spiritally
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin spiritalis (“belonging to breathing”) + -ly.
Adverb[edit]
spiritally (not comparable)
- (obsolete) By means of the breath.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:
- Vocal ſpeech, to be pronounced ſpiritally, as are P. T. F. S. &c.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
“spiritally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.