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entelechially

Syllables: en·tel·e·chial·lyUK/ɛnˈtɛləˌki.əli/

entelechially adverb: in an entelechial manner.

Adverb

entelechially

  1. In an entelechial manner.
    • One imitates entelechially, thereby attaining a universal, insofar as the individual is shown living up to the potentialities of its genus. […] And so, in sum, were the poem (for instance) to imitate a sailor universally, entelechially, it would have him represent to the full the potentialities of...1952 August, Kenneth Burke, “A 'Dramatistic' View of 'Imitation'”, in Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature, volume 12, number 4, Urbana, Ill.: Department of English, University of Illinois, →OCLC...
    • In some fundamental way, it seems that the principles of logology and ecology (that is, the entelechies of each) are at odds with each other, for logology, logologic, and logocentricity, if unchecked by large eco-ethical concerns, and allowed to drive entelechially toward the perfection and...1994, William H[owe] Rueckert, Encounters with Kenneth Burke, Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 174

Examples of entelechially in a sentence

  • In a pragmatic approach, the telos does not guarantee its results entelechially.1997, James A. Mackin, Jr., Community Over Chaos: An Ecological Perspective on Communication Ethics, Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of...
  • To behave reasonably is to exemplify the highest human ideals and discipline, for in doing so, one is entelechially exalting his fullest potential.2013, Michael David Levenstein, The End of Knowledge: A Discourse on the Unification of Philosophy, New York, N.Y.: Algora Publishing...

Origin of entelechially

From entelechial + -ly.

Questions about entelechially

What does entelechially mean?
Entelechially means in an entelechial manner.
How do you use entelechially in a sentence?
In a pragmatic approach, the telos does not guarantee its results entelechially.
What part of speech is entelechially?
Entelechially is an adverb.
How do you pronounce entelechially?
Entelechially is pronounced /ɛnˈtɛləˌki.əli/ (UK).

Words near entelechially in the dictionary

  1. ented
  2. enteki
  3. entelech
  4. entelechia
  5. entelechial
  6. entelechially
  7. entelechie
  8. entelechies
  9. entelechs
  10. entelechy
  11. entelegyne

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