pataphysically

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adverb

In a pataphysical manner.

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adverbpataphysically (comparative more pataphysically, superlative most pataphysically)

comparative more pataphysically · superlative most pataphysically

  1. In a pataphysical manner.

    Pataphysically one can say that all is for the best in the most pataphysical of all possible worlds.

    1968, Barney Rosset, Evergreen Review Reader, Grove Press, page 316
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    Pataphysically speaking it makes no difference, even though ninety per cent of the members do not know the truth about themselves, about the university, or about money.

    1901, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yackety Yack, Chapel Hill, Publications Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, page 204

    A landmark in J. studies. Describes how J. lived pataphysically. Examines the precepts of pataphysics. This issue of the EVR also discusses in great detail the College of Pataphysics.

    1947, David Clark Cabeen, A Critical Bibliography of French Literature, Syracuse University Press, page 1219
  2. Concerning pataphysics.

Origin

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APA

pataphysically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pataphysically

MLA

“pataphysically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pataphysically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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