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Definition: Philosophically |
PhilosophicallyAdverb1. In a philosophic manner; "she took it philosophically". 2. With respect to philosophy; "the movement is philosphically indebted to Rousseau". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "philosophically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Crosswords: Philosophically |
| English words defined with "philosophically": Institutes of medicine ♦ philosophise, philosophize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "philosophically": Pears. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | Ireland | However, Fine Gael is philosophically even more open to expanding free trade and decreasing government involvement in the economy than Fianna Fail has traditionally been. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | All the principles we took for granted before are now being philosophically patted down by uniformed Federal employees. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Philosophically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.24% of the time. "Philosophically" is used about 132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.24% | 131 | 27,855 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 132 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "philosophically": philosophically-inspired, philosophically-minded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
philosophically | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "philosophically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 哲学地. (various references) | |
German | philosophische. (various references) | |
Greek | φιλοσοφικώσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | józanul (soundly), filozófikusan, bölcsen (sagely). (various references) | |
Korean | 철학적으로. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ilosophicallyphay.(various references) | |
Romanian | filozofic (philosophic, philosophical), din punct de vedere filozofic. (various references) | |
Turkish | soğukkanlılıkla (coldly, in cold blood), kalenderce, filozofik olarak, felsefi açıdan, düşünceli bir biçimde. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | філософськи. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "philosophically" (pronounced fi'lusÄ"fikulē or fi'lusÄ"fiklē) |
| 6 | -f i k u l ē | geographically, scientifically. |
| 5 | -i k u l ē | chronically, clinically, comically, critically, cynically, diametrically, journalistically, electrically, electronically, empirically, ethically, fanatically, hermetically, historically, intrinsically, magically, magnetically, majestically, mathematically, methodically, metrically, mineralogically, optimistically, parenthetically, pathetically, periodically, physically, politically, pragmatically, ritualistically, romantically, sardonically, skeptically, statistically, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, technically, technologically, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, uncritically. |
| 4 | -k u l ē | botanically, broccoli, fiscally, frantically, locally, luckily, unequivocally, vocally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clumsily, coincidentally, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, culturally, customarily, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, digitally, dismally, jauntily, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, emotionally, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, loyally, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, mightily, militarily, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, partially, peacefully, perennially, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, pitifully, playfully, potentially, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, royally, ruefully, satisfactorily, scantily, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, tactfully, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uneasily, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 5 | -f i k l ē | demographically, graphically, prolifically, specifically, terrifically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, categorically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, thematically, theologically, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-h-i-i-l-l-l-o-o-p-p-s-y" | |
-2 letters: philosophical. | |
-4 letters: philosophic. | |
-5 letters: halophilic, philosophy, polyphasic. | |
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