Meanings
comparative more incorporeally · superlative most incorporeally
- In an incorporeal manner; without physical form.
the sense of hearing striketh the spirits more immediately than the other senses , and more incorporeally than the smelling
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC1 more example
I understand by "poetry" the version of things seen incorporeally; things spiritualized or with a halo around them; things as they exist in substance, in reality, back of their superficial or phenomenal presentation
1922, Earl Lind, edited by Alfred W. Herzog, The Female-Impersonators, Part 8
Origin
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