neurallyadv.
/ˈnjʊərl̩i/, /ˈnjʊərəli/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊrəli/ 1. Zoology. On the neural aspect of the body.
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1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 82 The pineal body and its connections are the remnant in the vertebrate of the neurally situated mouth of the arthropod or mollusk.
2. By or as regards nerves, the nervous system, or neurons.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > [adverb]
neurally1902
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience p. vii All states of mind are neurally conditioned.
1935 Philos. Sci. 2 245 Discrimination is to be regarded neurally as having occurred when the final paths that lead to the specific discriminatory reaction have been selectively activated.
1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) ix. 236 Perhaps the most celebrated of the neurally active peptides are the encephalins, which are involved in modulating the perception of pain.
1997 Nature 5 June p. ix/3 The conclusion is that the regular and irregular past tenses are supported by neurally dissociable subsystems with functionally distinct properties.
3. As regards a person's nerves (see nerve n. 12a).Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > nerve > [adverb] > regarding one's nerve
neurally1936
1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners vi. 141 He was too far spent, neurally, to offer any resistance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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