phrenologically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

phrenological +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

phrenologically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of phrenology.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 10:
      ... certain it was his head was phrenologically an excellent one.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 7, in Billy Budd‎[1], London: Constable & Co.:
      His brow was of the sort phrenologically associated with more than average intellect […]
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