oraculously

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From oraculous +‎ -ly.

Adverb[edit]

oraculously (comparative more oraculously, superlative most oraculously)

  1. (obsolete) In an oraculous manner; like an oracle.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Adherence unto Antiquity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], London: [] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, [], →OCLC, 1st book, page 21:
      Thirdly, the teſtimonies of Antiquity and ſuch as paſſe oraculouſly amongſt us, were not if wee conſider them alwayes ſo exact, as to examine the doctrine they delivered.