adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In axiomatic manner: † a. (Logic) in the form of a simple proposition (obs.); b. as an axiom, as an admitted principle or self-evident truth.
1588. Fraunce, Lawiers Log., I. ii. 9. Placing them axiomatically, syllogistically, or methodically, we argue some other thing either by explication or confirmation.
c. 1643. Maximes Unfold., 46. Pronounced axiomatically for truth.
1840. Thackeray, Paris Sk. Bk. (1872), 99. ‘Society,’ writes the Prince, axiomatically, ‘contains in itself two principles.’
