apocalypticallyadv.
1. After the manner, or by means, of revelation or of the Apocalypse.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adverb] > by means of revelation
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Apocalyptically, by way of revelation.
1830 S. T. Coleridge Lect. Shakespeare II. 341 The date apocalyptically deduced..for the commencement of the Millennium.
2. jestingly, So as to reveal what should be concealed.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adverb]
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1848 M. W. Savage Bachelor of Albany xxvii. 296 The women soon reflected how apocalyptically they were arrayed.
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