adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an etymological manner; according to or as regards etymology; on etymological principles.

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1730–6.  in Bailey (folio), Etymologically, by way of etymology.

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1798.  W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., I. 229. I try … to use no words of which I cannot etymologically defend the application.

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1809.  Syd. Smith, Wks. (1859), I. 169/1. Latin and Greek have now mixed themselves etymologically with all the languages of modern Europe.

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1860.  Pusey, Min. Proph., 522. And Satan, etymologically, the enemy, as, in the New Testament, your adversary the devil, etymologically, the accuser.

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1878.  M. Foster, Physiol., III. i. 390. Such a use of the word is … etymologically incorrect.

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1883.  Sir J. C. Day, in Law Rep. Q. Bench XII. 206. Etymologically considered, a journeyman is one who is employed by the day.

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