acronymic

adjective

ac·​ro·​nym·​ic ¦a-krə-¦ni-mik 

variants or less commonly acronymical

¦a-krə-¦ni-mi-kəl

: marked by the use of acronyms

Their extreme sport is called BASE jumping, whose acronymic name derives from the four types of structures that its unusual athletes leap from—buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs).

—Roger Rosenblatt, Time, 19 July 1999

So we can redesign the name DRIPS, with all five letters being comfortably acronymical, and try to ignore the embarrassing question of whether it is singular or plural.

—Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, 2004

acronymically

¦a-krə-¦ni-mi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

There is a place for full sentences and correct spelling, even amid the acronymically possessed.

—Christine Hicks-Usta, Buffalo (New York) News, 12 Aug. 2007

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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