reflectivelyadv.

1618 Bp. T. Morton Def. Innocencie Three Ceremonies vii. 186 The Lawes of men are said to bind mens consciences, not immediatly, but as it were reflectiuely, by way of consequence, that is, by vertue of the Supremacie of God, that commandeth obedience to the iust lawes of men.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus vii. 134 This is the reason of his dehortation and argument, ab incommodo; 'tis injurious to thee first, and then reflectively to Israel.

1751 tr. F. de la Rochefoucauld Moral Maxims 121 Now, as is order to the Establishment of a State 'tis indispensably necessary to supersede some private Rights; which are indeed compensated reflectively, tho' in a less obvious Manner.

1818 Heart of Mid-Lothian I. xix. 353 This bill..is repugnant to the international treaty of union, to the liberty of Scotland, and, reflectively, to that of England.

1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 70 It cannot be because the happiness of our brethren will reflectively produce our own.

a1876 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. ii. 101 We had..a great reverence for Mrs. Barbauld and, reflectively, for Dr. Aikin, her brother.

1908 Times 7 Feb. 4/3 Whilst the general trade has shown considerable improvement..there has been a phenomenal depression in tin, and, reflectively, in rubber.

2003 J. M. Wirth Conspiracy of Life v. 132 Complete works of art are percepts that can reflectively produce concepts about perception.

1763 W. Perfect Bavin of Bays 114 The former age reflectively I scan, Admire the building and admire the Man.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 810 They..go homewards reflectively.

1865 E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune I. 244 ‘It does seem like it, to be sure, when one comes to think it over’, observed Jessop, reflectively.

1887 Spectator 2 Apr. 458/2 Any one who looks back on it reflectively, and remembers rather than reads.

1913 ‘S. Rohmer’ Myst. Dr. Fu-Manchu xviii. 199 ‘No,’ he returned reflectively; ‘come to think of it, neither did I.’

1941 Times 7 Feb. 4/7 War, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said reflectively, was always costly, and this war was the costliest in our history.

1992 Oldie 21 Feb. 20/1 The assistant manager looked at me reflectively and smiled a wintry smile.

1775 N. W. Wraxall Cursory Remarks Tour N. Europe 264 Our English papers, which are reflectively and on principle the avowed vehicles of falshood over all Europe.

1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington I. i. 18 The dislike which Lady O'Shane took..to both the mother and daughter—to the daughter instinctively, at sight of her youth and beauty; to the mother reflectively, on account of her matronly dress and dignified deportment.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ii. 16 A peculiar red..was, reflectively and artificially, called by its inventor magenta.

1919 Philos. Rev. 28 40 No aim will be called reflectively a good aim unless it tends to result in pleasure.

1975 H. Bloom Map of Misreading i. i. 19 A poet..cannot accept a substitute for the first vision he reflectively judges to have been his precursor's also.