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causally, adv.|ˈkɔːzəlɪ| [f. causal + -ly2.] In a causal way, with causal force; in the manner of, or as being the cause; by way of cause and effect.
a1638Mede Wks. i. xxiv. (1672) 91 καὶ is..to be taken here [Luke ii. 14] for a conjunction causal..Or both causally and gratulatorily. 1634Rainbow Labour (1635) 22 It cannot be said to be causally perishing. 1640–4Sir S. D'Ewes in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 314 The Elector of Saxony is causally guilty..of those Calamities and Slaughters. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVII. 523 From the death of Patroclus to the death of Hector is an entirely new movement, though causally bound..to that antecedent. a1847Chalmers Posth. Wks. (1847) I. 22 He was appeased causally and efficiently by God, yet proximately and intermediately by the presents..laid before him. |