doctrinairely

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

doctrinaire +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

doctrinairely (comparative more doctrinairely, superlative most doctrinairely)

  1. In a doctrinaire way; according to some strict doctrine.
    • 2004, Robert Irwin, The Alhambra, Profile Books, published 2005, page 152:
      Although much of the Jones-Goury reconstruction of the original colouring of the Alhambra was doctrinairely conjectural, it guided those who tried to restore the place later []