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beingly

beingly adjective: of or pertaining to (one's) being or existence.

Adjective

beingly (comparative more beingly, superlative most beingly)

  1. Of or pertaining to (one's) being or existence.
  2. Existing; extant.
    • Earlier Thomas quotes Proclus in his explanation thus: "All beingly being is infinite, not according to multitude or magnitude, but according to power alone.2003, Journal of Chinese philosophy
  3. True; real; essential; actual.
    • Doesn't this question point to an experience similar to that Plato must have had in obsessively asking what the essence ("ousia"), the "truth," "the true being" or "the beingly being" of things was?1995, William J. Richardson, Babette E. Babich, From phenomenology to thought, errancy, and desire

Forms of beingly

comparativemore beingly
superlativemost beingly

Origin of beingly

From being + -ly.

Questions about beingly

What does beingly mean?
Beingly means of or pertaining to (one's) being or existence.
What part of speech is beingly?
Beingly is an adjective.

Words near beingly in the dictionary

  1. beinge
  2. beinges
  3. beinghood
  4. beingless
  5. beinglessness
  6. beingly
  7. beingness
  8. beingnesses
  9. beings
  10. beining
  11. beinked

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