Talk:-istically

-istically
No such suffix, all the 'derived terms' end in -ic and are then suffixed with -ally, see -ally which covers this. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:36, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * To quote DCDuring from a similar discussion, "By what criteria does one evaluate the "existence" or, more importantly, includability in Wiktionary of a suffix?" As for the derived terms, this may not be the case for all. I would contend, at least, that realistically could as easily derive from realist + -ical + -ly as from real + -istic + -ally. This also raises a question as to whether -istical exists. Finally, there are numerous examples in the wild (in blog posts and forums and the like) of "-istically" being appended to words that do not usually combine with suffixes, for example "funistically", "foodistically", "beeristically", "stupidistically". More conventionally, see 2003, Don Michael Randel, The Harvard Dictionary of Music, p. 598:
 * Horns, trumpets, and trombones, both soloistically and sectionally, became central to the orchestral concept... His highly subtle orchestration elevates woodwinds, more often scored soloistically than sectionally...

bd2412 T 15:34, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * At the very least I think this is -istical + -ly... —CodeCat 23:23, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * That doesn't seem realistical to me... Chuck Entz 00:34, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Kept as no consensus. — Ungoliant (Falai) 22:19, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Looks like junk to me. Look at the derived term monotheistically! Did someone nail this big plank on the end of *monothe? Equinox ◑ 18:46, 5 August 2019 (UTC)


 * See also Talk:Americanistically. Equinox ◑ 22:47, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. PUC – 22:51, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I would think you would first need to demonstrate the specific alternative origins of words ending this way. If it's impossible to tell, then this is all we have left. bd2412 T 23:20, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Looking at the list in the entry, I don't see a single term that cannot be explained as coming from an adjective ending in -ic to which -ally was appended. There may well be counterexamples (such as the ones you've mentioned above), but those and those alone should be mentioned in the entry. PUC – 23:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't particularly have a problem with that. bd2412 T 03:56, 4 April 2020 (UTC)