philosophically
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6.4
- adverb
- /fɪˈlɑsəˌfɪkli/
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filosóficamente
- He approached the challenges of life philosophically, accepting that some things are beyond his control.
- philosophically opposed
- philosophically and politically
- philosophically and practically
How that, I mean, first of all, like philosophically, that's weird and beautiful.
- How that, I mean, first of all, like philosophically, that's weird and beautiful.
- Where are Socrates biggest weaknesses philosophically, in your opinion?
- Yes, and let's not just individualize and privatize the problem, because this is quite philosophically interesting, right?
- But we need something more broad, something like what it basically is philosophically, globally, not where it stands politically.
- Now, sex work is violence is not the same point, philosophically speaking, as the sex industry features violence.
- And so we are philosophically communist while we are social structure and economically not.
- But here comes Jordan Peterson and he's going to sort it all out now as a pitch that's quite philosophically muddled.
- I think unpaid is philosophically interesting, but I I'm not against paid when it's an arbitrage that is massively ROI positive.
- It's it's kind of arguably philosophically more, you know, reasonable and kosher.
- When COVID hits, philosophically it was a shit show.
Examples
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Life is changing all the time, socially, politically, and philosophically, as well as personally.
Academic text (2008) -
I can agree with all those things philosophically, but what do people do with them?
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And all of this stuff is philosophically very nice.
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Perhaps philosophically it makes sense.
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First of all, why should philosophically, I wonder, why should governments be paying for higher education?
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Because, you know, it's philosophically very compelling.
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Are you asking professionally or philosophically?
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And so they're thinking quite philosophically about these issues.
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What is proposed here is a whole new concept, philosophically and structurally, for the community college.
Academic text (1995) -
I've done this because philosophically, I am sympathetic to your aim.
Synonyms
112
2.3
To act with good sense and careful thought
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3.9
In a calm, peaceful way without worry
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6.3
In a wise and thoughtful way
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4.8
In a way that shows deep understanding of a subject or situation
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9.9
In a relaxed way without worry
Antonyms
How Calm
Surface Forms
Morphology
philosophically = philosophical (transparent) = philosophy + ical + ly
Derived by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'philosophical', producing a predictable adverbial form.
Etymology
The word philosophically comes from Greek parts philo- 'love' and -sophia 'wisdom', the same roots in philosophy and philosopher. So to act philosophically is to respond with calm, wise thinking and acceptance, like someone who 'loves wisdom'.