Adjunctly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a manner that offers supplementary assistance or enhancement without being fundamental to the core aspect
2. In a way that adds extra support or assistance without being essential to the main function
3. Performed so as to provide additional help or enhancement while remaining secondary to the primary element

Etymology: "Adjunctly" is simply "adjunct" with the adverb ending "-ly" added. The adjective "adjunct" comes from Latin "adjunctus," the past participle of "adjungere," meaning "to join to" or "to attach," built from "ad-" (to) and "jungere" (to join). An adjunct is therefore something joined onto a main thing, which is why the word fits the sense of supplementary. The ending does most of the grammatical work. The "-ly" suffix traces back through Middle English and Old English "-līċe," a form related to the noun "līc," meaning "body" or "form," so an adverb in "-ly" originally described something done in a particular bodily manner or appearance. Over the centuries the suffix became a general marker of manner, and it attaches freely to adjectives like "adjunct" to turn them into adverbs.