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Definition of Platonically
1. adv. In a Platonic manner.
Definition of Platonically
1. Adverb. In a platonic manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Platonically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platonically
Literary usage of Platonically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"platonically, platonically, platonically, of course, of course, of course."
It rose to a mocking shriek, mingling itself with-the rumbling of the wheels. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1826)
"The aunt confessed that she too was attached to the latter for life, but altogether
platonically. However, as the Comte de Guignes was very attentive to the ..."
3. Feminism in Germany and Scandinavia by Katharine Susan Anthony (1915)
"... the cultivated man,' just so long did she live, platonically and also
un-platonically honored and praised, in seemingly comfortable and protected peace. ..."
4. Handbook of the History of Philosophy by Albert Schwegler (1868)
"... he quite neo-platonically represents it, in the first work named, as originating
in a rupture, in a downfall from the absolute. ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"platonically, platonically, platonically, of course, of course, of course."
It rose to a mocking shriek, mingling itself with-the rumbling of the wheels. ..."
6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1826)
"The aunt confessed that she too was attached to the latter for life, but altogether
platonically. However, as the Comte de Guignes was very attentive to the ..."
7. Feminism in Germany and Scandinavia by Katharine Susan Anthony (1915)
"... the cultivated man,' just so long did she live, platonically and also
un-platonically honored and praised, in seemingly comfortable and protected peace. ..."
8. Handbook of the History of Philosophy by Albert Schwegler (1868)
"... he quite neo-platonically represents it, in the first work named, as originating
in a rupture, in a downfall from the absolute. ..."
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