Orthodoxly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a correct or proper way; conventionally; correctly.
"if, after a season of thoughtlessness, you perceive your understanding on a sudden lively to discern, and your will vigorous to pursue heavenly things, you may orthodoxly conclude there has been an effusion, not that there is one now."
- 2 In a religiously orthodox way; in accordance with accepted religious doctrine.
"He wears a turban, he puts on his sandal mark every morning, he bathes and eats and marries and dies orthodoxly; he probably begets children orthodoxly."
Example
More examples"if, after a season of thoughtlessness, you perceive your understanding on a sudden lively to discern, and your will vigorous to pursue heavenly things, you may orthodoxly conclude there has been an effusion, not that there is one now."
Etymology
From orthodox + -ly.
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