causallyadv.
/ˈkɔːzl̩i/, /ˈkɔːzəli/, U.S. /ˈkɔzəli/, /ˈkɑzəli/ In a causal way, with causal force; in the manner of, or as being the cause; by way of cause and effect.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adverb]
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1635 E. Rainbow Labour 22 It cannot be said to be causally perishing.
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. xxiv. 91 Καὶ is..to be taken here [i.e. Luke ii. 14].. for a conjunction causal..or both causally and gratulatorily.
1640–4 S. D'Ewes in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 314 The Elector of Saxony is causally guilty..of those Calamities and Slaughters.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. i. 5 The Papacy..is become..in a great part actually, and altogether causally, guilty..of..all the greater Schismes in Christendome.
1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 523 From the death of Patroclus to the death of Hector is an entirely new movement, though causally bound..to that antecedent.
a1847 T. Chalmers Posthumous Wks. (1847) I. 22 He was appeased causally and efficiently by God, yet proximately and intermediately by the presents..laid before him.
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