Citations:sciolistically

English citations of sciolistically

Adverb

1. In a sciolistic or sciolistical manner; in a manner that shows only superficial knowledge.
   • 1964, Rehabilitation Literature, volumes 25–26, Chicago, Ill.: National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, →OCLC, page 10:

     The client's strength patterns should be exploited, but his ideals should not be sciolistically accepted because they seem worthy or even justifiable.

   • 1994, CD Review Digest: Jazz, Popular, Etc., Voorheesville, N.Y.: Peri Press, →OCLC, page 80:

     Floating at a regular interval ('POOOOOOOOW! ZAAAAAAAAM!') in-and-out of 'Composition No. 165,' there are variations on one big sciolistically majestic chord.