INTELLECTIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

intellectively (comparative more intellectively, superlative most intellectively)

In an intellective manner.

Source: Wiktionary


In`tel*lec"tive*ly, adv.

Definition: In an intellective manner. [R.] "Not intellectivelly to write." Warner.

INTELLECTIVE

In`tel*lec"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intellectif.]

1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.

2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational. Glanvill.

3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses. Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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