intellectivelyadv.
/ˌɪntᵻˈlɛktɪvli/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)lˈɛktɪvli/ rare.
In relation to the intellect; in a manner which exercises the intellect. In quot. 1596: intelligibly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [adverb]
intellectively1596
noematically1659
dianoetically1822
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adverb] > to intellect alone
intelligibly?1548
intellectively1596
1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xliiii. 211 Not intellectiuely to write is learnedly they troe.
1639 W. Ames Conscience ii. viii. 20 At the least intellectively, in regard of the displeasednesse of the will.
1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World xii. 449 It doth farther Irradiate them by its own most Pure and Mental Light, as I may so term it, and thereby understand them Intellectively.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 120 In man thus, as composed of thrice three forms Intrinsic; first, corporeally, blood, Body, and bones; next, intellectively, Imagination, judgment, memory; And thirdly, spiritually, mind and soul, And spirit.
1929 Philos. Rev. 38 49 Thus Science, as such, is constituted by the entire and incessantly expanding sphere of intellectively established certainties.
2005 Global News Wire (Asia Afr. Intel. Wire) (Nexis) 10 Oct. Muslims can become knowledgeable when they read intellectively and faithfully.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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