spiritally
English
editEtymology
editLatin spiritalis (“belonging to breathing”) + -ly.
Adverb
editspiritally (not comparable)
- (obsolete) By means of the breath.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:
- Vocal ſpeech, to be pronounced ſpiritally, as are P. T. F. S. &c.
Related terms
editReferences
edit“spiritally”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.