Philosophically

adv

adv ·6 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With regards to philosophy

    "In reality, while the utilitarian and ‘end-in-itself’ views may be philosophically distinct they are in fact intertwined in a complex and probably unravellable manner within the various personalities representing the competing views."

  2. 2
    In a philosophical manner.

    "To the (philosophically) trained Pantheist, the abstraction, or the noumenon, is the ever to be unknown Deity, the on eternal reality, formless, because homogeneous and impartite; ..."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a philosophic manner wordnet
  2. 2
    with respect to philosophy wordnet

Synonyms

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patiently

Example

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"In a news conference in Florida, Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, said he had talked with Trump and found that "there's a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually, than I ever thought that there was.""

Etymology

From philosophical + -ly.

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