spiritually
English
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Adverb
[edit]spiritually (comparative more spiritually, superlative most spiritually)
- In a manner affecting, relating or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- physically and spiritually abused
- spiritually sanctified
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 128:
- Corporeally, he stood between Robert and Millie, a parent of dark menace. Spiritually, he was as effective as a scarecrow in a black coat.
- 2010, Terry Cole-Whittaker, Live Your Bliss: Practices That Produce Happiness and Prosperity:
- Whatever we desire, we can find a person who has already attained what we want to attain spiritually, relationshipwise, careerwise, and materially.
- (Internet slang, transitive) Identical (or similar) in vibes to; best understood through the connotations of
- Oxford is spiritually London.
- 2021 April 13, Dan Olson, “The Nostalgia Critic and The Wall” (31:01 from the start), in Folding Ideas[1]:
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[edit]in a manner affecting the spirit
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