incorporeally

English

Etymology

incorporeal +‎ -ly

Adverb

incorporeally (comparative more incorporeally, superlative most incorporeally)

1. In an incorporeal manner; without physical form.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     the sense of hearing striketh the spirits more immediately than the other senses , and more incorporeally than the smelling

   • 1922, Earl Lind, edited by Alfred W. Herzog, The Female-Impersonators, Part 8:

     I understand by "poetry" the version of things seen incorporeally; things spiritualized or with a halo around them; things as they exist in substance, in reality, back of their superficial or phenomenal presentation

References

• “incorporeally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.