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intellectually, adv.|ɪntɪˈlɛktjuːəlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2: cf. late L. intellectuāliter, F. intellectuellement (1570 in Hatz.-Darm.).] In an intellectual manner; by means of, or in relation to, the intellect; mentally. Also used with an adj. as a quasi-Comb. († In first quot. = Spiritually, as opposed to ‘bodily’.)
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. ii. (W. de W. 27944), Aungelis..beþ nouȝt bodiliche longe, noþir brood, noþir þicke, but þey beþ intellectualliche nyȝ and present. 1571Digges Pantom. iii. Defin. P iv b, Intellectually ye may thus conceyue a Sphere to be made. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. viii. 372 Man..is able to perform that duty intellectually and intentionally. 1701Norris Ideal World i. iv. 204 When I reason intellectually I have oftentimes that intuitive evidence which is the ground of demonstration. 1859J. A. Symonds Let. Oct. (1967) I. 211, I want to get Puller to organize a club with me, introducing 5 other intellectually-pursuited men. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. V. 391 He was considered by the ultras as timid and intellectually weak. 1884Manch. Exam. 26 May 6/2 It is frivolous to ask whether woman is intellectually the equal of man. 1923J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 8 Intellectually-minded men. 1941Mind L. 236 Mr. Clive Bell in his excellent and intellectually snobbish book Civilization..makes this blunder. 1951M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 58/2 The intellectually creative man with whom the future of mankind always rests. |