constitutionally
English
Etymology
From constitutional + -ly.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
constitutionally (comparative more constitutionally, superlative most constitutionally)
- Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.
- 1997, Edward M. Hallowell, When You Worry About the Child You Love (page 162)
- These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor.
- 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 246:
- The astonishing progress of science had made God quite irrelevant; it had caused human beings to focus so intently on the physical world that they would soon be constitutionally unable to take God seriously.
- 1997, Edward M. Hallowell, When You Worry About the Child You Love (page 162)
- In accordance with a political constitution.