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presciently

presciently adverb: in a prescient manner.

Adverb

presciently (comparative more presciently, superlative most presciently)

  1. In a prescient manner.
    • The desire to know definitely and presciently is also one of the most urgent of the instincts proper of man; it leads him on to the most mystical speculations as to the future, and is the orectic basis of all the arts of divination, as well as of scientific Proleptics or anticipation of the order...1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain, page 94
    • It was Sir Walter Raleigh who presciently said: 'Who commands the sea commands trade; who commands the trade of the world commands its riches, and so commands the world itself.'1992, Giles Radice, Offshore: Britain and the European Idea, page 20

Forms of presciently

comparativemore presciently
superlativemost presciently

Origin of presciently

From prescient + -ly.

Questions about presciently

What does presciently mean?
Presciently means in a prescient manner.
What part of speech is presciently?
Presciently is an adverb.

Words near presciently in the dictionary

  1. prescience
  2. presciences
  3. prescient
  4. prescientific
  5. prescientifically
  6. presciently
  7. prescind
  8. prescinded
  9. prescindent
  10. prescinding
  11. prescinds

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