phrenologically
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From phrenological + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]phrenologically (not comparable)
- 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 […]