ritualistically
1
8.0
- adverb
- /ˌrɪtʃuəˈlɪstɪkli/
:
ritualmente
- And yes, it's possible to obtain several kinds of coverage at once, if you are paying attention and not behaving ritualistically.
- almost ritualistically
- so ritualistically
And then the men would come in and and ritualistically.
- And then the men would come in and and ritualistically.
Examples
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Ritualistically, she took the anniversary path, the one that left the Naime Road and ran to the Bebhinn Wood.
Fiction book (1992) -
For a Marine, the private sphere is so attenuated, and his public duties so large and ritualistically compelling, that religious observance becomes both more difficult and less desirable.
Academic text (2010) -
They start up, two at a time, covering each other ritualistically by the numbers.
Fiction book (1991) -
Not walled off in a museum or simply performed ritualistically, but alive and vibrant; celebratory.
Blog text (4) -
Flipping through a sacred text, albeit ritualistically, granted the participant great merit.
Academic text (2015) -
The dominant version of American athleticism heralded by an alliance of journalists, politicians, Olympic leaders, and fans was ritualistically displayed on the streets of New York City.
Academic text (1993) -
The researchers surmised that dancers were motivated by a desire to achieve perfection because "they practice exercises ritualistically to stop thinking, feeling, to reduce their bodies to the barest minimum of bone and muscle and to deny themselves all other pleasures in order to achieve that goal."
Academic text (2004) -
Eventually, Searle claims her bodily form back by wiping the flour off her and onto the floor, and then starts noisily, ritualistically, to make a dough from the flour, now wet with water that we hear dripping from above.
Academic text (2004) -
Typically, a group of minority students occupies a building in response to some real or alleged grievance and ritualistically demands immediate compensatory action, usually in the form of increased benefits—scholarships, space for a cultural center, more role-model faculty members, and so on.
Academic text (1994) -
Every morning, he ritualistically brewed his coffee before heading to work.
Synonyms
3
6.4
In a way people do during a ceremony or tradition
3
6.6
In a formal way that follows a ritual or custom
2
4.6
In a formal way during a ceremony
1
7.9
Following the set words and actions of a religious service
How Ritualistic
- Formal
2
4.6
1
8.0
- Formal
149
3.7
146
3.5
103
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
ritualistically = ritualistic (transparent) = ritual + istic + ally
Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'ritualistic' by adding '-ally', preserving the adjectival meaning.
Etymology
Ritualistically comes from ritual, which is from the same root as rite, meaning 'a set ceremony'. So to act 'ritualistically' is to do something in a fixed, repeatable way, like following a small ceremony or a strict habit.