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extrinsically, adv.|ɛkˈstrɪnsɪkəlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In an extrinsic manner; † on the exterior; † in outward behaviour; with respect to outward qualities or external relations; so as to be outside or distinct from the object under consideration; from an external source, by external influence; unessentially, adventitiously.
1584R. Scot Disc. Witchcr. iv. iv. 61 They [witches] hurt extrinsecallie with images, hearbs, &c. 1613J. Salkeld Treat. Angels 39 An Angell is said to assume a body, because hee is onely extrinsecally united unto it. 1647H. More Song of Soul i. Pref., He will extrinsecally shape..his actions according to that outward Rule. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 148 The Princes..lamented him extrinsecally; but were..glad enough, to be rid of such a Conquerour. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. i. xi. 26 According to the Longitude of the Colon, there are extrinsecally observed certain fat Appendices. 1675M. Clifford Hum. Reason in Phenix (1708) II. 545 A Vision or Revelation extrinsecally coming into their Souls. 1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) II. vii. iii. 320 Time..is extrinsically connoted. 1858Gladstone Homer II. ii. 167 The idea of spiritual danger to man through guile tempting him extrinsically but inwardly, entirely disappears. |