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catechetically

catechetically adverb: in a catechetical manner; by catechesis.

Adverb

catechetically (not comparable)

  1. In a catechetical manner; by catechesis
  2. By question and answer.
    • If the professors were to teach catechetically, it would be (as far as relates to intellectual instruction) but a question of words. They would be so far "Tutors" under another name.1854, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Collegiate and Professorial Teaching and Discipline, in an Answer to Professor Vaughan's Strictures ..., page 6
    • In the midst of a catechetically structured recital of the ills to which life is subject, "Ithaca"'s narrator asks, Did Stephen participate in his dejection?1989, Morris Beja, Shari Benstock, Coping with Joyce: Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium, Ohio State University Press, →ISBN, page 221

Origin of catechetically

From catechetical + -ly.

Questions about catechetically

What does catechetically mean?
Catechetically means in a catechetical manner; by catechesis.
What part of speech is catechetically?
Catechetically is an adverb.

Words near catechetically in the dictionary

  1. catechectics
  2. catecheses
  3. catechesis
  4. catechetic
  5. catechetical
  6. catechetically
  7. catechetick
  8. catechetics
  9. catechical
  10. catechin
  11. catechine

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