metaphysically
5
9.9
- adverb
- /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkli/
- Formal
:
metafísicamente
- The philosopher explored the universe's mysteries metaphysically, seeking answers beyond the physical realm.
- metaphysically described
One of them is doing something more or earlier than the other, metaphysically speaking.
- One of them is doing something more or earlier than the other, metaphysically speaking.
- But there's a level at which that's metaphysically true, you know, because what happens is that it's, it's failure to act often that's the most catastrophic.
- And there's nothing more metaphysically to time than that.
Examples
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All the expressions of faith in Zen practice, even the most negative, must be understood metaphysically.
Academic text (2015) -
Chance and mishap are categories of human thinking that are metaphysically necessary and inescapable.
Blog text (25) -
So normal conditions, she says, are those which are metaphysically normal, normal in the nature of things appropriate to human existence.
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I was really trying to capture a sense of the two of them almost metaphysically talking to each other.
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In his view, the Soviet Union and America, metaphysically identical, are our fate.
Academic text (2000) -
And there's nothing more metaphysically to time than that.
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We were two audiences on two stages; it struck me as odd, metaphysically speaking as well as physically.
Fiction book (1991) -
In these religions, God is metaphysically free and always chooses to do the right thing.
Blog text (24) -
But there can be no lack or deficiency in God, who is metaphysically and morally perfect.
Academic text (1998) -
Realism is metaphysically a doctrine stating the existence, or possible existence, of a nonconceptual domain.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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9.8
In a way that is about the nature of being or existence
How Metaphysical
- Formal
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9.9
- Formal
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6.0
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
metaphysically = metaphysical (semi-transparent) = meta + physic + al + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly formation from 'metaphysical'.
Etymology
The word metaphysically comes from two Greek parts, meta meaning 'beyond' and physics meaning 'the physical world'. So to think or speak metaphysically is to ask about what is 'beyond' physical things and about the 'basic nature of reality'.