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occultly, adv.|əˈkʌltlɪ| [f. occult a. + -ly2.] In an occult or hidden manner; secretly, privily; imperceptibly, latently; mysteriously, mystically.
1641French Distill. v. (1651) 108 The humidity of the water hath the humidity of the salt laid up occultly in it. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 272 The affairs of the last Assembly were conducted there so occultly. 1793T. Taylor Hymns in Sallust etc. 162 Thy dreadful shield, in mystic fables fam'd, Occultly signifies the power untam'd. 1842Mrs. Browning Lett. Sept. (1897) I. 109 To believe that philosophic thinking, like music, is involved, however occultly, in high ideality of any kind. 1895Westm. Gaz. 14 Feb. 2/1 She [Madame Blavatsky]..assured her compatriot that before ever he appeared she knew occultly that he was being ‘drawn towards her’. |