which                                                         apparent                                                         or                                                         well                                                         known;                                                         as,                                                           I                                                         saw                                                           it                                                         was                                                         John.                                    

            4.                                           As                                                         an                                                         indefinite                                                         nominative                                                         for                                                           a                                                         impersonal                                                         verb;                                                         as,                                                           it                                                           snows;                                                           it                                                           rains.                                    

            5.                                           As                                                           a                                                           substitute                                                         for                                                           such                                                         general                                                           terms                                                         as,                                                         the                                                         state                                                         of                                                           affairs,                                                         the                                                           condition                                                         of                                                           things,                                                         and                                                         the                                                         like;                                                         as,                                                         how                                                         is                                                           it                                                         with                                                         the                                                         sick                                                         man?                                    

            6.                                           As                                                         an                                                         indefinite                                                         object                                                         after                                                           some                                                         intransitive                                                           verbs,                                                         or                                                         after                                                           a                                                           substantive                                                         used                                                         humorously                                                         as                                                           a                                                         verb;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                         foot                                                           it (                                                          i.                                                           e.,                                                         to                                                         walk).
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Examples of usage:
I know it could not be. - "If", Lord Dunsany [Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron].
I see- it wouldn'tventure- it wouldn'tpresume. - "The Cardinal's Snuff-Box", Henry Harland.
But how will you do it? - "The Song of Songs", Hermann Sudermann.
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