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spiritually

spiritually

68 4.8
In a way that relates to your inner feelings or beliefs
  • adverb
  • /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəli/
translation icon : espiritualmente
  • She practices meditation daily to grow spiritually and connect with her inner self.
  • physically and spiritually
  • intellectually and spiritually
  • spiritually modified

Internally, you know, I was spiritually bankrupt, right?

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Examples

  • Children are informed about many different religions, but are not explicitly spiritually nurtured.

    Academic text (2015)
  • In their five years together, he had come up short morally or spiritually any number of times.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • When you want to understand something spiritually, you must become it.

  • And you can see when somebody is spiritually charged.

  • I feel like I am just growing day by day, spiritually, mentally.

  • And I know that reconnecting spiritually can help you see things more clearly.

  • Internally, you know, I was spiritually bankrupt, right?

  • We're very different people... philosophically... spiritually... socially.

  • For the faithful, seeing the Shroud must have been a spiritually transforming experience.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Several Christian pastors realized a "calling" or "mission" to heal the spiritually sick in Las Vegas.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

supernaturally
vsspiritually
4 7.9

In a way that nature cannot explain

concerns inner soul matters rather than events beyond natural explanation
mystically
vsspiritually
2 8.2

In a way that seems connected to spiritual or unseen forces

emphasizes connection to the human soul rather than secret inner revelation
immaterially
vsspiritually
  • Specialized
9.3

Not physical, like a ghost or spirit

focuses on the human soul or inner life rather than mere lack of matter

Antonyms

19 5.5

In a large and important way that affects real life

How Spiritual

mystically
2 8.2
spiritually
68 4.8
secularly
6.3

Surface Forms

spiritually positive

Morphology

spiritually = spiritual (transparent) = spirit + ual + ly

A straightforward adverbial formation from the adjective 'spiritual' using the productive English suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Spiritually comes from the word spirit, which comes from the Latin spiritus meaning 'breath' or 'inner life'. So to be spiritually connected means to feel something in your heart or soul rather than in the physical world.