biblically

English

Alternative forms

• Biblically

Etymology

From biblical +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

biblically (not comparable)

1. In a biblical manner.
   • 2015 January 6, Rachel Held Evans, “What Newsweek gets wrong about evangelicals”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Furthermore, what would otherwise be good points about the sort of selective literalism that renders homosexuality an unpardonable sin but shrugs off Sarah Palin’s biblically forbidden pearl earrings are lost in Eichenwald’s assumption that evangelicals make these decisions “with less care than they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch.”

2. (euphemistic) Carnally; in the biblical sense.
   • 2003, L. D. White, Forever House, page 3:

     Most of them showed an intimate knowledge of the young blonde, leading Seth to the conclusion they had known her biblically.

Coordinate terms

• Quranically

Derived terms

• biblically accurate

Translations

in a biblical manner

• Catalan: bíblicament
• French: bibliquement (fr)
• Italian: biblicamente (it)
• Polish: biblijnie (pl)
• Portuguese: biblicamente
• Spanish: bíblicamente

carnally

• French: bibliquement (fr)