Zetetically

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a zetetic way; by means of investigation.

    "It would be somewhat too long a work for this place Zetetically to examine, and positively to prove, what particular kind of motion it is that must be the efficient of Light […]."

Example

More examples

"It would be somewhat too long a work for this place Zetetically to examine, and positively to prove, what particular kind of motion it is that must be the efficient of Light […]."

Etymology

From zetetic + -ally.

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