intellectually

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adverb

In an intellectual manner.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbintellectually (comparative more intellectually, superlative most intellectually)

comparative more intellectually · superlative most intellectually

  1. In an intellectual manner.

    Nevertheless intellectually, ideologically and politically he identified with industrialists whom he, just like Smith, saw as the usherers of progress.

    2002, Yanis Varoufakis, Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion, page 25
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    And just because the intellectuals are mostly intellectually honest it is inevitable that they should follow their own convictions whenever they have discretion and that they should give a corresponding slant to everything that passes through their hand.

    1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 421

Origin

  1. Englishintellectual
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishintellectually

From intellectual + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan intel·lectualment
  • intel·lectualmentin an intellectual manner
Danish intellektuelt
  • intellektueltin an intellectual manner
Finnish älyllisesti
  • älyllisestiin an intellectual manner
French intellectuellement
  • intellectuellementin an intellectual manner
German intellektuell
  • intellektuellin an intellectual manner
Hungarian értelmileg, intellektuálisan
  • értelmilegin an intellectual manner
  • intellektuálisanin an intellectual manner
Italian intellettualmente
  • intellettualmentein an intellectual manner
Latvian intelektuāli
  • intelektuāliin an intellectual manner
Polish intelektualnie
  • intelektualniein an intellectual manner
Spanish intelectualmente
  • intelectualmentein an intellectual manner
Swedish intellektuellt
  • intellektuelltin an intellectual manner
Cite this entry
APA

intellectually. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intellectually

MLA

“intellectually.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intellectually. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intellectually,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intellectually.

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