Socratically

Adverb

Socratically (comparative more Socratically, superlative most Socratically)

1. In a manner of Socratic irony, or with regards to Socrates.
   • Most teachers are currently trained to do only the didactic kind of teaching. A relatively small number have been given some competence in coaching the intellectual skills—largely in the language arts. Few, if any, have received training in the art of teaching Socratically, and the few who have the...1983, Mortimer J. Adler, Paideia Problems and Possibilities, New York; London: Macmillan Publishing Company; Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 19
   • While this can be done didactically, it is usually more successful if the client is helped to check out the rationality of a belief Socrastically (i.e. through a series of leading questions) […]2008, Stephen Palmer, editor, Suicide: Strategies and interventions for reduction and prevention, London; New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 162