physicianlyadj.
/fᵻˈzɪʃnli/, U.S. /fəˈzɪʃ(ə)nli/ Befitting a physician; of or relating to a physician.
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physicianly1888
1888 J. Clifford in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 503 Real knowledge of man and of men,..is indescribably rich in physicianly force.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 May 584/5 As [the doctor]..falls asleep, vowing never to go out again on such a night, his drowsy physicianly conscience hears the howling of the wind and the ticking of the clock as voices saying ‘You'll go, you'll go.’
1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 18 Nov. 56/2 Rice has no trouble perceiving that behind Freud's physicianly manner..there lay the nihilism of a disillusioned revolutionary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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