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oraculously

oraculously adverb: in an oraculous manner; like an oracle.

Adverb

oraculously (comparative more oraculously, superlative most oraculously)

  1. (obsolete) In an oraculous manner; like an oracle.
    • Thirdly, the teſtimonies of Antiquity and ſuch as paſſe oraculouſly amongſt us, were not if wee conſider them alwayes ſo exact, as to examine the doctrine they delivered.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Adherence unto Antiquity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 21

Forms of oraculously

comparativemore oraculously
superlativemost oraculously

Origin of oraculously

From oraculous + -ly.

Questions about oraculously

What does oraculously mean?
Oraculously means in an oraculous manner; like an oracle.
What part of speech is oraculously?
Oraculously is an adverb.

Words near oraculously in the dictionary

  1. oracularities
  2. oracularity
  3. oracularly
  4. oracularness
  5. oraculous
  6. oraculously
  7. oraculousness
  8. oracy
  9. orad
  10. Oradea
  11. Oradell

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