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Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βῠ́βλος (bŭ́blos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βυβλίον (bublíon) Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon) Ancient Greek βῐβλῐ́ᾰ (bĭblĭ́ă)bor. Latin Biblia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Medieval Latin biblicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English biblical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English biblically From biblical + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a biblical manner.
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.”
2015 January 6, Rachel Held Evans, “What Newsweek gets wrong about evangelicals”, in CNN:
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(euphemistic, not-comparable) Carnally; in the biblical sense.
Most of them showed an intimate knowledge of the young blonde, leading Seth to the conclusion they had known her biblically.
2003, L. D. White, Forever House, page 3:
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Very greatly; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
He so fine, he got me down bad biblically.
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| Biblically | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
it biblicamente (in a biblical manner) · fr bibliquement (carnally) · fr bibliquement (in a biblical manner) · pt biblicamente (in a biblical manner) · ca bíblicament (in a biblical manner) · pl biblijnie (in a biblical manner) · es bíblicamente (in a biblical manner)