adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an autoptic manner; by actual inspection.

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1646.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 342. It would autoptically silence that dispute out of which side Eve was framed.

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1661.  Glanvill, Van. Dogm., 174. That the galaxy is a meteor … the telescope hath autoptically confuted.

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