zetetically

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adverb

In a zetetic way; by means of investigation.

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Meanings

adverbzetetically (comparative more zetetically, superlative most zetetically)

comparative more zetetically · superlative most zetetically

  1. In a zetetic way; by means of investigation.

    It would be somewhat too long a work for this place Zetetically to examine, and positively to prove, what particular kind of motion it is that must be the efficient of Light […].

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section IX

Origin

From zetetic + -ally.

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APA

zetetically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zetetically

MLA

“zetetically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zetetically. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zetetically,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zetetically.

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