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spiritally

spiritally adverb: by means of the breath.

Adverb

spiritally (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) By means of the breath.
    • Vocal ſpeech, to be pronounced ſpiritally, as are P. T. F. S. &c.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC

Origin of spiritally

From Latin spīritālis (“belonging to breathing”) + English -ly.

Questions about spiritally

What does spiritally mean?
Spiritally means by means of the breath.
What part of speech is spiritally?
Spiritally is an adverb.

Words near spiritally in the dictionary

  1. spirit-man
  2. spirit-room
  3. spirit-rooms
  4. spirit-stand
  5. spirit-stands
  6. spiritally
  7. spiritdom
  8. spirited
  9. spirited away
  10. spirited off
  11. spiritedly

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