English edit

Etymology edit

eisegetic +‎ -ally

Adverb edit

eisegetically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of, or by means of, eisegesis.
    • 1916, The New Age Magazine, volume 24, page 122:
      Interpret them eisegetically — read into them the noble thoughts which improve you — let them be burning characters of light.
    • 1945, The Abiding Word: Essays for the year 1946, page 312:
      We are certainly not “eisegetically” importing anything into such passages if we find total spiritual impotence expressed in them.
    • 2014, Whitney Bauman, Religion and Ecology: Developing a Planetary Ethic[1], page 88:
      Eisegetically quoting about eight different sources in biblical Scripture, some self-proclaimed Christians argue that it is an abomination according to the Bible, which is then understood as the word of God.