In a manner that is unorthodox or departs from accepted doctrine and conventional wisdom.
Formed from heterodox plus the adverbial suffix -ly, which converts adjectives into adverbs. This suffix comes from Old English -lice, meaning 'in the manner of.'
Adverbs ending in -ly are so common that we barely notice them, but they're actually doing the grammatical heavy lifting of turning descriptions into actions—they're how language lets us describe *how* things happen.
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