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单词 pyrrhonically
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Pyrrhonicallyadv.

Brit. /pᵻˈrɒnᵻkli/, U.S. /pəˈrɑnᵻk(ə)li/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pyrrhōn- , Pyrrhō , -ically suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin Pyrrhōn-, Pyrrhō (see Pyrrhonian n.) + -ically suffix. Compare earlier Pyrrhonic n. and later Pyrrhonic adj. Compare also Pyrrhonical adj.
In a Pyrrhonic manner; sceptically, doubtfully. Cf. Pyrrhonism n.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adverb]
doubtouslyc1350
incertainly1530
doubtinglya1535
unsurely1595
falteringly1611
uncertainly1613
dubitatively1615
with a grain of salt1647
doubtily1654
hesitantly1660
unsatisfiedly1661
doubtfully1664
Pyrrhonically1710
uncertaina1718
dubitatingly1827
undecidedly1856
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > [adverb]
scepticly1633
sceptically1671
Pyrrhonically1710
1710 tr. P. Bayle Hist. & Crit. Dict. I. 64/2 Sextus Empiricus..handles the Matter like a Man of his Profession, I mean pyrrhonically.
1842 S. Gray Messiad v. 106 Give up To speculations serving nought, or who Pyrrhonically doubt of all, and seek Save to embroil the mental universe In a dark chaos of opposing doubts.
1967 20th Cent. Lit. 13 146/1 Intellectually, he favors anti-intellectualism, but his instincts..continue to make him a cold, pyrrhonically indifferent ironist.
1998 W. D. Hart in S. M. Olyan & M. C. Nussbaum Sexual Orientation & Human Rights in Amer. Relig. Disc. 207 Only in the..West, with its terminally, ‘pyrrhonically’ skeptical, pseudosophisticated savants, are human rights construed solely as metaphysical.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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