ontically

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adverb

In an ontic sense.

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Meanings

adverbontically (comparative more ontically, superlative most ontically)

comparative more ontically · superlative most ontically

  1. In an ontic sense.

    The movie projector here is, of course, an analog of Soul, and its projectings (abstracting from the movie screen on which they fall) analogs of Soul's ontically generative activities.

    2008, Michael F. Wagner, The Enigmatic Reality of Time: Aristotle, Plotinus, and Today, page 15

Origin

From ontic + -ally.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clonalitytonically
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ontically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ontically.

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