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zetetically

zetetically adverb: in a zetetic way; by means of investigation.

Adverb

zetetically (comparative more zetetically, superlative most zetetically)

  1. In a zetetic way; by means of investigation.
    • It would be somewhat too long a work for this place Zetetically to examine, and positively to prove, what particular kind of motion it is that must be the efficient of Light […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section IX

Forms of zetetically

comparativemore zetetically
superlativemost zetetically

Origin of zetetically

From zetetic + -ally.

Questions about zetetically

What does zetetically mean?
Zetetically means in a zetetic way; by means of investigation.
What part of speech is zetetically?
Zetetically is an adverb.

Words near zetetically in the dictionary

  1. zetaproteobacterium
  2. zetas
  3. Zetea
  4. zetetic
  5. zetetical
  6. zetetically
  7. zeteticism
  8. zetetick
  9. zetetics
  10. zetetist
  11. zetetists

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