Collegiately

/kəˈliːdʒɪət.li/ adverb

Definition

In the manner or style of a college or collegium; at the level or in the context of collegiate education.

Etymology

From collegiate (adjective meaning of or relating to a college) + -ly. Collegiate comes from Latin collegium plus -ate, then -ly converts it to an adverb describing how something is done in a college-like way.

Kelly Says

You might see 'collegiately' used in academic writing about sports—'competing collegiately means representing your university'—but it's getting rarer as plain English prefers 'at the college level' instead.

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