EXTRINSICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

extrinsically (comparative more extrinsically, superlative most extrinsically)

In an extrinsic manner

Source: Wiktionary


EXTRINSIC

Ex*trin"sic, a. Etym: [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.]

1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. I. Taylor.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.

EXTRINSICAL

Ex*trin"sic*al, a.

Definition: Extrinsic.

– Ex*trin"sic*al*ly(#), adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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