adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an ætiological manner; so as to assign a cause or reason.
1849. W. Fitzgerald, Whitakers Disput., 403. Scripture is expounded ætiologically, when it is shewn why any thing was done or said.
adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an ætiological manner; so as to assign a cause or reason.
1849. W. Fitzgerald, Whitakers Disput., 403. Scripture is expounded ætiologically, when it is shewn why any thing was done or said.