ritualistically

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adverb

Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner.'

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Meanings

adverbritualistically (comparative more ritualistically, superlative most ritualistically)

comparative more ritualistically · superlative most ritualistically

  1. Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner.'

    For fifty years, ritualistically, he had been repeating the same jokes, laughing at them because they were so infantile and stupid

    1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 376

Origin

From ritualistic + -ally.

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Translations

Portuguese ritualisticamente
  • ritualisticamentein a ritualistic manner
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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