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ontically

ontically adverb: in an ontic sense.

Adverb

ontically (comparative more ontically, superlative most ontically)

  1. In an ontic sense.
    • The movie projector here is, of course, an analog of Soul, and its projectings (abstracting from the movie screen on which they fall) analogs of Soul's ontically generative activities.2008, Michael F. Wagner, The Enigmatic Reality of Time: Aristotle, Plotinus, and Today, page 15

Forms of ontically

comparativemore ontically
superlativemost ontically

Origin of ontically

From ontic + -ally.

Questions about ontically

What does ontically mean?
Ontically means in an ontic sense.
What part of speech is ontically?
Ontically is an adverb.

Words near ontically in the dictionary

  1. Ontario violet
  2. Ontario violets
  3. ontazolast
  4. ontic
  5. ontical
  6. ontically
  7. onticities
  8. onticity
  9. Ontiveros
  10. Ontiveroses
  11. onto

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