adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an esoteric manner.
1738. Warburton, Div. Legat., III. § 2 III. (1811), 27. Exoterically of the national Gods; esoterically of the first Cause of all things.
1836. Frasers Mag., XIV. 4. It essentially and esoterically preserves its separateness.
1873. Whitney, Orient. Stud., 87. While oral tradition continued to be the exoteric practice, writing might still be resorted to esoterically.