transliterally adverb2 •(rare) In a way that exhibits simple transliteration; in a transliteral (transliterating) way; (that is,) being (or having been) transliterated.“Taneic ," "Sabaneeff" and others preferred to be spelled abroad this way, rather than transliterally Tanyeyev or Sabanyeyev. — 1996 •(rare) In a transliteral (more than literal, beyond literal) way; more than literally.