phrenologically
English
editEtymology
editFrom phrenological + -ly.
Adverb
editphrenologically (not comparable)
- In terms of phrenology.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 10:
- ... certain it was his head was phrenologically an excellent one.
- 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 7, in Billy Budd[1], London: Constable & Co.:
- His brow was of the sort phrenologically associated with more than average intellect […]