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anarchially

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Etymology

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From anarchial +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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anarchially (comparative more anarchially, superlative most anarchially)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Anarchically.
    • 1880 August 16, “Southern Census Frauds”, in Sacramento Daily Record-Union[1]:
      No stable union can be made between States legitimately governed and States which are anarchially con­trolled.
    • 1925 October 2, J. Hembrow, “Evolution and Revolution in Design”, in The Builder, volume XXIX, number 4313, page 490:
      Tere is in architectural circles and amongst partly-informed but interested lay thought a tendency to restlessness, impatience and revolt against the wise restraint which respect for tradition imposes upon the anarchially disposed in design at the present time.
    • 1989, Abel Posse, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, The Dogs of Paradise, Macmillan Publishers, page 135:
      If the normal urethral avenue is blocked due to ecchymosis, the millions of spermatazoa anarchially reverse course, enter the bloodstream, and race through muscles and organs in a marathon cross-country (cross-body) trial.