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nom·i·nal  (nm-nl)
adj.
1.
a. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
b. Assigned to or bearing a person's name: nominal shares.
2. Existing in name only.
3. Philosophy Of or relating to nominalism.
4. Insignificantly small; trifling: a nominal sum.
5. Business
a. Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
b. Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
6. Grammar Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
7. Aerospace & Engineering According to plan or design: a nominal flight check.
n. Grammar
A word or group of words functioning as a noun.

[Middle English nominalle, of nouns, from Latin nminlis, of names, from nmen, nmin-, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

nomi·nal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.nominally - in name only; "nominally he is the boss"
Translations
nominally [ˈnɒmɪnəlɪ] ADVnominalmente, sólo de nombre
nominally
advnominell; it’s nominally worth £500auf dem Papier ist es £ 500 wert
nominally [ˈnɒmɪnəlɪ] advnominalmente
nominally [ˈnɒmɪnəlɪ] advnominalmente


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Altho' Lady Dorothea's visit was nominally to Philippa and Augusta, yet I have some reason to imagine that (acquainted with the Marriage and arrival of Edward) to see me was a principal motive to it.
There are two royal fish so styled by the English law writers -- the whale and the sturgeon; both royal property under certain limitations, and nominally supplying the tenth branch of the crown's ordinary revenue.
Frederica's visit was nominally for six weeks, but her mother, though inviting her to return in one or two affectionate letters, was very ready to oblige the whole party by consenting to a prolongation of her stay, and in the course of two months ceased to write of her absence, and in the course of two or more to write to her at all.
 
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