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doctrinally

doctrinally adverb: in a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine.

Adverb

doctrinally (comparative more doctrinally, superlative most doctrinally)

  1. In a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine.
    • He was doctrinally knowledgeable but failed to follow the basic tenets of the religion.

Forms of doctrinally

comparativemore doctrinally
superlativemost doctrinally

Origin of doctrinally

From doctrinal + -ly.

Questions about doctrinally

What does doctrinally mean?
Doctrinally means in a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine.
What part of speech is doctrinally?
Doctrinally is an adverb.

Words near doctrinally in the dictionary

  1. doctrinalism
  2. doctrinalisms
  3. doctrinalist
  4. doctrinalists
  5. doctrinality
  6. doctrinally
  7. doctrinals
  8. doctrinarian
  9. doctrinarianism
  10. doctrinarianisms
  11. doctrinarians

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