magicianlyadj.
/məˈdʒɪʃnli/, U.S. /məˈdʒɪʃənli/ Befitting or characteristic of a magician; such as a magician would have; in the manner of a magician.
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1912 N. Gale Song in September 99 How shall the Tulip..Tempt me to bear the punishment of light, When such a radiance as can flood my soul Is poured magicianly by dreams at night?
1928 Observer 1 July 8 Here he is again with two trumps up his magicianly sleeves.
1976 L. Bangs in Creem June 64/3 The clerks shift speakers, tracks, and volume levels with deft magicianly fingers as part of a highly intricate dance.
1981 Times 24 July 11/2 Peter Maxwell Davies..is not a natural orchestrator in the magicianly sense of a Rimsky Korsakhov or a Ravel.
2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 23 Sept. 13 James Mustard ably conjured Ismeron's magicianly darkness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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