accessorially

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adverb

In such a way as to be an accessory; in an auxiliary manner, additionally.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbaccessorially (comparative more accessorially, superlative most accessorially)

comparative more accessorially · superlative most accessorially

  1. rareIn such a way as to be an accessory; in an auxiliary manner, additionally.

    Besides these groups are introduced, accessorially, all the Fathers and Doctors whose writings maintain the Roman Church's doctrine of the Real Presence.

    1869, CI Hemans, A History of Mediaeval Christianity and Sacred Art in Italy, page 463
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    English books unite in declaring that he, who councels, procures or aids treason, is guilty accessorially and solely in virtue of the common law principle [...].

    1916, AJ Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall, volume 3, page 625

Origin

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