pectorallyadv.
/ˈpɛkt(ə)rəli/, /ˈpɛkt(ə)rl̩i/, U.S. /ˈpɛkt(ə)rəli/, /pɛkˈtɔrəli/ Chiefly formal and humorous.
In a pectoral manner or position; as regards the chest. Formerly also: †in accordance with a ‘pectoral’ diet (cf. pectoral n. 2) (obsolete); †as regards inner feelings, emotionally (cf. pectoral n. 4) (obsolete).
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [adverb]
inlyOE
pectorally1662
heartward1841
1662 M. Mason Friendly Admon. Rom. Catholicks 4 Would you not then have been pectorally glad of that Indulgence?
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 21 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1382 Be regular, and live pectorally.
1892 B. Harte Col. Starbottle's Client iv. 60 Pectorally expansive, and unfolding the white petals of his waistcoat through the swollen lapels of his coat, like a bursting magnolia bud, Colonel Starbottle began.
1913 H. James Let. 18 Dec. (1920) II. 349 I am pectorally much spent with affability and emissions of voice.
1955 Systematic Zool. 4 108/2 He then clasps the female pectorally, his back arches closely to the back of the female.
1995 J. F. Moffitt Art Forgery viii. 109 The Latin peoples did not in fact have a name for the ‘bust’ in the modern sense of..a horizontally (pectorally) cut but otherwise realistically rendered human figure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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