1862. R. Patterson, Ess. Hist. & Art, 82. The Eclectical system [in Art]—that of choosing the best points out of a multitude of fine forms.
Hence Eclectically adv., in an eclectic manner.
1844. Blackw. Mag., LV. 236. Others … voted arbitrarily or eclectically, that is, by no law generally recognised.
1856. Kingsley, Misc., II. 27. They reverence … a few … facts eclectically picked out of the past.
